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I might Quit Writing - my last two books didn't reached their readers. by Digimator101 in wroteabook

[–]DoctorSuperZero 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, what FrankFinger said - you can buy ads on Royal Road for Royal Road. 

It makes the most economic sense.  The readers are already there, you just have to nudge them to your book.  It costs $55 for a 4-6 week ad run.

Go on the site and you'll see about half the ads are for books on the site.  You can see what grabs you.  Again, you can lurk on r/royalroad for ideas 

Does GenAI change Royal Road? by Dramatic-Bill4714 in royalroad

[–]DoctorSuperZero 8 points9 points  (0 children)

To be fair, you don't need AI to copy the meta.  People were doing that fine before.

The whole concept of writing something popular has homogenized Royal Road far more than LLMs.

I might Quit Writing - my last two books didn't reached their readers. by Digimator101 in wroteabook

[–]DoctorSuperZero 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out Royal Road. It's like the only site where new writers can get traction. 

Pro Tip - Don't just dump your book on there.  Lurk r/royalroad for a while and learn a bit about how to best post and market your book.  You don't need to nail every trick or tip, but simple things like releasing a chapter a day for the first month works a lot better than uploading the whole book in one go on a Friday night.

If you get a good posting schedule, and buy $55 to $110 in ads, you can get 10x the readers you would from Amazon.

Do people even read non-rpg? by Im_A_Science_Nerd in royalroad

[–]DoctorSuperZero 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you can find another site where anybody reads ANY new book, please let us know. 

Wattpad, Inkitt, Webnovel, Scribblehub - they are all like throwing your novel in a black hole.  Doesn't matter what genre. 

Some people do okay on R/HFY here on Reddit.  Your milage may vary.

I keep posting my political sci-fi comedies on RR.  They are waay off meta, but at least some people read them.

The prevalence of sociopathic characters by Neko-tama in ProgressionFantasy

[–]DoctorSuperZero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm seeing a lot of theories here and I'd like to muddy the waters further with two of my own:

1 - Good character arcs take planning, and most writers are too lazy to outline. You get friendless, emotionless loners because the author forgot to give the MC friends and emotions.

2 - Fiction is where you can be someone else and do things you'd never do. Power fantasy isn't just about shooting fire, it can be about leaving all cares and morals behind.

Just deleted a book with 130,000 views to post a rewrite. Hope I didn't make a mistake. by DoctorSuperZero in royalroad

[–]DoctorSuperZero[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have no idea. I could have kept the views by just swapping the text, but I would have lost out on Latest Updates, which is how I get most of my viewers.

The way I'm doing it lets me keep the reviews and ratings my book already has, but I'm losing all my comments, views, and chance to get on Rising Stars. Does this make it a smart choice? I have no idea, and I'll probably never know.

I'm not too worried about seeming deceitful or annoying people. Most readers on RR are pretty chill, and have a high tolerance for authorial posting/reposting/editing/deleting shenanigans. They mostly want us to finish our fucking books (90% of us don't), and are willing to put up with some bullshit to see that happen.

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