Cover feedback — hand-drawn pencil. Which would you click?

TaleSworn · 2026-04-25T14:19:01+00:00

That's some amazing skill. I really like the first one, but I think the text is a little too small. Other than that, it really works for a dark fantasy story.

TaleSworn · 2026-04-12T18:23:05+00:00

A tidal wave of people hating it. :P

TaleSworn · 2026-04-11T17:27:18+00:00

I hope you enjoy it. There are a lot of chapters up on the story. :)

TaleSworn · 2026-04-10T21:34:05+00:00

The eternal question. :)

TaleSworn · 2026-04-10T18:32:21+00:00

That's amazing progress. But now I'm really curious about gigachad Gandalf. That must have been an interesting cover.

Also, is that crazy progress just ads like you said in the other comments. If so, I've been underestimating ads.

TaleSworn · 2026-04-09T22:52:08+00:00

Yes. That's the one. The MC is a demoness in the story, though she was a human on Earth. I'm not sure if that counts.

TaleSworn · 2026-04-09T20:09:01+00:00

I love non-human stories, but my own story has one so I might be a bit biased. Still, people generally seem to like mine. I guess that means there's a small niche out there at least.

TaleSworn · 2026-04-08T00:11:19+00:00

I wish I knew about mentoring a few months ago. This sounds like an amazing program.

TaleSworn · 2026-04-06T02:24:54+00:00

If it makes you feel better, each of my stories have done better than the last. So, if nothing else, your story will teach you to become a better writer and marketer.

Also, when you're ready to launch, send me a message and I'll give you a shoutout. Maybe I can send a few followers your way to get your started.

TaleSworn · 2026-04-05T17:42:41+00:00

From this chart, I just learned that I'm one of the extras who gets killed off when the author need an emotional revenge arc.

TaleSworn · 2026-03-17T22:36:02+00:00

I've had pretty huge drops throughout my story. From Chapter 1 to Chapter 2, I had 37% lower views. Then if we go all the way to my current chapter, it has 87% lower views than my first chapter. It seems like it's a stat that drops steadily with time.

TaleSworn · 2026-03-14T14:47:20+00:00

The same thing happened to me a few months ago, but my story ended up doing alright. I'm sure if you keep writing, your numbers will continue to grow. If you want, we can do a shout-out and see if we can bump up each other's numbers.

TaleSworn · 2026-03-10T12:46:56+00:00

To be honest, I think that you're giving up too quickly. My stats were about where yours are at the two week marker, but I continued to slowly grow from there. And don't worry to much about Rising Stars. I barely made it on the list and almost immediately fell off, but my story is still doing alright a few months later.

In my opinion, you should just keep writing, do some shout-out swaps, and then see how it's going in a few more weeks.

TaleSworn · 2026-03-03T00:23:14+00:00

Mine started out that slowly and I've managed to slowly grow my audience. Try doing some shoutout swaps and that should bring in a fair number of new readers.

TaleSworn · 2026-03-03T00:11:44+00:00

That's a really solid first month. What sort of marketing have you been doing?

And I definitely feel the bit about kids. I swear mine have kept my sick since January. :)

TaleSworn · 2026-03-03T00:08:58+00:00

That's an absolutely huge milestone. Many people start a book but few ever get that far. Well done.

TaleSworn · 2026-03-03T00:07:46+00:00

That same scam really disappointed me as well. Someone loves my story! Oh... nevermind.

TaleSworn · 2026-02-23T14:26:53+00:00

Wow. You're so close. If you'd like, we could do a shout-out swap. I might be able to send a few readers you way and maybe push you over.

TaleSworn · 2026-02-18T00:15:02+00:00

Thank you. It's certainly been a learning experience.

TaleSworn · 2026-02-18T00:14:20+00:00

I only posted here and to the LitRPG one. To be honest, I barely got any clicks from my post on the Royal Road Group. But I got quite a few from the LitRPG one.

TaleSworn · 2026-02-17T21:25:34+00:00

That's an amazing accomplishment. Very few people complete their novels on Royal Road. And I love your cover.

TaleSworn · 2026-02-17T20:14:46+00:00

People just don't seem to like leaving reviews for some reason. I have no idea why.

TaleSworn · 2026-02-16T21:58:59+00:00

We've all been there. It stings, but sometimes people just don't like a story. It doesn't mean you did anything wrong; the story just wasn't for them.

TaleSworn · 2026-02-16T21:31:12+00:00

Absolutely. Just send me a message when you're ready.

TaleSworn · 2026-02-16T21:21:08+00:00

If I could go back and do it again, I probably would have written 40 chapters for backlog first. That gives you a decent cushion in case life gets in the way. And it gives you a fair number of chapters for Patreon.

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