The Pecman

God, I hate it when people use the word "grow" as a verb. How about: "What are some good ways to increase your readership for stories?" That works. (I also can't stand using "impact" as an adjective: "How has your story impacted readers?" vs. "What kind of impact has your story had on readers?") Promotion is one of the most difficult things about publish-on-demand authors, and it's the same for eBooks and online fiction. Mark Arbour's comments above are 100% right, but still omits how to get the word out, which is the missing link for commercial success.

Love the Beatles, love all the music, but the soundalikes on Glee left me cold. I thought they were very perfunctory, corny, and added nothing to the genre. I think the Glee producers are desperately flailing at trying to put energy and life into the show, which is not gonna be easy with one of the leads dead of an overdose. I think nothing short of introducing 7 or 8 new (much younger) characters could help. And forgive me, but I'm tired of looking at "high school kids" who are close to 30.

More people should do stuff like this. The world would be a much better place if people would do what's right, rather than worry about the consequences. Congrats!