OK - fascinating shift this week. Course production is moving right along. Almost distractive. Still, a muse surfaced one night in the middle of this... "Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts – and we are never the same." ~ Flavia Weedn Metrics Subscribers: Total subs: 2462 Heritage subs: 63 IF subs: 2270 New IF API subs: 9 New Non-IF API subs: 0 Webform subs: 6 Veterans - 331 Inactive - 26 Still dwindling. Need to ramp up promotion to get subscribers from other areas. Still busy with other stuff (courses). Book Sales: Back to usual. Peak from lockdown user sales back to usual range. Books (pre-)published: Short Romance Escapes George O. Smith: Golden Age Space Opera Tales Fiction Books In Progress: all on hold - … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Audience Challenge – Week 35 Results
Mesmerized by a program that allows me to start catching up on all these course videos I need to produce. So I'm like a pig in muck, enjoying every minute... "Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity." ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Metrics Subscribers: Total Subscribers - 2484 Heritage Subs - 64 IF subscribers - 2293 New IF API Subs - 4 New Non-IF API Subs - 1 Webform Subs - 3 Veterans - 337 Inactives - 27 Still dwindling. Need to ramp up promotion to get subscribers from other areas. Still busy with other stuff. Book Sales: Back to usual. Peak from lockdown user sales back to usual range. Books (pre-)published: Short Romance Escapes George O. Smith: Golden Age Space Opera Tales Fiction Books In Progress: all on hold - see … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Audience Challenge – Week 33/34 Results
Caught a flu bug (not the current scamdemic) and lost a few days of work. So this dual post. A new fiction prompted an anthology of works, so... “When there is change, there is opportunity. So, it is paramount that you get energized rather than paralyzed.” ~ Jack Welch Metrics Subscribers: Total subs - 2482 Heritage subs - 64 IF subs - 2296 New IF API subs - 22 New Non-IF API subs - 0 Webform Subs - 5 Inactives - 18 Veterans 338 Still dwindling. Need to ramp up promotion to get subscribers from other areas. Still busy with other stuff. Book Sales: Back to usual. Peak from lockdown user sales back to usual range. Books (pre-)published: The Autists: Jenna The Autists Anthology Algis Budrys: Golden Age Space Opera Tales The Old Stone House and Other … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Audience Challenge – Week 32 Results
Another working week, where farm work took away from other work - namely courses. Did get another fiction book published, though... "Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be." ~ Benjamin Hardy Metrics Subscribers: Total Subscribers 2484 Heritage Subscribers 8 IF Subscribers 2296 New IF API Subscribers 11 Non IF API Subscribers 0 Webform Subscribers 5 90 day Inactive 13 Newbie no-openers 14 Veterans 346 Still dwindling. Need to ramp up promotion to get subscribers from other areas. Still busy with other stuff. Book Sales: Back to usual. Higher with the scamdemic scare. Books (pre-)published: Idylls of a Lazurai 15 Fantastical World-Stories Joseph Farrell: Golden … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Audience Challenge – Week 31 Results
Weird week. All the reasons in the world for not getting things done. At least I'm fighting the catch-up earlier this week. Glad to have you along for this journey... “Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Metrics Subscribers: Total Subscribers - 2489 Heritage Subscribers - 67 IF Subscribers - 2305 New IF subs - 10 New Non-IF subs - 1 Webform Subs - 5 Inactive - 8 Veteran Subs - 358 Still dwindling. Need to ramp up promotion to get subscribers from other areas. (I did get a yahoo pointing out that text-only readers of email don't flag the "opened" bit - so they'll simply be unsubscribed eventually. Last week, I set that back to two years before I delete them for non-opening during the last 90 days. Should help … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Audience Challenge – Week 29/30 Results
Back on schedule. New fiction out this week - looking forward to another new fiction and then back to updating courses. Lots of great work ahead... "Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk." ~ J .C. Penny Metrics Subscribers: Total Subscribers - 2533 Heritage Subscribers - 68 Veteran Subs - 358 IF Subscribers - 2351 New IF subs - 33 New Non-IF subs - 1 Webform Subs - 3 Inactive - 40 Still dwindling. Need to ramp up promotion to get subscribers from other areas. Book Sales: Back to usual. Higher with the scamdemic scare. Books (pre-)published: Why Leftists Fail With Violence Basil Wells: Golden Age Space Opera Tales Fiction Books In Progress: … [Read more...]
