Number One Fan

It's amazing to me how life can pass you by.  One minute, you're posting a blog every couple weeks, the next more than a year has gone by.  WELL.  Somehow, I don't think that's going to cut it.  Time to get back on the wagon.

So what to talk about?  

As you may know from previous blogs, I am trying to get published.  The problem is, agents, editors and publishers don't want to take a chance on unknown authors.  One of the things recommended for said authors to build a following is to blog.  To build a platform.  It is a place to talk about yourself, your interests, showcase your writing and gain readers who are interested in your writing and actually give a damn about what you have to say.  

But no pressure.

What am I saying.  Of course there's pressure!  The way these books and articles talk about these types of things, your entire career, MY entire career, depends on this.  

What a way to get writer's block.  

You would think that as much as I talk about myself in real life I would be able to rattle off whatever I wanted no problem on here.  Right?  Wrong!  I have absolutely no idea what to say.  Which is seriously strange.  

I think maybe it's the "build a following" part. It's the false promise that people actually care about what I write.  But they don't.  I know that.  I'm not delusional.  Most writers know that their words aren't so profound as to change the world upon one reading.  But what about just one person's world?  Isn't that the signature of a good writer?  To touch one person in a very real way?  

I think true fans are like true friends. 

The normal variety can be many or few, and they tend to come and go.  But true friends know all about you and stick with you through the good and the bad.  You're lucky to find just a few true ones that last forever. 

I believe the same is true with fans. 

So that's my aspiration.  To gain a few true friends by just being myself.  Talking about any and everything.  So I'm back.  And hopefully, I'm here to stay.  Because how can I expect someone else to be a real fan if I'm not one first?