My sales are in the toilet lately. I do have a lot of stuff coming. A new book being considered by publishers, a short story coming out as part of a Halloween anthology later this year, a golden flogger nomination for Master May I? Being announced in August, a new story being edited and 2 in the process of being written. I have a lot to announce...save for 1 vital necessity.

I do not have any new reviews. Checking my books on Amazon Author Central and Goodreads is a painful daily ritual lately. I can see that dozens of people have my books marked as to-be-read and some have clicked the star rankings but its those actual reviews that matter. Nothing boosts sales more than readers who share their honest thoughts on a book. Readers have my books, my one publisher does a week long giveaway every few months, but it seems that no one is (figuratively) cracking the spines. My sexy stories are languishing in the dust of to-be-read shelves and not getting the attention that they so desperately need.

How do I change this? How do I get people to select my stories from overstuffed kindle shelves? And, once they do, how do I get them to take a moment to type out their thoughts on what they've read (good or bad) so that the discussions can stay fresh? I have no answers at this time.