On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, Ryan Mathews wrote:

But that's the whole point!  It works both ways.  I read your fics, 
then I went and watched Dirty Pair.

I'm glad to hear it.  I still didn't expect you to.  Also, keep in mind 
that when I began writing DIRTY PAIR stories, there were *NO OTHER* 
stories on the net.

Captive audience?  ^_^  Doesn't matter.  You *should* have expected 
people to watch the anime after reading your fic.  You did it to me with 
DP, and then you did it again with Tenchi.  Jhon did it with SM, (Of 
course, I still hate the anime, but I tried it), and Ranma.  Yes, Ranma.

So you're afraid you'll get lost in the flood?  Think about those of 
us who *do* write Ranma fics.  How the hell do I make mine stand out?  
The *only* way to have people notice you is to write well.

Which only works if you can get people to click on your story in the 
first place.  If people give up on the group, we all lose.

Click?  I don't understand.  What does click mean?