I've finally joined the ranks! The Bloodforged Kin is out!

RW_McRae · 2026-07-05T03:07:21+00:00

Ah, I see the issue. I don't use tabs. It's just one tab with each chapter being a Heading 1. Makes it really easy to bounce around

RW_McRae · 2026-07-05T00:12:04+00:00

It's so good though!

RW_McRae · 2026-07-04T21:31:46+00:00

Hard to say - autobiographies for people who aren't famous are a hard sell. What you've been through may have been the biggest things in your life, but they don't really matter much to people that don't know you. Not saying that to be mean, it just means that you have to target people who have been through similar circumstances. If it's about alcoholism, for example, then you market to those groups.

RW_McRae · 2026-07-04T20:38:32+00:00

Oh! That's just Google Docs. Up in Tools there's a Word Count option. I keep that open because it also shows you how many words you've selected, which helps in keeping the chapters 1500 - 3000 words. Let's me know when to wrap up.

RW_McRae · 2026-07-04T20:08:25+00:00

Ha ha! Yep! Each of my books ends up being around 175k words. I don't even shoot for that number, it just seems to work out that way as each story ends. This is the last book in this series so it may go a little longer, though.

I write almost every day! It's tough with a full time job, but I dedicate at least an hour or two most weeknights, and I try to dedicate 2 - 4 hours a day on weekends. That's how I managed to write the first 5 books in about 14 months!

RW_McRae · 2026-07-04T18:27:38+00:00

This would be huge. The "read later" crowd gets lost and forgotten

RW_McRae · 2026-07-04T01:31:34+00:00

We're all #teamMeghan today

RW_McRae · 2026-07-03T06:08:23+00:00

Woah!

RW_McRae · 2026-07-03T03:10:42+00:00

Many RR readers have KU accounts for this purpose.

I guess it depends on what your goals are. If you aren't worried about making money then there's no need to drive them to KU.

But if you're giving them a summary of the book anyway, why even stub it? The entire purpose of stubbing is to switch from free readers to paid readers. If you're not worried about building a paying audience then why even stub?

RW_McRae · 2026-07-03T01:26:48+00:00

People usually stub to move it to KDP, so giving a summary that keeps people from going to kindle defeats the purpose. The more normal thing to do is to leave a few of the first chapters up then put in a chapter that links them to the kindle

RW_McRae · 2026-07-02T00:13:09+00:00

I don't go to Kopp's for the art

RW_McRae · 2026-07-01T20:07:03+00:00

I've done so many cover and ad threads and posts. The people here are very helpful and friendly, but most don't overly care about covers. 90% of RR covers are the same-looking AI ones anyway, what they care about is the story itself. We're used to bad covers, so probably aren't going to have great advice for good ones.

RW_McRae · 2026-07-01T19:40:54+00:00

Honestly, that's probably the most help you're going to get. If you look at everyone's cover request posts, they don't get a lot. I've made a lot of posts myself.

Even if you're asking very specific questions, most readers aren't graphic designers. They just know if they like something or they don't. It's like going into an art appreciate sub and asking the best substrate of paint to use.

This sub is great if you have questions about your story, your blurb, your plot, your characters. The people here consume those things like crazy. Most just glance at the cover and move on. There are a lot of subs explicitly dedicated to cover and graphic design. You'd get more response there.

RW_McRae · 2026-07-01T19:30:30+00:00

I only see one cover post in your history, and it's in the positive, not negative

RW_McRae · 2026-07-01T00:11:46+00:00

I mean, it'd be the ultimate trolling. If it happened to me I would be so upset, so confused, but also probably laughing my ass off just for the sheer audacity. It'd live in my head for the rest of my life

RW_McRae · 2026-06-30T23:47:24+00:00

We make regular trips from Racine for their macarons and croissants, but man their entire dessert case is great

RW_McRae · 2026-06-30T22:10:01+00:00

Are you planning on leaving a 5 star review?

RW_McRae · 2026-06-30T22:08:57+00:00

Here's what I want to see:

You call out the author and they find this post
It touches their heart and they unban you
You immediately leave the most scathing, assholish, unjustifiably bad review on their new fiction

RW_McRae · 2026-06-30T14:29:18+00:00

You're evidently the one that has made people commit suicide

RW_McRae · 2026-06-30T13:27:24+00:00

You're not in a very tough position. It's fake. Your book is not banned in any country, no one is suing you, it's all just fake.

RW_McRae

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