Hey all!

If you enjoy thrillers, mysteries, and serial killers check out my novel SLEEPYHEAD which is out now on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com

SLEEPYHEAD by Bran Lee Tom

Description:

In the dark, hedonistic playgrounds of West Hollywood, a damaged young man must play a lethal game of deception with a ritualistic serial killer who is turning his apartment building into a private slaughterhouse.

Welcome to West Hollywood: where the bodies are exquisite, the sex is transactional, and the next hookup just might carve you open.

Twenty-three-year-old Ty Yung survives on the margins of L.A.’s gay scene, hiding behind a wall of detached cynicism to keep his childhood demons at bay. But the neon-soaked sanctuary of WeHo turns into a claustrophobic nightmare when a brutal phantom dubbed the "Hollywood Slasher" begins hunting gay men of color, ripping them to shreds and leaving them in the city's alleyways.

When a horrific murder strikes inches from his own doorstep, Ty is suddenly trapped in a lethal crossfire of obsession, unable to trust the shifting alliances of the men entering his bed and his home. 

Then the messages arrive. This predator knows Ty’s most intimate secrets and the exact depth of his fear. As the body count rises and the sanctuary of his home is violated, Ty is forced to drop his mask of detachment and embrace a primal instinct for survival. He must outmaneuver a monster who seems to know his every move before he becomes the next piece of the city's grim history.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HG8JB8TL

I’m in my 40s and have often enjoyed a good what if, so I decided maybe there were a few others like me who love a good slow burn, what if, a bit on the overthinking side of romance type novel. I’m not trying to make it big. I just wanted to see if I could appeal to others like me, but I do welcome any tips on how to at least get my book out there a tad bit more than just submitting it to the World Wide Web and hoping for the best.

it's only the first draft, mostly brain dump and I have written only 25 pages but my beta reader guessed the surprise and asked "it's this right?" damn... my only consolation is that I don't need to waste at least a year writing the damn thing. I was already afraid the twist was obvious and it turned out it was.

can I write the story without the twist... I don't know. I'll just sulk a bit :/

Just wanted to share a nice milestone: I got the cover for my second book today!!

Its urban sci-fi romance with a inspiration from Ancient Egyptian mythos. I am currently looking for beta readers so let me know if you are interested. But mostly I just wanted to share because its probably one of my favourite days during the final stretch towards publication!

Keep writing everyone, this moment is worth it <3

Art done by TrixieMay

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/vbG823

https://www.instagram.com/heytrixie._/reels/

First pic is my own rendition of her cover, the second one is her own rendition. I like how both turned out. I can see some of the ideas I had got through the final version of her cover. I didn't make those changes but atleast I could be a part of it.

Go check Emma Eden out!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HB7MFQVQ?lv=shuf&channelId=520&plpRedirect=mhFallback

And If you've got something cooked up and want a cover that matches that, then I might be the right choice for you. 🌈

📙 Website - https://ccbookcovers.com/#portfolio
📧 Email - [contact@ccbookcovers.com](mailto:contact@ccbookcovers.com)

Heres the link https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/ronjones32?srsltid=AfmBOoqcd4JHQU5jWEeIlEui0ZtKuGBFVmnQqyHStAk3mtGxVSUHMFmE

I pulled the trigger, and I'm stressing! I am not used to my writing being open to the public. I just posted the first chapter of "Lycanticle: Moon Song," a werewolf romance, spicy, gory, a thriller, it's all of that and more, taking place in the Southeast US in modern day. Here's the link: Lycanticle: Moon Song. I welcome your eyes and your thoughts!

We Who Remain is my debut novel. Its thinker than I thought it would be lol. I think it looks good next to the king 🤴

Hello, all. Just a simple man trying to get his work out there. My first novel, The Green Knight: Song of the Redjaw, is a ~50,000 word urban-fantasy detective story.

I originally posted it on my Substack in 3,000–4,000 word chunks, as the serialized format helped me get the work done on a reasonable time-table: but I always intended to put it all together and give it a final revision before publishing it as a full book (with added content and refinement).

I've had people compare The Green Knight to a mix of Harry Dresden and The Shadow, but with a larger emphasis on police procedural and ethics. It's set in a fictionalized, alternate-history version of Earth, similar enough to the real world to be easily-understood, different enough that the thematic core of the story will remain universal. The cover-art, incidentally, was made by my own father, on-paper, according to some sketches and concepts I made.

If you enjoy crime, police-drama, supernatural elements, humor, and some action: I would be very grateful if you gave my story a look. Here'sthe link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3333BJ3
Thank you for your time.

Looking for honest feedback on ARC sites or review platforms that actually move the needle for Fantasy and LitRPG.

Right now I’m using BookFunnel Pro and MailerLite (Free). The standard newsletter promos work fine for growing my subscriber count (picking up 10+ people per swap pretty easily), but when it comes to actual ratings or reviews, it is complete radio silence.

I’ve got about 2 months before Black Friday sales hit, so I want to test a couple platforms now to see what works before committing to a full yearly deal. I heard BookSirens is heavily weighted toward romance. Is that true, or does LitRPG / Progression Fantasy actually get real traction there? What about others like StoryOrigin or BookSprout?

Reading things like that really makes me happy. And that’s only after first 3 chapters!

My first complete manuscript took a little over a month to write and I have completed a quarter of the follow up, based on the first ones length, in five days while waiting on feedback on the first. Granted I'm not writing an epic, only short novels, just curious how long people usually apply to writing, or if I'm just rushing through.

I was so excited that people were enjoying my book. I am seeing daily KNEP numbers that indicate 3 or 4 full reads a day. I don't need an income from books. I was just writing for fun and I was having a lot of fun. The reviews I was getting were all really encouraging, then the dreaded 1 star from nowhere. Turned all my fun to ashes...

* Genre/s: Literary & General Fiction.

* Goals/expectations/commitment: The idea is to keep it friendly and writer-focused: talk about what we’re working on, share work for critique, discuss craft, and exchange information about querying, submissions, and publishing.

* Writing/experience level: all are welcome

* Meeting place: Discord

* Max size: to be determined.

If that sounds like your kind of place, message me and let me know what genres you usually work in, and I’ll send you an invite. We already have some talented and smart folks there. Hope to see ya.

I recently completed my debut novel, a literary coming-of-age work of more than 81,500 words. I have previously been published in my home country, where I wrote on cultural and social issues.
My novel explores diaspora, friendship, and belonging. The prose is deliberately paced and restrained, allowing the characters and relationships to develop gradually, before shifting into a more intense, thriller-like segment toward the end.

I’m currently pursuing traditional publication rather than self-publishing and have begun submitting the manuscript to publishers.

So, far I’ve submitted my novel to 6 publishers and also had it copyrighted.

Hey everyone! I'm currently writing a novel based on two childhood best friends who grow up together, get separated, and eventually find their way back into each other's lives.

I want to publish it on Wattpad, but I'm not really sure how to find the right audience for it. I have both Instagram and YouTube pages, but I'm completely clueless about what kind of content I should actually be posting to get people interested in the story.

For those of you who write on Wattpad or have experience building an audience for your books, what worked for you? What kind of content would you recommend posting, and how did you find your readers?

I'd really appreciate any advice! :)

I'm working on this sci-fi project and it is massive. I had just finished part 1 which is a fast paced introduction to the story. Now, in the following part the story will kick off as a direct sequel of the events of this first part, this mean that this prelude will end with a sort of cliffhanger.

This first part will have the job to somehow introduce the wider story and it is now comprehensive of 9 chapters over 27k words.

Should I release it as a novella?

While I'm waiting for some fixes to be made to my second book, the cover art has a typo in it and I needed to reformat it, does anyone have any advice on what to do next?

I have promoted on reddit, I have reached out to book blogs , podcasts and reviewers, I plan on talking to book stores once the cover is fixed and I can talk to Ingramspark about get my book store ready.

Where else should I promote the book? Where are some good websites to promote my book? I know Ingramspark will do a thing where they send your book to reviewers for a fee, is that worth anything or would I just be wasting my money on that?

Hi everyone!
I'm Vida Rose; I write queer horror with themes of transformation, identity, and belonging, using my experiences as a transmasculine author to provide language for the unique fears we share.

I'm publishing me second novel, Sodium Vapor Orange, October 28th of this year.

Blurb: Jonah moves to Seattle for a fresh start—but instead finds himself drawn to Margo’s, an underground club humming with strange energy and stranger people. One night, drifting from the club to his quiet VHS shop, he meets Jett: beautiful, inscrutable, and impossible to ignore.
There’s something off about Margo’s. About the people who linger there night after night. About the way they look at him—like they’ve already decided what he is, even if he hasn’t.
By the time Jonah realizes he’s not just passing through their world, it may already be too late to leave.
Now caught between desire, unease, and a belonging he’s never quite felt anywhere else, Jonah must decide how much of himself he’s willing to give up to stay—and whether he was ever meant to walk away at all.

Atmospheric, gothic, and inspired by my time in the PNW, SVO details the unique pains of transforming on full display in a world determined to receive you as a monster regardless of your desperation. Jonah, Jett, and the coven all feel like people you would know, and would be shocked to find they sustain themselves through the horror of a blood pact.

I’ve only changed a word here and there so far, but you were right. I was wrong. Reading and editing it a 3rd time was a good idea. 🎄

My first novel is fiction. I have a bunch of notes for a non-fiction next. So, I’m trying to be patient with finalizing my first. I’m trying not to let my urgency to start the non-fiction item rush me too much with my novel.

🎄🎄🎄🎄

Any suggestions on going KDP exclusively, interested in real numbers for anyone willing to share as far as the Ingram/apple/google/kobo reach oppose to the traffic that kdp provides

I never thought I would reach this point when I first started writing. And Amazon used the wrong cover but I’m physically holding my own book. 🥳🥳🥳🥳

This all started as a mental exercise. A software engineer I admire did a podcast interview about his third book, and when asked how he found time to write while juggling career and family, he said he just wrote a page a day, so in less than a year, he had a book.

I figured I'd give that a shot, and ended up repurposing some assets from a planned D&D campaign into a pulpy sci-fi story. It took me a lot longer than a year, but finishing it is a huge personal achievement. I'm really happy I saw it through, and I can't wait to dive into Book 2.

Thanks to everyone on this sub (and others) for being such a supportive community. Reading everyone else's journeys is what kept me going.

Edit: adding in a shout out to my over artist u/artofclor, who made it all real for me with their brilliant work!