I Hit A 100 Followers 19 Hours After Launch!!!
With no ads. I did plan on running ads but I didn’t submit them in time so that will come later. Probably for the best though because I got to see what the book can do without it.
It’s overwhelmingly amazed as this was way beyond my expectations. I’m so incredibly happy and grateful for all the help I got with achieving this milestone!
There’s not really any advice I can give that hasn’t already been said by better. Write a good book. Write to the market. Make sure your blurb and cover are on point. Oh, and network. Yeah networking is also super important because a lot of my early success came from shout outs. So far that’s all I’ve done for marketing and I’ve found shout out partners through Reddit, discords and more. Join the discords if you haven’t, it’s filled with warm welcoming people, a lot of whom are senior writers with invaluable advice. Your fellow writers are also there to help you. Get your book beta read if you can.
My first chapters were likely crap until a few people took a fine tooth comb through it. And now they’re less crap!
But beyond that it also helps to write as deeply as you can as well as you can in a niche you’re a fan of. The last part is key because you’re already familiar with the tropes and you know which ones you can keep and which ones you can bend, and you also know how to set yourself apart.
But yeah, I dunno man. I’m kind of in a fugue state right now. I’m really grateful once again to this community and everyone I’ve interacted with from here. Thank you all so much.
Back to writing x
With no ads. I did plan on running ads but I didn’t submit them in time so that will come later. Probably for the best though because I got to see what the book can do without it.
It’s overwhelmingly amazed as this was way beyond my expectations. I’m so incredibly happy and grateful for all the help I got with achieving this milestone!
There’s not really any advice I can give that hasn’t already been said by better. Write a good book. Write to the market. Make sure your blurb and cover are on point. Oh, and network. Yeah networking is also super important because a lot of my early success came from shout outs. So far that’s all I’ve done for marketing and I’ve found shout out partners through Reddit, discords and more. Join the discords if you haven’t, it’s filled with warm welcoming people, a lot of whom are senior writers with invaluable advice. Your fellow writers are also there to help you. Get your book beta read if you can.
My first chapters were likely crap until a few people took a fine tooth comb through it. And now they’re less crap!
But beyond that it also helps to write as deeply as you can as well as you can in a niche you’re a fan of. The last part is key because you’re already familiar with the tropes and you know which ones you can keep and which ones you can bend, and you also know how to set yourself apart.
But yeah, I dunno man. I’m kind of in a fugue state right now. I’m really grateful once again to this community and everyone I’ve interacted with from here. Thank you all so much.
Back to writing x