Where are you? Check your goal and where you are now. Then CELEBRATE Even if you went backwards 😆 And I'd love to see pictures of your celebration/dream board! I'm at 315 preorders, so not at 2000 YET but I am celebrating that I do have more preorders than when I started AND I'm celebrating all the steps I took to move forward. I can only control my mindset and my actions, and I am doing that, so I'm celebrating the messy middle! I'm still visualizing 2,000 pre-orders, and following the nudges to move forward (I set up more newsletter swaps for the pre-order, I'm testing blurbs and playing with hooks, also re-editing the book with @Stasia Black's most excellent line edits. I'm going to schedule more newsletters to go out through the end of the month. I'm booking more promo for other books in the series. I am putting them on sale with updated back matter that points to the pre-order. I also increased ad budget to those. And I am expecting a miracle! But that's how it works--you imagine your goal become reality, take all the baby steps you can, but also expect to get lucky. LOL It only takes one viral reel to get the attention of bigger influencers who might fall in love with your books forever. It only takes one ad to catch the imagination of a bookstore owner who wants to showcase your work. When I was a baby author, I did one promo and got a raving fan who buys absolutely everything I sell, likes and comments on every post I post, and sends my kids care packages 4 to 8 times a year!!!! Seriously, between her and my family, my husband and I rarely buy the kids clothes. Expect the magic! Picture of my new candle/perfume splurge!

Yesterday was my worst royalties day in over a year. Not a single sale and the lowest page rate in forever. But I’m considering it a blip, I’m not freaking out (I woukd have, a few weeks ago), and it’s all going to be fine. I just turned off ads and started new ones, btw.

Hi, I'm new. Finally joined. After stalking Lee for months and building the mental energy to figure out what is this Skool thing :) Starting new, but been around for a while. Writing dark MM mafia romance under this pen name. Dangerous men who fall hard and fight dirty for their happily ever after. Currently writing Book 2 of my series, and Book 1 is up for preorder (my 10xtober goal, I'm getting in the mindset, let's gooo) My author business goal is to hit 6 figures by the end of 2027. Bit too ambitious, considering I'm literally at $0 as of now, but what if I make it? How amazing would that be? 😁

Are like farts. Someone else needed to release something. It has nothing to do with you. Happy writing!