*hugs... I always go with option 3 - and I try to keep the page count to around 6 or 7. More than that and you lose a bunch of readers - mostly the kids - because there are no attention spans anymore.

Vix

I have a reader to preview what I post, and I am looking for at least one more.

*smiles... I would offer, my dear, but for the fact I am so jam packed with life and projects, I would not be able to be effective.

Are you still nursing?

Vix

I retired from nursing a bit over a year ago. This has been a double-edged sword. I have more time, but between grandchildren moving in (with the drama of their parents' divorce), the writing bug chewing my fingers off (I have six books calling for my attention), and my ADHD running wild with no route, I'm struggling to keep up.

I am rewriting Jeanette to fix continuity problems (I think it is close to publishable)
I am revising In Search of Humanity to address grammatical and continuity issues. This has a new working title, Frustrated Phoenix.
I want to go back to Storm Rider when I finish Phoenix.
I have others I want to work on, but they can wait.

It drives me nuts that I subvocalize everything I read. That makes dialogue eraser to write, but it slows everything down, and limits how much I can read of other people's work. As a consequence of this kind of reading, I do not see spelling or grammar errors that slow down speed readers.

you and I have the same reading problem then - I am a very slow reader. A writing friend (he's really good) told me that's a plus as a writer because you will naturally do better.

Vix

I think it helps me with dense, compact writing.

For a long time I explained this as enjoying the read of the details. I had a friend way back when who cold speed read one of those western type paperbacks in just an hour or so. He said, for him, it was more like watching a movie.

Vix

I have known two people to "read" Titanic in one afternoon. Both of them could look at a handwritten page and spot spelling and grammatical errors without being able to tell me anything about what was written there. I do not understand that at all.
They also buy 6 or more books a month and will not tolerate "errors" in what they are reading. People like that are the market for print books.

It does amaze me…

Vix

I only post stuff publicly when it's as good as I can make it. I don't know if I'd call myself a fast reader, I tend to take a few months to read a book, but I also read.... 4 books at a time. As for writing... Finding readers is always tough. Usually I have to rely on my best judgment, and once in a blue moon do I find someone that not only has the time and the will to read my work, but also has the experience to provide useful feedback. So most of the time I just do my best.

I had been posting work here as soon as I had something readable. I hoped for some feedback about the story. Some hint about whether it had the merit to take further.
When looking at the best I can do, Everything on this sight has been reworked.
Now the question comes. Do I publish on each platform I use with every story, or pick one and use that?

Feedback here is rare. I don't often even get comments, but I post them places just because. I write it, I go over it a few times, and then I post it on FA, Weasyl, and Sofurry. If I get comments and likes, great, but I don't let that factor in at all since it would drive me crazy if I did. So I just do it for it's own sake. As for posting, it's up to you. I try to post patreon first, and then everywhere else about two weeks later? It goes up on all three sites at about the same time, and that's it. I think I get the most engagement here because it's the largest furry hub, but one never knows. There are people that aren't on one but are on the other.