Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.

Being poor is people wondering why you didn't leave.

Star Wars is not entertainment. Star Wars is George Lucas masturbating to a picture of Joseph Campbell and conning billions of people into watching the money shot.

Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.

When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.