Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25941663-20150119211557/@comment-25052433-20150119230631

I would imagine that the solution to this issue may lie in a much easier direction. The issue with visibility by way of a monthly PoTM is that you are waiting an entire month to see one story get the spotlight. That story gets some exposure, but other great stories are still falling into the void.

One solution that I would suggest is that we all sit down and determine a good way of writer's self promoting their work, in a manner that doesn't become spamming.

It almost seems at times that people are afraid to self promote, as they believe the admins might swoop in and accuse them of spamming their story. Even posting a blog announcing a new story doesn't really help, since most of the blogs that get attention here are typically related to site operations rather than story promotion.

What I would like to see developed is a safe means for writers to promote their own work that doesn't come across as intentional over saturation. Perhaps we need to revise the 'Suggested Reading' concept, but expand it to allow users to select several stories a week to push to the front of the site, almost like a book club.

By allowing the users and writers a more broad and recognized scope to support and promote their work, this will bring more legitimacy to the PoTM and the Admin Spotlight.