Follow Me! I Am Looking For Readers! This Means You!
By: Matthew Leo
Tags: Writing Tips, Authors, Twitter, Writing, Poetry

Readers are some of the bravest people I know. They are the ones who, almost scandalously, have no qualms about following the late hare down his rabbit hole, chasing off into space on ship far beyond our current technologies, and even immersing themselves in a zombie infested wasteland. It’s those brave readers I am so desperately trying to reach and appeal to.

Seriously though, I have a goal. Well, several. My goal is to reach 1,000,000 followers on any of my social media accounts. Why? I don’t necessarily want to be Uber Famous, just famous enough to pay the bills. Right now, only pennies are trickling in, thanks to Medium. I would love to be the most ubiquitous writer on the planet.

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I feel confident that if I interact with my fans long enough, I can make lifelong readers out of them. When they think of excellent poetry, I want my name on their lips. When they think of a good vampire or zombie novel, I want my face to appear in their thoughts. Writing is all I have ever wanted to do in this life. The power of the written word is infinite. It can sway masses, bring forth emotions one never knew they had, and win over souls if you are persuasive enough.

However, without an agent to market my wares for me, its up to me to wave and throttle my arms in all directions to get your attention. My short term goal at the moment is to reach 20,000 followers on Twitter. Twitter has become a powerful ally in fulfilling my desire to reach people across the globe. Across the globe! I have had so many conversations with people from India, England, African countries, and so many more in South America. What a wondrous time to be alive. I can not understate how excited I feel when I know that my words have the potential to reach all four corners of the globe. It’s exciting, and scary. However, its that excitement that pushes me to write hard and write well, knowing that my next reader could be the catalyst that gets me lightyears closer to my goal.

I am asking for your help. If you can spare a few moments, please check out my publication (My Drying Ink). It is where I am slowly organizing all of my poetry and articles. Whenever I discover something new about writing or publishing, and I think that the writing community could benefit from it, I am always willing to share. I think that is the best way of swaying readers over to my cause. My poetry can be described as full of imagery, and par for the hopeless romantic and hopelessly dark alike.

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If you like what I am putting out there, please load up your Twitter and give me a follow. I am already 3,000 followers in. Only 997,000 more to go! I will not be daunted! I’m sure you will help. :) Of course, I will update everyone on my progress. Here is my profile for my Twitter:

For all of those who have followed me so far here on Medium, do you dare go a step further and follow me on Twitter? I post regular updates on my articles up there as well for your convenience. :)

https://twitter.com/matthew_leo

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You can also find me on Facebook:

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Thank you so much for your read. Check out my publication here on Medium. It is called My Drying Ink.