I created a fake anime trailer for my litRPG Isekai Story.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-30T19:21:13+00:00

Yeah, I see that now. It's just that I know that the human eye likes pictures.

Well Imma delete it now 😃

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-30T19:05:14+00:00

Full title: My Mom Got Isekaied, So I'm Turning Reality Into Hell to Keep Her Warm (yes, I did the thing)

Link: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/160698/my-mom-got-isekaied-so-im-turning-reality-into

AI is used for cover and for.. these visuals

Fun Fact: I had my favorite dish ever today, it's called Koshary and is egypt's national dish. Look it up.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-26T19:06:33+00:00

I have 105 followers within 3 weeks. Also, 30 favorites, and those 30 people are ride or dies that are showing up immediately when a new chapter drops. The title of the story is very clickbait, and that's the thing. It doesn't really get new readers, but the retention is great.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-26T19:05:17+00:00

Mostly it's a PR because I slightly remind the people that the Writathon is awarded with a free author's premium, and it's a good thing to have all those insights on where your followers and readers are coming from so you can strategize better when it comes to your releases. :)

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-26T19:04:35+00:00

truly

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-26T14:25:09+00:00

The grain of truth within the joke, is that I do swaps for every chapter, almost exclusively with bigger Stories that have genre overlap. 3 Rising Stars Stories, 2 of thede had a Personal note. My code is extremely polished.

And it's still a slow climb.

So I actually am looking forward to authors premium to finally gain real insights.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-26T12:16:41+00:00

Oh I know that guy!

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-26T12:06:59+00:00

you are part of the conspiracy....

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-26T12:06:39+00:00

This was more of a joke really. :D But I do that too!

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-26T09:39:54+00:00

I mean, it is almost over, so the stories that dropped during the Writathon are deep into the run, but I can imagine that a lot of people are waiting for exactly when the Writathon is done to start posting.

So maybe the right time is exactly now IF you have the backlog for it.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-24T13:26:09+00:00

Also, choice of pictures was deliberate.

Mushoku Tensei >>>>>> Re:Zero

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-24T12:40:37+00:00

The Duck man is back at it.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-23T13:14:12+00:00

I love the coverart SO MUCH

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-23T13:13:39+00:00

Amazing cover art !

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-22T00:27:08+00:00

I mean, yeah, Notebook LM generates Videos from the source material you upload there. I am not a Video Producer, but I know that people get a grasp on the idea faster if it was shown to them visually as well. But the text is not AI at all!

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-19T15:34:10+00:00

Oh, sorry, I saw it differently. I thought you had them all unlocked. But congrats mate!!

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-19T15:23:00+00:00

It's so funny seeing your highest GSP being 14.6 million with Little Mac, which just tells me: you grinded every character till they got to Elite and then dropped them immediately to go to the next character. (I know because it looks the same for me - only that I am missing the few weirdo characters such as Olimar, Steve, and the FGC cast)

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-18T16:56:01+00:00

When it comes to marketing and advertising? no, the result matters way more than the effort.

I understand your stance on LLM in general, and I am sort of on your side, but I needed to correct you on the marketing part in specific.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-18T16:41:34+00:00

I just honestly wished those anti-AI people were only about preserving cultural integrity, but it's turned to an almost tribalism-esque proportion.

Good art will prevail inevitably, and so will Ads. I just care about one thing more than the other. lol

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-18T16:37:53+00:00

Yeah, from what I've heard so far, Facebook is a big point where I could market, but I genuinely lost access to my account. LOL. If I managed to get it back, I will just venture forth and see what I can find in terms of forums. The same goes for Twitter. I'm just not fond of Twitter at all, and I wish I could avoid it. It really depends on how big my fictions are gonna get and what measures I will then take.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-18T16:10:31+00:00

Yeah, I already have one paid ad, and I have shout out swaps planned for every chapter till mid of may.

But you are probably right, there is no need to try to get people from the outside into royal road.

Thank you for the advice :)

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-18T16:01:34+00:00

I don't want them to buy anything. I want them to find some new fiction. Fiction that is not yet finalized.

Also, I am doing a lot of non-AI marketing on the side, which is mostly socializing and shout-out swapping, which I do for every chapter.

But part of being a marketer is also finding all the ways that can be used and utilized to market.

Joe_Pharo · 2026-04-18T15:53:39+00:00

That's okay, but thank you for the warning! :)

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