Very easy to do. Write 5 degenerate short stories. Assuming every stories give you 100 readers, you will get that rising author title. It only count readers, not unique readers. The same reader might read your other story.
I don't know enough about Jesus's dad or student councils to decide if the characters are realistic or not. All I know is I like how the POV switch happen. You use the multi-POV storytelling, but one chapter is one POV. This help reduce confusion.