The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 49 Results More winding down the year, boiling down what I've learned. Getting ready for the next challenge... Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 0 (Own Site) – paid – 13772 (D2D, Amazon), 0 (Medium) Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 4318 – paid – 0 (Medium) Subscribers: New Instafreebie/PW: 216 New Others: … [Read more...]
Fiction Writing: What I Learned From A Year of Self Publishing
Fiction Writing: What I Learned From A Year of Self Publishing (With apologies for not linking all the multitude of posts for this past year. But you're weleome to wade through the hundreds I posted - here.) (And you can download this article as PDF) I set out with the purpose of doing a full year writing challenge - to test what I was recommending new and existing … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 48 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 48 Results Post NaNoWriMo. Wrapping up the year, with a summary of what I've done. Interesting overview... Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 6842 (Own Site) – paid – 23011 (D2D, Amazon), 0 (Medium) Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 895 – paid – 0 (Medium) Subscribers: New Instafreebie/PW: 357 (262) New Others: … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 42 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 42 Results Just finished another novella - four-parter with serious cliffhangers. Means five original books published this week (with its anthology) … Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 0 (Own Site) – paid – 48152 (D2D, Amazon), 0 (Medium) Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 2305 – paid – 0 … [Read more...]
Prolific Works’ Advice for Fiction Writing Emails
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...]
