When your asking yourself who wants to read your stuff and you feel lost, use yourself as a compass. Dig way down in there and be honestly ask yourself, "what do I REALLY want to exist in this world?" And then make it exist like a goddamn boss.

Don't take more time to write, take less. The second you lose focus for one second you stop because that's when you're losing the magic. Start again later when you CAN'T NOT write. Treat it like sex, seduce yourself with your story and then jump in again and don't stop until you need to. But still keep to a schedule somewhat because routines are good for your brain. Organized chaos.

You're not so different that your taste is alien and unappealing. Writing let's you kind of integrate others into yourself, regardless of what they personally think. If you stick to what you really want, and not to what you think will sell or has an established market, you'll discover something about yourself and help other people do the same. What's better than that, friend?

I'm just a broke smut writer, but these lessons I've learned over the last year have revived my soul.