Follow the Leader

Sorry for the very short entry; due to a lot of personal upheaval, I haven’t been feeling the desire to write at all, not even rambling essays such as this.  I hope you’ll forgive the sparse, unimaginative prose that is likely to grace my entries until further notice.

I know it’s probably a little premature to be thinking about fans of your writing, especially if, like me, you haven’t actually finished anything yet.  However, fans are part of the hypothetical audience you are writing for, people like you who are interested in the kinds of stories you tell.  But on another writing blog, I ran across the question, “Would you like to be a bestseller or have a smaller, more manageable following?”

It’s not as straightforward as it looks.

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