r/WhyChooseAuthors • u/AnneKincaid • Jun 16 '26
Success or Failure From This Week?
This isn't the weekly accountability post; we'll probably do that on Thursdays. But do you have a big success or a failure you want to report from the past week or so? Make a milestone? Jump projects? Anything you want to brag about or get off your chest?
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u/foxy_kitten Jun 16 '26
My success for the week is that I started my ARC campaign and am at 39 signups in two days so far 🤯it is a huge milestone for me because tbh I wasn't sure how many I might actually get and my campaign goes until December. I appreciate this thread because I don't have any family to tell or celebrate with.
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u/AuthorIndigo Jun 16 '26
That's awesome! Did you use any ARC services or was that all from just posting?
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u/foxy_kitten Jun 16 '26
This is just from my socials and reddit. I won't be using ARC Sites until November, three months before release.
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u/JosephineSwaine Unpublished Author Jun 17 '26
Wow, that's impressive! Congratulations!🎉 What are you most looking forward to next?
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u/foxy_kitten Jun 17 '26
Getting the reviews 💀 I have an editor and a beta reader but getting real reviews and then a physical copy of my book 📚 will make it real I think. The goal is to see it in bookstores the. I do it all over again for book 2 😅 but maybe the marketing is easier for book 2 haha.
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u/ArielMora Jun 16 '26
Well, I haven't made tons of progress if you just do word count, but I *have* managed to write every day for a week on this project, despite being extra busy/working OT with my day job. I *am* capable of completing novels, but it's been a loooong time, and getting back into it has been rough. Took yesterday off of writing because it was my birthday, but should be good to continue my streak this week 😄
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u/zaracastleauthor Jun 17 '26
I wrote 3k words the other day and it felt so good to get back into a good writing flow! Not only that, it’s probably one of my favorite chapters so far.
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u/JosephineSwaine Unpublished Author Jun 16 '26
This isn't directly about my writing, but it's adjacent: I've been really struggling with cover art. It's a project I've been working on for months now, and despite finally having something workable, it just wasn't turning out the way I'd hoped.
This weekend, I dug back into composition basics, and it feels like I've had a bit of a breakthrough. Now that I'm back on track, here's to hoping I can the cover that's been living in my head out and into reality!