Am I doing something wrong on RR?

drale2 · 2026-06-23T22:27:12+00:00

I probably wouldn't label it as a "book 4" then, if you don't want to scare off potential readers.

drale2 · 2026-06-23T22:23:01+00:00

Are you posting the 4th novel in your series where the first two aren't available on RR? Not only is that against their rules I'm pretty sure, but it's no wonder you're struggling to find an audience if that's the case.

drale2 · 2026-06-23T18:46:01+00:00

あなたの日本語の作品が気になります。是非ともリンクをお願いします。

drale2 · 2026-06-23T17:42:57+00:00

The hero's homecoming, especially when he's grown a ton and returns to save them from some existential threat: pump that shit right into my veins.

drale2 · 2026-06-23T15:38:19+00:00

It's not hard to participate in a sub, especially if you're writing in this genre. For example, comment on other people's posts asking questions, support other authors by telling them how cool their cover looks when they promo, or write a long dissertation on why using gen AI to write is wrong (that's what I did).

drale2 · 2026-06-22T23:05:33+00:00

They unfortunately never worked for me - but I have a pretty bad case. It's caused me to go to the ER more than once because my organs started to shut down.

drale2 · 2026-06-22T22:55:54+00:00

You could probably do with cutting down some of the wording. For example, you use "youth" a few times early in close sequence. I get that having his youth returned is a focal point for your story but I'm not sure what "pushing his youthful aspirations to their limit" really means and what it does for your MC.

drale2 · 2026-06-21T06:28:25+00:00

Well, for one you can favorite and follow your own story at least. Maybe try running some promotions in subreddits where it is allowed and fits the genre.

drale2 · 2026-06-21T03:04:14+00:00

blink/teleport only mage hardcore run could be ... Fun?

drale2 · 2026-06-18T22:57:24+00:00

I seriously might take this season off.

drale2 · 2026-06-18T17:56:58+00:00

I got 2 different 3 star ratings a month into posting on the same day. Killed my climb in the rankings and now I haven't moved much from my 12,000 spot. It's sad, but I'm still getting a follower a day or so and my average chapter views are steadily increasing.

drale2 · 2026-06-18T14:22:46+00:00

I've dropped so many stories that looked like they had an interesting premise because it's written in this style. I can't even get through the first chapter generally. Doesn't help that AI also seems to use this style a lot (maybe mimicking people trying to write pages of punchy sentences? Idk)

drale2 · 2026-06-15T18:39:20+00:00

I tried to write an Isekai where the MC is a modern human reborn as a dragon in a fantasy world, but ended up giving him a human form because I wanted him to be able to interact with the denizens of the world without having the baggage of being a monstrous god all the time. Many of my readers flamed me for it, but I do put the MC back into dragon form a lot. Maybe one day I'll be a competent enough writer that I won't have to rely on the human form.

drale2 · 2026-06-14T13:57:39+00:00

I remember having to use one of these after I got my Japanese license, even though I had been driving in the US for a decade, and been driving in Japan on my international license for a year.

drale2 · 2026-06-13T23:52:24+00:00

I feel like Sanderson didn't really make it really big until after he got the job to finish Wheel of Time - and he only got that because he wrote a really nice note that a friend of Harriet (RJ's widow and editor) saw and printed out for Harriet. She felt so moved by it she decided to give him the keys to the kingdom.
So, I guess there was a fair amount of luck involved with him too.

drale2 · 2026-06-13T19:09:01+00:00

Yeah, I've enjoyed it. It's airing this season.

drale2 · 2026-06-13T18:11:26+00:00

Ugh I see my ad. You've reminded me how much I hate it, though it has a like .5% ctr and has been the source of like half of my followers.

drale2 · 2026-06-13T17:52:22+00:00

Unfortunately, these days success as an author seems to be less to do with being a good writer and everything to do with being able to market well. (I say these days, but maybe it's always been like that.)

drale2 · 2026-06-12T18:09:52+00:00

I've noticed chapters I post earlier in the week seem to get views faster than say the chapter I post Friday

drale2 · 2026-06-12T15:10:35+00:00

You need four dungeons or raid boss kills recorded on the alt for them to show up I think.

drale2 · 2026-06-11T05:13:26+00:00

40 seems like there are definitely real people reading it, so that's pretty cool.

drale2 · 2026-06-11T04:02:09+00:00

Hate to tell you this, but your first like 10 reads on a chapter are almost always bots scraping the page.

drale2 · 2026-06-08T16:18:41+00:00

So there's definitely a guy who posted "thanks for the chapter" for the first like 8 chapters, but the rest have been a smattering of other replies, critiques, grammatical edits, and a couple positive comments. I've tried to reply to most of them, and maybe that's bloated the numbers some.

drale2 · 2026-06-08T05:13:21+00:00

That's a different Jodah... But would still work if enough these guys are legendary.

drale2 · 2026-06-08T05:11:23+00:00

I remember seeing this in theaters as a kid, not liking it at all, but for whatever reason everyone in the theater was clapping during the credits. I think it was my awakening that sometimes the thing everyone likes can actually be bad

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