I've posted a short story of mine, The Lube Oil Purifier, on Smashwords. The main reason I did this was to experiment with how Smashwords works, learn about e-book formatting, and see how many downloads a free short story might get. If I get any good reviews, well, that would just be icing on the cake!
So far the experiment has been interesting. In four days the story has been downloaded 33 times. Not too bad, I think. In critiques one of the most frequent comments I would receive is "I can't believe I read a story with a name like that! It sounds way too technical for me!" It's not really technical at all, instead it is a funny story about a micromanaging Captain. I pulled it out of a short story collection I'm working on, tentatively titled "Tales of the Navy." Not exactly an exciting title, but definitely descriptive. I have a couple more title ideas, so by the time I'm ready to publish the name might change.
As I write this I've had one review, and it was five stars! The review didn't say too much, but I'll take all the five stars I can get!
You can download the story here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/73011
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