[studiofellow]

The piece I find most interesting here is not JK Rowling or book publishing, but the effects of 'intrinsic talent' and 'cumulative advantage' upon success.

The suggestion that the quality of my work might not contribute to my own success as much as I'd hope is disheartening.

I also wonder: how can I build up my own cumulative advantage?

[Florin_Andrei]

Fire as many "pellets" at this "bird" as you can. One bird alone is hard to shoot, but blasting away hundreds of little projectiles with a big shotgun increases the chance tremendously.

In other words, be relentless. Self-advertise, stay on top of things, keep pushing ahead.

[studiofellow]

Thanks. I was also 'thinking aloud' on twitter that slowly building a following could eventually build up quite a bit of momentum.

But that momentum will never build unless you keep firing pellets, so to speak.