It's certainly stressful to fear becoming irrelevant or rejected altogether by the 'almighty algorithm', smothering one's reach. You're right about it being quite a narcissist haha. xD
My personal philosophy is usually to ignore the algorithm and trust to the old fashioned method of hoping that our work reaches exactly the people it was meant to reach, via sharing around and word of mouth...! However, that doesn't mean it brings in a flood of people...just a small, joyous group that loves what I do. There just has to be better ways of reaching your audience than needing to constantly feed a hungry machine.....!
I hope your rest is wonderful and restorative. See you when you get back, Jennifer! This gives me time to go back and do a re-read of your previous stuff. :)
It's so important to have that trust and hope that our work will reach those who need it most. We can only do our best. We have so little control in the matter.
I'm glad to hear that your philosophy is to ignore the algorithm. Something about it reminds me of a bottomless pit. A podcaster I listen to said it's more like a slot machine than anything. There's a lot of wisdom in that description.
A wonderful roundup of what's going on and things to come. Inspires me to try something similar! And I'll be interested to see what you do with paid tiers.
It's certainly stressful to fear becoming irrelevant or rejected altogether by the 'almighty algorithm', smothering one's reach. You're right about it being quite a narcissist haha. xD
My personal philosophy is usually to ignore the algorithm and trust to the old fashioned method of hoping that our work reaches exactly the people it was meant to reach, via sharing around and word of mouth...! However, that doesn't mean it brings in a flood of people...just a small, joyous group that loves what I do. There just has to be better ways of reaching your audience than needing to constantly feed a hungry machine.....!
I hope your rest is wonderful and restorative. See you when you get back, Jennifer! This gives me time to go back and do a re-read of your previous stuff. :)
Thank you, Jess. :)
It's so important to have that trust and hope that our work will reach those who need it most. We can only do our best. We have so little control in the matter.
I'm glad to hear that your philosophy is to ignore the algorithm. Something about it reminds me of a bottomless pit. A podcaster I listen to said it's more like a slot machine than anything. There's a lot of wisdom in that description.
A wonderful roundup of what's going on and things to come. Inspires me to try something similar! And I'll be interested to see what you do with paid tiers.
Thank you, Jean!
Rest is important, so if you're feeling burned out, I hope you take a break and feel revived.
And I'm excited to begin with the paid tiers. I've got some fun ideas. Now, I just have to get them all in place. :)
I’m proud of you for taking a break. I’ll await your phenomenal fiction and non - fiction upon your return in July.
Means a lot to hear you say that. Thanks for the support.