#fan-base

How else can you persuade people to follow you on your journey? The most you should ever really be is yourself. It’s the easiest thing in the world and most satisfying when you actually have fans. Have people who want to follow you for you or your work.

That said think of these items:

Giveaways

On Goodreads, I went from 60 to 115 adding my book in four days

Nothing is free, so don’t go in…

The Internet made me realize that there is a fan-base for everything.

Every freaking thing!

Be it earthbound or out of this world!

Fiction or non-fiction. 

There is a huge fan-base for Fonts! That's right, Fonts!!!!!!!

With millions sharing various topics on fonts and stuff in an infinite number of website and blogs!!!!!

(No, this isn't me attacking Ryan. Especially since some of his beliefs are mutual. Just saying.) It's hard to say this with complete certainty, but I will always do my best to never let a fan-base of a particular "thing" affect my views towards whatever it is. Yes, fans could be annoying, but it's not the object of their attention's fault, unless it is encouraging such behavior. One such example is Blood On The Dancefloor. I personally believe that their "music" is vulgar and uninteresting, but for some reason people like it. Their fans don't take rejection of the band very kindly, and although the band proclaims that they want nothing but peace, they surely do not show it. And yes, I've tried listening to many of their songs. I gave them a chance. So do not claim that I'm not liking them solely because I "heard this or that" about them.

It seems like music has the most "annoying" fan-base. Don't take that statement to heart. People truly miss out on a decent amount of bands solely because they feel negatively about the fan-base.

The same goes for television. This will mostly be about anime. I personally don't watch too much anime. Not nearly enough to be considered a fan of anime, not the fan of the show. There are those who are fans of anime, meaning that they watch anything and everything they can. That's just not me. So, what am I getting at? Some people just take things too far. It's perfectly fine to like something. It's fine that you want to include yourself within the fan-base. But when you're on the other end of the spectrum, don't let said fan-base affect whether or not you like something. Look for yourself first, then you can figure out if you like whatever it is that you're looking at.