Story authors

I'm in the process of re-writing the stories section as part of the new website development. I'm currently focusing on the 'My Stories' page, which at the moment lists your stories and enables you to sort them by most comments, most views, best rated etc.
I'm just wondering whether this is a useful feature that I should include in the new website or not.

I guess my wider question is, why do you publish your stories here and what kind of feedback is important to you? What would you like to see in the new website?

Marking stories as favorites is another form of feedback that I hadn't though of. That would give authors views, ratings, comments and number of favorites as feedback on their stories. It would also be useful for readers who may want to follow stories as more chapters are added or find the story again in the future.

I have several stories posted here. I am amazed by the number of views they receive. The majority of my stories are posted on my DA site, actually over ninety stories are there.

I like to get feed back and I appreciate the fact that others enjoy my writing too.

Ned Fox (fanedfox@deviantart.com)

thanks again for all your hard work hiccupx, and for giving us a place to explore and share our deepest darkest fantasies.

i second most of the comments here, in particular the suggestion that stories edited or chapters added to resurface.

too often otherwise excellent stories that are thoughtfully massaged or expanded (no pun intended) remain buried and go unnoticed.

b

Thanks for your comments so far.

One thing I was wondering about was whether to have a bit more about information about the authors, like a mini Author's profile or perhaps an extension to the existing profiles.

It could contain a list of their stories, and a bit from them about their work - why they like to write stories and the subjects that interest them. I can't promise anything at the moment - just exploring ideas.

As an author, do you think this would encourage you to publish more stories?

As a reader, do you think it would be interesting to know a little more about the Author's? Do you follow authors and wait eagerly for them to publish their next story?

Thanks for your comments. Great to get the feedback

I want the most amount of people to enjoy my work