Reader survey
People's individual answers will remain private, but I'll eventually post a summary of the results (without specifying any individual's response).
Poll #1033 Reader survey
Open to: All, results viewable to: None
Am I taking this poll?
I'm taking this poll (and am checking this item so that the pollster will have a full count on the poll-takers).
6 (100.0%)
I found your writings by way of: (Pick one.)
The science fiction and fantasy community. 0 (0.0%)
The genre romance community. 0 (0.0%)
The fan fiction / original gen/het/slash community. 2 (33.3%)
The Goth / dark fiction community. 0 (0.0%)
The gay fiction / gay erotica community. 3 (50.0%)
The general erotica community. 0 (0.0%)
The leather/BDSM community. 1 (16.7%)
Another community. (Please specify.) 0 (0.0%)
I didn't find you by way of a community. 0 (0.0%)
What, you expect me to remember after all this time? 0 (0.0%)
Specifically, I first heard of your writings through: (Pick one.)
MySpace. 0 (0.0%)
A story archive. (Please specify.) 0 (0.0%)
LiveJournal. (Please specify.) 2 (33.3%)
InsaneJournal. (Please specify.) 0 (0.0%)
An e-mail list. (Please specify.) 1 (16.7%)
A link at a Web directory or Website. (Please specify.) 0 (0.0%)
True Tales. 0 (0.0%)
Buried Treasure. 0 (0.0%)
The Slash Skinny. 0 (0.0%)
The Leather Research Reference Shelf. 0 (0.0%)
A friend's recommendation. 1 (16.7%)
Some other place. (Please specify.) 0 (0.0%)
Somewhere or other. I can't remember. 2 (33.3%)
I regularly learn of updates to your Website through: (Pick all that apply.)
Your blog, via InsaneJournal. 2 (33.3%)
Your blog, via the syndicated feed at LiveJournal. 1 (16.7%)
Your blog, via MySpace. 0 (0.0%)
One of your e-mail lists. 5 (83.3%)
Some other means. (Please specify.) 0 (0.0%)
I don't regularly learn of updates to your Website. 0 (0.0%)
I like to read these writings by you: (Pick all that apply.)
Fantasy tales - friendship fiction. 5 (83.3%)
Fantasy tales - gay. 5 (83.3%)
Fantasy tales - heterosexual. 1 (16.7%)
Contemporary leather fiction. 1 (16.7%)
Other fiction by you. 1 (16.7%)
Your nonfiction. 2 (33.3%)
Your Web directories / e-zines. 1 (16.7%)
Your blog. 1 (16.7%)
All of the above. 1 (16.7%)
Have I read your fiction?
Yes, I've read your fiction. 6 (100.0%)
I'm planning to read your fiction once a specific story is published. 1 (16.7%)
One of these days I'll get around to reading your fiction. 0 (0.0%)
No, I'm not interested in your fiction. 0 (0.0%)
I've read, or am planning to read, the following series: (Pick all that apply.)
Darkling Plain. 2 (33.3%)
The Three Lands. 2 (33.3%)
Princeling. 0 (0.0%)
The Eternal Dungeon. 5 (83.3%)
Life Prison. 4 (66.7%)
Michael's House. 4 (66.7%)
Master/Other. 4 (66.7%)
Loren's Lashes. 2 (33.3%)
Leather in Lawnville. 1 (16.7%)
I don't read your series. 0 (0.0%)
Um . . . I don't want to be that specific, but I've read some of your series. 0 (0.0%)
All of the above. When's your next story? 1 (16.7%)
My *favorite* series is: (Pick one.)
Darkling Plain. 0 (0.0%)
The Three Lands. 0 (0.0%)
Princeling. 0 (0.0%)
The Eternal Dungeon. 5 (83.3%)
Life Prison. 0 (0.0%)
Michael's House. 1 (16.7%)
Master/Other. 0 (0.0%)
Loren's Lashes. 0 (0.0%)
Leather in Lawnville. 1 (16.7%)
I haven't read any of these. 0 (0.0%)
I've read, or am planning to read, the following stand-alone stories: (Pick all that apply.)
Right or Right. 0 (0.0%)
Crossing the Cliff. 3 (50.0%)
Night Shadow. 1 (16.7%)
O Most Unthankful. 3 (50.0%)
Eternally Divided. 0 (0.0%)
The True Master. 3 (50.0%)
The Fool. 5 (83.3%)
Debt Price. 3 (50.0%)
Puppets. 1 (16.7%)
What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets. 4 (66.7%)
A Sexual Minority Speaks Out. 3 (50.0%)
Pleasure. 1 (16.7%)
Twenty Thousand Gold Stars. 1 (16.7%)
I don't read your stand-alone stories. 0 (0.0%)
Um . . . some of the above. I'm not saying which. 0 (0.0%)
I'll read anything by you. 1 (16.7%)
My *favorite* stand-alone story is: (Pick one.)
Right or Right. 0 (0.0%)
Crossing the Cliff. 0 (0.0%)
Night Shadow. 0 (0.0%)
O Most Unthankful. 0 (0.0%)
Eternally Divided. 0 (0.0%)
The True Master. 1 (16.7%)
The Fool. 0 (0.0%)
Debt Price. 3 (50.0%)
Puppets. 0 (0.0%)
What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets. 1 (16.7%)
A Sexual Minority Speaks Out. 0 (0.0%)
Pleasure. 1 (16.7%)
Twenty Thousand Gold Stars. 0 (0.0%)
I haven't read any of these. 0 (0.0%)
I like to visit these resources by you. (Pick all that apply.)
Your blog. 6 (100.0%)
True Tales. 4 (66.7%)
Buried Treasure. 3 (50.0%)
The Leather Research Reference Shelf. 1 (16.7%)
Something else entirely. (Please specify.) 0 (0.0%)
No, I just stick with reading your fiction. 0 (0.0%)
In addition to the free online editions, I'd be interested in buying your stories in these formats, if the price is right: (Pick all that apply.)
Hardback. 1 (16.7%)
Paperback. 4 (66.7%)
MP3 - audio book, with computer narrator. 0 (0.0%)
AZW - Kindle. 0 (0.0%)
DOC - Microsoft Word. 4 (66.7%)
LIT - Microsoft Reader. 2 (33.3%)
PRC - Mobipocket. 0 (0.0%)
RTF - generic word processing format. 1 (16.7%)
Some other format. (Please specify.) 0 (0.0%)
No, I'll just stick with the freebies. 0 (0.0%)
I don't read your fiction. 0 (0.0%)
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