"Urgh. I give up on advertising." - I know how you feel. I get more reads on my R rated story by doing absolutely nothing than I do spending hours advertising and posting on 'no catch reads' threads. Even on the occasional (rarely though, as I don't like R4R) R4R I've done, I've spent the best part of two hours reading through several stories to get absolutely no hits or feedback on my own. Heck, even in the critique or even where they ASK to read your works I've only ever had one or two people true to their word.