I created a writing tracker for word counts. It's based on 5 days of writing a week, but it adjusts goals if you write more or fewer days. You just enter your book's word goal and end goal date. Then enter your end-of-day word count and date, and it does the rest. It will tell you how many words you need to write per day to reach your goal date (which you can adjust). I know it definitely works in Excel and Zoho Sheet (which has a free online profile). It should also work in Mac Numbers and Google Sheets, but I haven't checked those yet.

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THE SHIFT What’s the one key thing that took you from making newbie money to making a living money? Changing subgenres. I was doing relatively well for a newbie, but there was a ceiling to how far my style of writing could get me—and a relatively low ceiling to the subgenre itself. The big authors generally release much more frequently than I could, and there are few bestsellers—probably because the market isn’t large enough to propel an author to the kind of visibility that can pull in new readers to the subgenre. Can you nail the moment, or define it, when that moment of change happened, whether it be an internal or an external moment. And if yes, what exactly switched? I thought “if I keep doing what I’m doing, I’m going to keep getting what I’m getting, and I want more.” And then I took a risk, and I followed my creative instincts. My creative instincts don’t always pan out, but when they do, they lead to my biggest successes. THE STRATEGY What strategy got you where you are now? My mantra is “nothing is precious.” No book is make or break. No course of action is irreversible. There is no amount of nonrefundable money that will make me stick with something (cover, audiobook narration, branding, etc.) that isn’t right. Also—perhaps contradictorily—nothing has to be perfect. My characters are flawed, and so are my books. I ask myself a lot, “Would your readers like for this to be perfect, or would they like to read it this year?” They would like to read it this year, lol. How much do you spend annually on average for ads/promo? Most months, I spend between 6% - 9% of my gross royalties on cost per click advertising like Meta and Amazon. This year, I spent a rather large chunk of cash on an influencer campaign when I rereleased a series with new covers. The ROI was not positive, but I learned a lot, and I can see myself doing it again, applying lessons learned. I don’t do paid newsletters anymore. I move tons of free copies and yet see no bump like in the old days. For me, Meta is still king.

I am horrible at making graphics and posting on social media. Like I am so behind the times on what is even done. I only personally use BlueSky to chat. I spend no time on IG, TT, or FB (except to check out author grps). I don't like how it used to make me feel, so I stopped before TT began. But I created pages and want to try and utilize it for the upcoming challenge, and I don't know what to do. I know a Reel from a static graphic, and that's about all I know. LOL Is there a course, a workshop, a website where I can A. learn all of the different types of posts/formats with examples, and B. how to create them? Preferably something that won't cost me a grand. lol Thank you!

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