sakurajima.moe is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A comfy, non-toxic, and inclusive Anime/Manga/Japanese Media fandom and Japanese Media/Culture Content Creators (Bloggers/Artists/Video Creators/Podcasters/etc.) Mastodon Server

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28 Do you try to give readers what they want or strive for originality? A balance?

I write in a genre and assume that what I want and what the readers want are close to the same. I'm not looking for a mass market. That said, I sometimes curb my worst instincts and tailor things for my audience.