It's great to hear from you, Scott! I for one would love to hear more of your insights and advice
On another note, I experienced somewhat of a traffic spike from Stumbleupon this past weekend. About 3000 pageviews in one week. That's a whole heck of a lot more than I'd had in any of the weeks prior. I think this is indicative of the blogging experience: you blog for a long time and then an inexplicable traffic spike happens.
One of the posts that was popular, "Science Fiction is Dead. Now What?" is very similar to many of your blog posts, Mr. Jordan. That's why I, at the risk of being annoying, will continue to encourage you to BOOKMARK ALL OF YOUR BLOG POSTS ON STUMBLEUPON
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You may want to feather in some "stumbles" from other sites among your own to guard against getting banned for spamming.
And on getting reviews, I just received a pretty decent review for my self-published audiobook of bizarro stories from an emerging book blogger I met on Goodreads. I, like other indies, am building a rather large list of connections on Twitter and Goodreads. Sometimes these connections can lead to book bloggers wanting to review your stuff without you even asking. This is a fringe benefit of maintaining a somewhat higher profile on the social media sites.
However, I preemptively admit that one must also keep writing and not just "mash buttons" on the social media sites.