User blog comment:WatcherAzazel/Brick Wall on the first Paragraph/@comment-25052433-20140806205307/@comment-1186783-20140806210737

Ok, none of these suggestions really work with the story I have planned. I'm trying to be as vague as possible, because I don't want to spoil until I post it in the Writer's Workshop, but let me give you some idea.

The main character will not encounter Peter Dawson, nor will he be directly effected by Peter Dawson. However, Peter Dawson will be mentioned in the course of the story. So my plan was to open it with him saying something to the effect of "Every time I tell this story people ask me how much I know about Peter Dawson, or if I've read (In The Circle).  The answer is yes, I'm intimately familiar with it.  I have the internet, just like you.  But, Peter Dawson really isn't what this story is about."

(that's why I'm calling this a "spin-off" instead of a "sequel")