Tyranidlord
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And within a minute of my previous post, I get a fucking scammer on chapter 1 of "Blood of Dragons". Just to reinforce my point more perfectly than anything I could write.
Tyranidlord
So, it's been an interesting 3 months on Wattpad and I've come to a decision.
Simply put, this site has got a significant amount of issues and almost seems hostile to new writers, let alone writers who write 'off-meta' works. (which seems to be anything that isn't billionaire werewolf romances or the like.)
I have been uploading my stories with the assumption that Wattpad was a good place for Fanfic to grow and gain readers but the data suggests that's only for fanfics related to the meta. Mine, sadly do not match and therefore I have received nothing but near constant barrages from scammers and bots on a daily basis. The tiny, tiny literal handful of 'readers' I have gained have almost exclusively been through R4Rs, V4Vs, etc and even attempting to go through bookclubs and the like haven't made any marked difference.
My stories and this site are not suitable for each other. On other sites, especially RoyalRoad I have gained dozens of organic readers with a literal fraction (single digits!) of scammers. Wattpad just isn't a place for actual novels or my style of stories and so I'm going to be moving on.
My updates for my chapters of "Blood of Dragons" will continue at the current rate of 3 chapters a week and will take until the end of Jan 2026 before completion. (Yes, my stories are *that* big)
Dealing with scammers several times on a goddamned daily basis, the limited ability to get my stories out there and better alternatives is really giving me no other choice. If anyone does come across my stuff in the future and enjoys it, check my profile and track me down elsewhere. I have over a million words of content for my Elder Scrolls stuff alone, with plans on writing something original in the near-distant future.
For the handful of writers who follow me, you guys have got some amazing talent. If you feel like you are shouting into the void just know it isn't you, its this site that is not supportive of us.
Good luck to you all :)
Calagtic
Hey, I'm curious if your books can be read even if I haven't played any of the games? ^_^
Tyranidlord
@Calagtic Ao3 is a bit hit and miss. I have a handful of 'subscribers' and half decent hits but I have been on there for just over 8 years now. I'm also on RoyalRoad with Bloodtide Rising as of about 3 months ago (the same time I branched out onto here) It's doing a hell of a lot better on RoyalRoad. I know all too well how niche my stories are. They're fanfiction, but not smut so I lose a good chunk of the Fanfiction readers, and I write my stories like tradpub fantasies but as they're fanfictions I lose a chunk of fantasy readers too. lol.
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Calagtic
@Tyranidlord Yeah, honestly Wattpad used to be better... but it's never really catered to fanfiction or non-romance. And seeing as your books are based on the Elder Scrolls games that is pretty niche in itself - most users on Wattpad are teenage girls. I don't know if you've tried RoyalRoad, but that could be a potential alternative to Wattpad. But otherwise you could join book clubs and communities to network with others here. How did your books do on Ao3, if I may ask?
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Tyranidlord
@Calagtic Haha. That's exactly what I have done with Bloodtide Rising. It's all 5 novels crammed together and getting daily updates. (The first 4 novels are complete, but I have broken the chapters up for the omnibus.) I'm bringing all my stories over from Ao3, but wattpad so far seems to be the waste of time site compared to the others I'm on. There's no real natural engagement lol.
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DuckBan
Woah bro you have so many story I like that. Wish one you want me to read
Tyranidlord
@DuckBan Blood of Dragons is probably the easiest one to get into. Bloodtide Rising Omnibus is literally all of the others (Deserter, Mercenary, Knight, Crusader and Champion) Combined into one book (I'm attempting to get around Wattpads atrocious algorithms with it.) I'm going to be working my way through yours too. It's nice to see writers which have nice and chunky sized stories that take more than 5-10 minutes to read. haha
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JacquelineBunga
Wow, thank you
Tyranidlord
@JacquelineBunga you're welcome. Hopefully you'll get some readers for your story. Its one of the more interesting ones I've seen on here.
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Tyranidlord
Blood of Dragons is still going strong as we get through the first of the 'larger' stories in the omnibus, but I also thought to share its even got a new series cover that I think looks awesome and is a lot more suitable than the previous one.
And while I'm still very limited in terms of readers, at least it seems the hordes of bots are slowing compared to what they were a couple of weeks ago. I'm trying to keep positive at least. haha.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/396987141-blood-of-dragons-omnibus-the-elder-scrolls
DreLeonWrites
Your books look good
Tyranidlord
@DreLeonWrites I'm not sure, but either Bloodtide Rising or Blood of Dragons would be amazing if they got some attention. I'll be honest though, after the sheer volume of bots and the like on here I am really hesitant accepting any sort of offer but I'm willing to hear any suggestions at least.
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Tyranidlord
The latest story part within my "Blood of Dragons" Omnibus has begun. "The Dead don't Weep" is the first of several flashbacks in the Omnibus, looking back 25 years to the time of the Great War between the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion.
So far the first couple of stories have been exclusively more on the 'fun' side with the introduction of the chaos gremlin of the series; Sofia and her and Kaius' early adventures together. Adventures that have included having drinks with the daedric (demonic) prince of revelry and excess, Sanguine, going toe-to-toe with a dragon and of course, a chapter inspired by the sword fight scene from "The Princess Bride".
Now though its time for a bit of raw emotion and feelings, of loss and tragedy to make the future humour and victories all that much sweeter.
(Let's see if this link works the way I hopes)
https://www.wattpad.com/1558807488-blood-of-dragons-omnibus-the-elder-scrolls-the
Tyranidlord
G'day all my awesome followers (except the dozen or so bots and scammers still clinging to me like a virus)
My secondary 'Omnibus' series - "Blood of Dragons" is now fully set up for steady and consistent release for the coming months. This 'story' is a series of 17 linked fictions, ranging from 3,000 word short stories, to an immense 70,000 word novel and is going to be receiving new chapters every Monday, Wednesday and Friday until it is uploaded in its entirety.
For any of those of my followers who are real people, fellow authors or not I would love some help and would love some help getting 'readers' who aren't trying to scam me in one way or another. "Blood of Dragons" is some of my best work and I guarantee that you'll experience a full swathe of emotions reading through it! You'll laugh, you'll probably cry and you will be satisfied when various bad guys get their glorious comeuppance!
https://www.wattpad.com/story/396987141-blood-of-dragons-omnibus-the-elder-scrolls
Tyranidlord
@shaysaintclair Awesome! Thanks so much. The first couple of 'stories' are up but the one that's coming out over the next couple of weeks is almost as large as the first couple. The stage has been set, and now its time for the show to really commence haha.
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thewriterfrog
@Tyranidlord ah of course! and yeah, apart from two humans (people I follow and whose books I comment on as well), everything else is 'hello great author' bots XD that's wattpad for you. looking forward to reading! I'm sure I'll love them :)
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Tyranidlord
G'day all. This is an announcement that I have just started the slow release of my latest Series "Blood of Dragons"
Like my recent "Bloodtide Rising" Omnibus this one is going to be a complete series of Novellas, Novelettes, and a Novel totalling just over 275,000 words once it's completely uploaded. It is a finished series and exists in its entirety on Ao3, however I will be doing a slow release on here over the coming months in an attempt to get around the absolutely terrible algorithms and processes on this site and maybe, just maybe spread my stories around.
So, if you're looking for a fantasy epic with dragons, vampires humour and characters I guarantee you'll love I'd recommend checking it out. Even if it's not your thing, please help me get it out there and seen by more than the hordes of scammers that exist on here.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/396987141-blood-of-dragons-omnibus-the-elder-scrolls