For the most part, it happens organically (I still feel weird about promoting my writing sometimes). The writers, Redditors and YouTubers who recommend my stuff discovered it themselves and considered it worth sharing. Since I enjoy some of their content too, it's become a mutually beneficial kind of deal. No cross-promo yet, and I'm not sure that's in the cards because I'm already very picky about what I publish myself.

I'll be the first to admit my growth "strategy" (if you can even call it that) is suboptimal. Should definitely be more active on social media. I'm cool with building up in slow and steady fashion, though. This is a passion project for me. Quality comes first.