A-macaron

And that concludes book one!
          	
          	I'm not sure how to feel. I posted at the same time every single day for about a month (and scheduled posting wasn't working, so I had to do it by hand), but if there was any algorithm boost, it didn't lead to any readers. So I don't feel particularly accomplished, more just sad and wondering if the effort was worth it.
          	
          	Oh well. Time to get started on editing book 2!

ShaneBlackheart

@A-macaron To be fair, my book is erotica and I'm still struggling. The books that get promoted on here the most are a very specific niche usually, at least from what I've seen. Don't give up though ♥ I've seen other books get plenty of attention. You just have to 'market' it, so to speak, on social media like you do your published work.
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A-macaron

@ShaneBlackheart well, I guess that's not unexpected! I was told they promoted consistent posters, so I guess that just isn't true. Also there's no erotica yet so I don't think this site's audience will be interested even if they do see it. I'm just wondering if this is the preferred platform for anyone I might be able to reel in on social media, or if I should stick to ao3. 
          	  
          	  Well, not like I'm doing much else with my time!
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ShaneBlackheart

@A-macaron Sadly, Wattpad doesn't have any discoverability, it's not you ♥ The best thing you can do is share your story outside Wattpad on social media and get readers to come in that way. It's the only way I was able to get anywhere with my recent book.
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A-macaron

And that concludes book one!
          
          I'm not sure how to feel. I posted at the same time every single day for about a month (and scheduled posting wasn't working, so I had to do it by hand), but if there was any algorithm boost, it didn't lead to any readers. So I don't feel particularly accomplished, more just sad and wondering if the effort was worth it.
          
          Oh well. Time to get started on editing book 2!

ShaneBlackheart

@A-macaron To be fair, my book is erotica and I'm still struggling. The books that get promoted on here the most are a very specific niche usually, at least from what I've seen. Don't give up though ♥ I've seen other books get plenty of attention. You just have to 'market' it, so to speak, on social media like you do your published work.
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A-macaron

@ShaneBlackheart well, I guess that's not unexpected! I was told they promoted consistent posters, so I guess that just isn't true. Also there's no erotica yet so I don't think this site's audience will be interested even if they do see it. I'm just wondering if this is the preferred platform for anyone I might be able to reel in on social media, or if I should stick to ao3. 
            
            Well, not like I'm doing much else with my time!
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ShaneBlackheart

@A-macaron Sadly, Wattpad doesn't have any discoverability, it's not you ♥ The best thing you can do is share your story outside Wattpad on social media and get readers to come in that way. It's the only way I was able to get anywhere with my recent book.
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A-macaron

I just discovered this 'conversations' feature. I thought it was for DMs, but I guess it's more of a feed?
          
          I wanted to say thank you to my non-bot followers (bots, I will destroy (report) you.) It's hard to get started here, but I'm slowly figuring it out!
          
          Mostly this update is because I just discovered at least one of my chapters had the old version in it, so I'm going to spend today trying to go through and make sure that they're all the most recent. My back ups seem to be a mess, too. I'm really not a disorganized person, but for some reason organizing my writing just doesn't come to me naturally! I hope to have this updating finished by tonight, so if you haven't started yet, maybe wait a little bit to be sure you're getting the best version possible!
          
          Thanks again for reading, comments no matter how small always make me very happy, unless they're those darn fake "I want to create art for you for a reasonable price uwu" bots faking interest--be wary, friends. Those are the worst, they are so disheartening. I hope their creators receive all the karma they deserve.
          
          And Evelyn's birthday is July 29, so be sure to celebrate!