So how’s the full-time writer thing going? (continued)

Today has been a remarkably unproductive day. I woke up this morning and discovered that my ancient, sluggish Samsung Galaxy S5 died. So of course I freaked out because 1) I had to spend $$$ on a new phone and 2) I didn’t back up my data LIKE AN IDIOT (I planned to get a new phone on Black Friday…weeeeelp).

So today I wrote like maybe 100 words because I wasted time buying a new phone and playing with said new phone (on the bright side, I can play Pokemon Go without wanting to scream with frustration now!!).

Also, because I’m now out a few hundred bucks, #PleaseBuyMyBooks. #JustKidding #UnlessYouWantToBuyMyBooks

Without further ado, the numbers from September 2020.

KDP (I always assume a decrease because I’m a Negative Nelly):

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Eden Books:

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Draft2Digital:

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Smashwords (I like publishing through Smashwords OK, but their website is so annoying sometimes!):

$3.58

For a grand total of $148.55!

So still not great, but it is a noticeable increase from August 2020!

What didn’t work –

*My serial – None of my stories are hits, per se (I mean, look at my sad numbers), but my serial The Wrong Brother is a mega-flop. So I’m going to take a break on it. I do want to finish it in the future, but I got to try to make money first.

*Posting in Facebook Groups – I don’t think this has really improved my sales. I’m still going to post StoryOrigin promos in FB groups, but I think I’m going to spend less time posting just my own books in Facebook groups.

*Pre-order – my pre-order for Alpha Male Blast from the Past was a flop! Zero pre-orders! Ah well. You live and you learn. I might try it again once – well, IF – I get a bigger mailing list.

What worked (maybe?) –

*Working on my keyword game

*Enrolling in KDP Select for some of my stories

I’m still avoiding Amazon and Facebooks ads like the plague. IDK, just not in the mood to give Jeff and Mark more of my money right now. At some point, I’ll probably have to try them, but as always, I’m going to procrastinate on learning them damn ads!

What I’m going to try in October – participate in more group promos with other authors and publish one or two taboo stories. People on Eden Books seem to be buying my taboo stories, and Eden Books did comprise a third of my earnings in September. And I do like writing taboo stories.

Anyway, that’s all for now and hope you all are staying sane & healthy during these times of pandemic/this nerve wrecking election!

Isla

P.S.

#BuyMyBooks

#Please

#JustKidding

#NotReally

#YesI’mDesperate