Advertising fiction (paid)

[Eldoria]

Advertising fiction (paid):

1. Have you ever advertised your fiction on RR?
2. Was it worth it?
3. How did it go?

 

[Assurbanipal_II]

Advertising fiction (paid):

1. Have you ever advertised your fiction on RR?
2. Was it worth it?
3. How did it go?

That explains a lot about RR and the works there.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

I had been concerned about RoyalRoad after learning how they treated authors over contracts and such. The fine print bothers a lot of people. It seems more like RoyalRoad is simply a digital vanity press, if I'm honest. You write everything, but are responsible for your own coverage.

Thank you, no thanks. ?

 

[DireBadger]

Much as I hate to admit it, it works.

Bear in mind, right now, writers who write good stories are in a massive uphill battle. Clarke's law hits VERY hard, especially places like here and RR. Even worse if you are trying to make a living as a writer, no matter how good your writing is.

The AI evolution has made it even worse. Scribblehub, in its attempts to be 'fair', just lets new releases get spammed under a mountain of crappy comic book pornific and bad Chinese translations. Yes, those translations get shot down, but considering they outnumber real writing by about a hundred to one, and every time a 'rewarding' search term is discovered in the algorithm it gets spammed by crap that doesn't match the term just to get publicity, it's an uphill battle on a 90 degree slope.

But at least RR advertisements are fairly cheap.

 

[CountVanBadger]

Clarke's law hits VERY hard

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic?

 

[DireBadger]

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic?

Err... Sturgeon's law. Ooops. There's a reason I am cruising the forums instead of writing this early in the morning :P

 

[DeepWater]

Advertising fiction (paid):

1. Have you ever advertised your fiction on RR?
2. Was it worth it?
3. How did it go?

Results were mixed, but definitely worth the price. It's pretty cheap as far as advertising goes. If you're selling your novel on Amazon you'll probably make your money back and then some.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

Err... Sturgeon's law. Ooops. There's a reason I am cruising the forums instead of writing this early in the morning :P

This is my first time hearing of this law, and I'm a huge Theodore Sturgeon fan. How did I miss this? It's brilliant and always true, no matter what part of social media you go to.

 

[DharmaCA]

The AI evolution has made it even worse.

TBH, AI almost completely extinguished my writing spirit.

 

[DireBadger]

TBH, AI almost completely extinguished my writing spirit.

Not me. AI still can't write for crap. What it IS good for, though, is going through and catching minor misspellings. I basically use it as an editor. but I have to be careful, because there are some 'edits' it tries to make due to its politics that you have to keep on guard for.

For instance, I just put one of my chapters through for editing, and it tried to make a DRAGON that ate his 'assistants' less objectionable, and also tried to change a monster that preyed on children into using less visceral terminology. These were the 'big bad', and letting it doctor their crimes due to political correctness made the hero less of a hero when he slaughtered them at the end.

Mostly, I just prefer to use Grammarly, which is technically an AI tool, and ignore its advice for 'wording'. (It makes stuff sound generic) But technically, that's an AI tool too.

I would rather write stories and ignore dictionaries.

BACK to the subject, though, advertising is literally the only way now to get your writing even SEEN in today's Sturgeon's law territory. If you don 't want to go through a 'publishing agency' and pay more than you ever get out of your writing... vanity press is still vanity press.

 

[empalgepuk]

Wait, you can advertise non-RR stories on RR?

 

[Eldoria]

Wait, you can advertise non-RR stories on RR?

Of course not, I mean, have you ever tried using paid advertising services to advertise your fiction on RR (of course, you have released your fiction on RR before)?

 

[Sylver]

Uh do they allow smut stories in their site? I was under the impression that they don't.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Uh do they allow smut stories in their site? I was under the impression that they don't.

They're very selective about what they allow. Some smut seems to get a pass, but they come down hard (pun intended) on most of it.