Six months ago to the day, I posted my first article and 19 Sided Die was born. It was a post originally written for reddit, almost on a whim, about something I thought was mechanically interesting that I still don't know if I'll ever actually use.
It's interesting to look back on that and see how my style has changed even in half a year. It's developed faster in this time than ever before. Probably because I've never spent so much time writing all this RPG stuff that bounces around my brain down in (what's intended to be) a coherent form. My gaming preferences have shifted, my writing style has developed, and I'm currently playing more RPGs than I have at any point in my life.
When I set out, I had a vague goal of posting every week for an indeterminate time. Once a month passed and I'd accrued about 1,000 page views, I thought it would be neat if I could keep that going for 6 months.
I hit the 6,000 mark just before 5 months.
It's not about the numbers - if it were, that's a wholly unimpressive amount in this age of the internet. All I've done is write regularly and post on one subreddit regularly. I've dabbled in posting elsewhere - it nets more readers, which is nice, but I'm trying to engage with people rather than just catch as many eyes as possible.
What really feels good is that I decided to start doing a regularly scheduled thing and I did.
I've enjoyed the discourse on my comments sections (moreso on reddit than directly here, only because that's the larger platform) and I even seem to have a few regular readers. That's awesome. I've landed on a few blogrolls and noticed a few links coming in from other blogs.
I love that some of my ideas have resonated with others, and the ideas that don't stick have been met with constructive feedback.
I don't really know how to wrap this post up, but I know I don't intend to wrap up 19 Sided Die any time soon.
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