Prolific Works' Advice for Fiction Writing Emails A recent email I got from Prolific Works (formerly Instafreebie) was just too good to simply leave in some form that temporary. This is their list of how to get started with giveaways - which then build your list, so you can send them emails. (Oops - got a bit enthused in the title for this article.) So here is it … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 41 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 41 Results Bridged over to a novella - by writing a three-parter with massive cliff-hangers in between... Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 0 (Own Site) – paid – 31716 (D2D, Amazon), 13833 (Medium) Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 1452 – paid – 0 (Medium) Subscribers: Mailerlite: 0 … [Read more...]
Cracking 6-Figure Book Sales – Mid-list Publishing
Cracking 6-Figure Book Sales by Mid-list Publishing (and a Pulp Fiction Mindset) ref: Mike Shreeve's post from 2014 http://mikeshreeve.com/sell-978-fiction-ebooks-per-day-complete-guide/ Shreeve's stated overall goal is to pass on data so struggling writers and change their mindset, and sell enough books to live full-time from your writing. In fiction, there is no … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 39 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 39 Results Some breakthroughs, some coming. The trick is, as usual, to leverage everything... Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 10336 (Wattpad) – paid – 13833 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 1370 – paid – 10336 (Medium) Subscribers: Mailerlite: 0 (non-IF), MailChimp: 4, Instafreebie: 201 ( down from 206, … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 38 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 38 Results Distractions and diversions cut across some forward steps. Still got my two original books out, through... Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 0 (Wattpad) – paid – 9801 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 4992 – paid – 0 (Medium) Subscribers: Mailerlite: 0 (non-IF), MailChimp: 0, Instafreebie: 236 ( … [Read more...]
How I Train My Inspiration – Fiction Writing By Covers
How I Train My Inspiration - Fiction Writing By Covers ref: How to Train Your Inspiration – Achieve Creative Writing Success How to Train Your Inspiration Part 2 – Creative Writing Writing Fiction: How To Train Your Inspiration – Part III I'm a visual type of guy, so one of my methods for working up inspiration for new books is to get the cover created first. … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 36 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 36 Results Breakthrough (finally) on Medium and Wattpad, plus - just how focused you need to be... Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 6693 (Wattpad) – paid – 47504 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 2123 – paid – 1563 (Medium) Subscribers: Mailerlite: 1 (non-IF), MailChimp: 2, Instafreebie – 363 (down from … [Read more...]
Instafreebie Verified Organizer Free Book Giveaways Update
Instafreebie Verified Organizer Free Book Giveaways Update With the end of August, a slew of giveaways completed, so it was time to do an analysis. Now I'm working with a spreadsheet-history of 116 giveaways. Just added the last of August to this mix, on top of what I'd added a couple of weeks ago. This time, I removed all Erotica giveaways from the mix. (These are … [Read more...]
Cost Per Subscriber Lead – Instafreebie Free Book Giveaways
Cost Per Subscriber Lead Using Instafreebie Free Book Giveaways UPDATE: My math and my underlying raw data were both wrong. So I stand corrected with this update. I'm just passing 4,000 subscribers after 5 months of using Instafreebie on their lowest paid plan ($20 per month.) I thought it was about 40 cents per subscriber, but it was really about four cents per … [Read more...]
