I've been thinking a lot about worn out tropes and market size.
One thing I recall from the short story anthollgy workshop I did, and then further seen in some 'don't send in' list for shorts is that they do not want, among other things, your game campaign / game books.
It's just not ...
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2021-10-31 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI really need to start doing these polls before the month ends... otherwise it gives me less than 3 weeks to get done. Once again, short poll - done in a week. Get to voting!
2021-10-31 11:26:51 +0000 UTC View PostI got it done! Just before the end of the month too. As always, we'll get an audiobook done and we'll reformat it nicely, but here you go!
Hopefully you enjoy this. it's a little different take and purely slice of life, with almost no tension in the story itself but... it was fun writing f...
EBOOKS
My strategy with my boxset for System Apocalypse (book 1-3) is simple - I spend about $10 a day targeting the US via lookalikes on FB. I don't get a huge conversion rate on it (yet - testing some new graphics for the ad & new blurb); but I get about 13 sales / 32...
2021-10-27 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey Jenn here (the new kid on the block),
Apologies on any confusion for the System Finale preview chapters. Between being new and transitioning the book schedules, things got a bit scrambled. We are now back on track with our chapters. Master Class and above have Chapters 1-3, and Ad...
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2021-10-24 13:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello~
Kate here. Going by the poll from last week, we've just started posting System Finale, book 12 of the System Apocalypse series! And we will keep posting A Capital's Perils (Adventures on Brad book 8).
A few things to note:
Not sure I've ever written one of these, but I figured I'd talk about conventions. In my mind there are two types of conventions.
Fan Conventions
I lump anything that is more focused on fans in h...
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2021-10-15 13:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostSo I figured I'd write this now, just 'cause it's been a few weeks since the announcement that I got on the shortlist for the Kindle UK Storyteller award. This might be vaguely interesting for people.
Added Publicity
So far, I've had a single radio interview booked fo...
2021-10-13 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSo we're going to start posting the System Finale chapters next week! Woohoo! However, we've just started posting A Capital's Perils... So please help us figure out what to do.
Thanks in advance!
-Kate
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2021-10-05 10:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostLet's get this started! This is book 8 of the Adventures on Brad series. These chapters haven't been edited yet.
For your convenience, here's the fully edited, super secret book 7 - The Guild's Demands if you haven't caught up yet: 2021-10-01 14:21:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, poll ends 10/07 to give me time to write.
2021-09-30 15:56:18 +0000 UTC View PostMy very own Marketing Strategy for Authors is part of this year's NaNoWriMo StoryBundle!
Each year, as countless determined writers, both aspiring and professional, look at November as National Novel Writing Month...
2021-09-30 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I know a lot of you here reading are indie publishers like me. There's a LOT of great things to say about being an independent published author and I'm sure I've covered it in depth.
However, I wanted to highlight something that most of us independent authors will never really see, and ...
2021-09-30 13:45:10 +0000 UTC View PostBeen meaning to write about my strategy for shorts. Forgot I even had this as a draft thing, but here we go. I'll be short.
Product
Well, this is easy. They're shorts. :P
Actually, because they are shorts, a number of things are dictate...
2021-09-30 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello,
Kate here.
First of all, I'm sorry that I didn't get to post the new chapter for The Second Storm yesterday, and thank you for your patience. A new chapter is now available to all of you.
As we transfer to A Capital's Perils (Book 8 of Adventures on Brad)...
2021-09-29 08:08:11 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone;
So quick update of the month and what's looking like for the next little bit.
I have been struggling with school starting for the kid, taking him to school, organising play dates, after school activities and all that jazz while also sorting out the last bits of our move i...
2021-09-27 16:46:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello~
Kate here. I'm posting the chapters on Tao's behalf. We have the Epilogue left for The Second Storm for tomorrow (master class & above), but then what's next?
Unfortunately, we don't have SA12 chapters ready for posting yet, so I'll continu...
2021-09-27 09:55:26 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Sunday!
I bring you a new short story in the A Thousand Li Universe: Descent from the Mountain. There are no spoilers for later works and the short story does not include individuals from the main series.
This book is available to all patrons, please enjoy :) 2021-09-25 13:21:53 +0000 UTC View Post
This is going to be a rambling post. You have been warned.
Furthermore, this post is being written after seeing commentary by readers, by other authors and a recent article about success... Or lack of it. It is not necessarily a well thought out post, just... honest.
And lastly, this ...
2021-09-23 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThese chapters and short stories are available to patrons only. Please check your tier to see your benefits.
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Current updated books: Immortal Connections (Celestial Cataclysms Book 1) & Aeres Academy (Dungeon Brawler Book 1)
New Chapters are post...
Here's a new short story for you, set in the System Apocalypse Universe:
A Tale About Grandmothers, Civilisation and the System Advent
Oy! You're loo...
2021-09-19 09:51:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt's so weird that this is a myth. Like, most recommendations by indie authors who are successful is to write in a series.
Yet, we (okay, I) see the justification that book 1 will sell more than a book X (4 / 6 / 9) of an older series.
And... that's sort of true and yet, not.
Hi guys;
So, wanted your feedback since I realised there's demand for $20+ tiers (basically audiobook and higher) tiers.
Right now, I had it limited to 30 patrons, but I just increased it to 50. There's a limit because I get only 50 codes total (per country, so 100 US & UK in tot...
Not sure if I wrote about my recent bout of illness. If not - I lost about 5 days worth of writing while running a fever that was just shy of high enough to put me in the hospital. It wasn't Covid but it wasn't fun.
Anyway, that's put me behind on editing SA: Australia which I'm scrambling ...
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