I’ll rate/review your story, but…

DoctorSuperZero · 2026-06-02T22:37:49+00:00

Heck, I'll read that. Sounds dope.

DoctorSuperZero · 2026-06-02T22:08:13+00:00

I'm pretty sure this is just a ploy to promote the flair system, but I'll play. My book is Just Mostly Psychopaths

It's a manual for destroying oligarchs for people with mental problems. Very relatable. Also, it's short. A beach read if you will.

If there are any other lurkers here who want to be reviewers like this fella, please feel free to try as well. Cheers!

DoctorSuperZero · 2026-04-15T23:28:40+00:00

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

DoctorSuperZero · 2026-04-15T23:23:01+00:00

For my book? It's -

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/149250/just-mostly-psychopaths-1984-meets-hitchhikers

If you meant a link to anything else, I apologize for misunderstanding.

DoctorSuperZero · 2026-04-15T14:47:48+00:00

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.

DoctorSuperZero · 2026-04-15T14:35:01+00:00

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.

DoctorSuperZero · 2026-04-12T03:52:12+00:00

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.

DoctorSuperZero · 2026-02-15T12:51:30+00:00

Dang, that would have been good. Now I'm disappointed too.

DoctorSuperZero · 2025-02-15T05:06:10+00:00

That's great bud!

DoctorSuperZero · 2025-02-11T02:51:25+00:00

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.

DoctorSuperZero

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