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     Over a week since I released my collection, Psychedelia Gothique and I have to idea whether anyone has even bought a copy! More than a little anticlimactic given the amount of work and love and enthusiasm that has gone into it.      The process has taught me so much so far and it's really just beginning. As much as you hear about things going viral and people getting rich or famous overnight, I think the process of becoming a successful writer/artists and amassing fans is becoming more important than ever. I think you can build a reputation now far more easily than in the past. But it still comes to you one fan, one reader one helpful colleague at a time. And given how long I've been out of circulation, any success I manage to achieve won't come overnight. By publishing five stories directly to my collection, I bypassed the opportunity to showcase them in places that have already built audiences. The only surefire way for me to get those stories to the masses (rathe