Ah no, now I get you. Thanks for explaining. Now, onto cases. I certainly don't want to do more than find the best stories from around the world, announce them in my blog on the first of each month of course, and let the chips fall where they may (with Neil and Sean and other stakeholders doing their work as well in making sure the stories are reviewed, read, etc.). I don't think hyping CW frequently on lj would be at all effective for a number of fairly complex reasons, not the least of which being the onrushing Singularity of Spam: one day I'll refresh my friends page and EVERY post will be hyping some link or other to click on. (I call is The Myspace Effect.)
From my POV, and you can read more about this in the intro to the Realms antho collecting the first year of stories when it is released late this month, the important thing about a website is the sort of story published, as far as generating a broad readership.
As far as the attention of the fishbowl in that case, the visitor stats show me that I have a fair chunk of it, and even better, an audience that ranges more widely than the hardcore of SF short fiction readership.
I don't solely want a deep readership, as that would involve too much competition from other sources (not just the other magazines out there, but Harry Potter fanfic and whatnot) and don't think the key to getting a wide readership is first cementing the deep readership. Indeed, I think that at this late date, the deep readership is so entrenched in its private language that a significant amount of SF is entirely incomprehensible to many many excellent readers.
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From my POV, and you can read more about this in the intro to the Realms antho collecting the first year of stories when it is released late this month, the important thing about a website is the sort of story published, as far as generating a broad readership.
As far as the attention of the fishbowl in that case, the visitor stats show me that I have a fair chunk of it, and even better, an audience that ranges more widely than the hardcore of SF short fiction readership.
I don't solely want a deep readership, as that would involve too much competition from other sources (not just the other magazines out there, but Harry Potter fanfic and whatnot) and don't think the key to getting a wide readership is first cementing the deep readership. Indeed, I think that at this late date, the deep readership is so entrenched in its private language that a significant amount of SF is entirely incomprehensible to many many excellent readers.