I do wonder if some of that is due to the increased time devoted to the book project. Some of it is also very clearly just the impact of the waning popularity of Big Fantasy Adaptations, since those always provided really effective windows to get people thinking about history.
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1) Siege of Gondor
2) Sparta
3) Fremen Mirage
4) Helm's Deep
5) Why No Roman INdustrial Revolution
6) AC: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications
7) the first Ukraine primer
8) Farming!
9) Game of Thrones: How It Wasn't
10) That Dothraki Horde
The 'song of my heart,' as it were; I sang it, and now it is sung. Not bad.
p.s. That’s a big disparity, so clearly not the reason. I am curious how long a tail your posts have.
It's better than the crowd latching onto something you were less enthusiastic about at least lol
1) you answered a lot of the top questions people were and are searching for in those post
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2) 2020-2022 were years where a LOT of reading was happening. I don't think my own sales will ever match those few years again!
Who knew grain could be so interesting
Which isn't at all meant to sound or be insulting. It's just the pattern that leaps out to me when examining that list. It's almost all reactive rather than proactive.
The latter is maybe more useful, as long as people read it. But the former has a cleaner and stronger elevator pitch.
There's also Dune, of course, but the Fremen Mirage is right up there.
And while it has fans, it hasn't broken out and also honestly I don't think it's very good. (Or engaging with the type of world building you'd want to talk about very much )