Hahaha... you should see us in real life!
..and we are all part of the machinery already. For an artist promoting yourself and your work its pretty much inevitable... unless you are so famous, that you don't care.
Just because richq11 was the only one commenting, it doesn't mean, I didn't read it! You actually have 9 views there and I am certainly at least one of them. Thing is, I tend to read things several times, to really get into it, but I restrict my computer time (mostly) to some time in the morning while I wake up having a big pot of coffee and some time in the evening. Painting takes most of my day, as I paint rather slowly..
So, reading longer texts is quite challenging, because I hate doing it in haste. Sometimes I even print them out...
You know what would be great? Make your own audio book! Read and record your own writing. Today, probably everyone can do it with a cell phone... and then I can listen to it while I paint. Plus, you get even more upvotes, when you post the file to DTube