re: serializing
I've been breaking up both projects I'm currently posting to Steemit, mainly as a test, but also due to practicality.
The Maya, is in novel form, so I've been trying to keep installments in the 900-1000 word range, but they've ended up a little below 900 and up to 1,200. I've been trying to find the best places to stop as far as story flow, where it's at the most engaging.
That's been hard a couple of times because I didn't write the book to break up as I have.
In your case, non-fiction could lend itself to serialization more readily because people will want to digest different segments gradually. So, if you're way beyond the 1,000 word barrier on a post, I would say, try to break it up where it might make the most sense.
re: engagement
There could be all kinds of reasons, but yes, I believe it has been down, especially last week, and lower STEEM/SBD could be a main culprit. However, as you pointed out, you had family visiting, so who knows. I also think the current flag war could be contributing, depending on how involved people are in that.
re: SBD
With witnesses adjusting their pricing to affect "printing" of SBDs, the price has apparently been adjusting, but there's definitely a taste for it out there. I don't know enough about how any of that works, and from what I can tell, a lot of what might pass for analysis is at best speculation, so I'll steer away from it now. :)
Knowing analysis is often speculation is the path to wisdom :-)
Have you followed @johnjgeddes ? He is serializing books too. I have seen your stories but haven't read them yet...I love that you are doing it though. Keep it up! Will try to support when I can, although most ofy SP is currently delegated.
I have ran across his stuff and some others. I probably should check it out in more depth. I think what I came across was quite a bit into the story, so I didn't read the post beyond a paragraph. Need to get to the first post and work my way through.
Well, I appreciate the thought of support obviously, as well as what you've done so far. Everyone is here with their own ways to attempt to add value, so no worries from me. I've been enjoying my experiments with serialization so far, and while I would like to turn this Steemit deal into more than it is now, there's still time, patience and more posts to make.
Experiment, experiment, experiment.
Collect all that data. One day it may be worth a lot...even of Steem isn't.
Although I hope it is!