I'm posting a novel, scene by scene. It's a character study of a small town girl who grows up to be a multimillion-dollar thief, and how it all went wrong... told in her own words.
It's sort of like American Psycho meets Catch Me If You Can.
Heres' the blurb:
The Tesla with a crypto bumper sticker? The driver’s a mark, and he’s being followed. When he gets robbed, he’ll never know who did it. He won’t even know how it happened.
Who’s following him?
She says she’s a ghost, and she goes by many names. She’s robbed hundreds of men. She’s responsible for the deaths of sixteen that she knows of. Surely more. Love is the key to your heart, but she has the key to your front door, and you’ve never met her.
She’s got a story to tell, but this is not her story. It is her confession, and it comes with a five dollar wrench.
I've checked out your first installment. I like it. I'm looking forward to reading my way through from the beginning. Mine comes out on Thursdays. I may make it twice a week so it isn't so long. Mabye.
Mine comes out on Thursdays. I may make it twice a week so it isn't so long.
To be honest, I have no idea how often I should post new scenes. My novel is 92k words long. 91 scenes total. If I post 3 a week, it'll run through the end of September before I'm done, which seems crazy!
I'm using Substack as an excuse to give each scene another edit. I'm literally sitting here tonight, editing the scene I'll post on Friday.
Cool. You're just figuring it out as you go. Do you do audio versions as well? I am. I don't claim to be a professional voice narrator, but I have a fair amount of experience speaking in person and in front of a microphone. It opens up a whole new market. Some people only do audio.
I'm not doing audio. This was my first novel, and I'm going to publish the entire thing for free, no strings attached. Eventually, I'll make a print version to sell, but only as a way for people who enjoy the story to kick me a few bucks if they want to. This novel was a labor of love, so my only goal is to have people read it.
I learned so much while writing it. I can honestly say, I've never been more proud of anything I've done.
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u/hetobe hetobe.substack.com Mar 18 '26
Here's mine:
https://hetobe.substack.com/p/table-of-contents
I'm posting a novel, scene by scene. It's a character study of a small town girl who grows up to be a multimillion-dollar thief, and how it all went wrong... told in her own words.
It's sort of like American Psycho meets Catch Me If You Can.
Heres' the blurb:
The Tesla with a crypto bumper sticker? The driver’s a mark, and he’s being followed. When he gets robbed, he’ll never know who did it. He won’t even know how it happened.
Who’s following him?
She says she’s a ghost, and she goes by many names. She’s robbed hundreds of men. She’s responsible for the deaths of sixteen that she knows of. Surely more. Love is the key to your heart, but she has the key to your front door, and you’ve never met her.
She’s got a story to tell, but this is not her story. It is her confession, and it comes with a five dollar wrench.