Author Corner: 7-10-2022
Added 2022-07-10 17:46:07 +0000 UTCSo, only two chapters this week. Sorry.
I'd been holding out hope RoyalRoad might let me back on if I asked again after a month, but they didn't, giving me the same stock answer they have this entire time. So, I asked them to remove my story so they would stop profiting from my work and they did.
About the same time, I checked my analytics and realized I haven't gotten a single new patron this entire month. Every single 129 of you have been with me longer than that.
The main problem seems to be getting new people to read the story on the sites I'm still posting to https://www.scribblehub.com/series/461729/shadow-of-the-soul-king-litrpg/ and https://www.wattpad.com/story/314195359-shadow-of-the-soul-king. The actual conversion rate of people reading to people paying to support me is ridiculously high--Thank you all for that!--but there's not much I can do to get new readers.
As a result, for now at least, my dream of being able to support myself as a full time author is basically dead. (I still want to live near my family, who don't live in the cheapest places, so, to be able to support myself, I at least need to make minimum wage.)
This, along with being exposed to COVID again and needing to quarantine, made me quite sad and I didn't write for three days, instead watching this entire TV show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Rules_the_World_(TV_series) And it was quite good, having the same type of balanced couple who help each other as I like in my own works, albeit with maybe a bit too much self-sacrifice.
Then I started writing again on Friday and I felt much better, as I do really enjoy writing Shadow of the Soul King and will continue to do so just because it is fun.
I will, however, need to fully start looking for a new job, so we likely won't be having any more 6 chapter weeks. Sorry about that.
Also, I went back and updated chapter 153 to better explain why the main characters are participating in the War of the Chosen when it could potentially attract attention they don't want. And I updated chapter 155 so Diana wouldn't expose Aalam for following the path of the Heavenly Spark when Brom wouldn't have been able to tell on his own.
As a final note, I also plan on splitting some of my writing time over the next few months to also work on a novel I might be able to publish through a traditional route, a story I have named On How to Kill a Fox and Eat God.
This is a dark action comedy urban fantasy I'd finished the outline for around the time I started writing Shadow of the Soul King and I'll post chapters here when I'm done with them. You can expect the first few I finished a while ago later today.
Thanks so much everyone for your support! It means so much to me that I have over 100 people who like my stories enough to support me here and you are all awesome!
Thirteen Life Legion
P.S. 8 pm Eastern Standard Time I will be answering questions on the Discord again.
Comments
ah gotcha, dang
nugitoBambino
2022-07-11 19:03:21 +0000 UTCYeah, I dont really know them, just that other writers Im a patreon of, also post them there, a shame they are sketchy. Some also use Scribble thingy which you are using, I’ll definitely head there and give you views and reviews :)
Tuqueque
2022-07-10 22:18:50 +0000 UTCThis is probably a good idea. Thanks.
Thirteen Life Legion
2022-07-10 21:10:03 +0000 UTCwebnovel.com is owned by a truly evil company that doesn't respect copyright and I just looked at tapas.io and the top stories on that site are obviously stolen from wuxiaworld. I'd rather not have to deal with them.
Thirteen Life Legion
2022-07-10 21:09:41 +0000 UTCThe fact they review any story that is added onto the site. They won't allow it to be reposted. ManguKing asked if he could do so and they said no.
Thirteen Life Legion
2022-07-10 21:07:21 +0000 UTCThe math really doesn't work on RR for most stories that have higher than a 4.5 rating. There are just too many trolls and not enough true ratings to get someone that high without manipulation unless they are one of the truly most read stories.
Thirteen Life Legion
2022-07-10 21:05:35 +0000 UTCSmall steps to reach your income goal but Im sure eventually you will reach it. As for getting more reach to audiences reddit as someone else suggested might be good short term or maybe tapas.io or webnovel.com which I see other writers publish there aswell
Tuqueque
2022-07-10 19:06:01 +0000 UTCwhat stops you from reposting on RR under a different name?
nugitoBambino
2022-07-10 18:59:01 +0000 UTCThis whole situation makes me wonder how many other great stories are on RR but I haven't found them because they are so buried under shitty sorting systems. Definitely isnt the first time I've been reading a good series and wondered why the viewership is so low considering how shit some of the rising stars are.
Andrew Webb
2022-07-10 17:59:27 +0000 UTCYou should post a bit on r/progressionfantasy and r/litrpg. You have a ton of chapters, and while you likely won’t reach the same kind of numbers as you do with royalroad, you should still see some trickle in. Really you just need to decide how you want to explain getting kicked off RR(I don’t think it’s a huge issue).
Sebin Paul
2022-07-10 17:56:51 +0000 UTC
