As some of my fellow SOL novelists know, I'm been spending more time on Quora answering questions about writing and publishing, as a way of paying the assistance I got so ago long forward.
However, the fallout of that is that my total views to date on Quora have recently reached 789,000, which means I'm closing in on the 1M mark, which is where publishers typically sit up and take notice (assuming they ever hear of it, that is).
However, the more immediate benefit, is that I long ago announced where most of novels can be found (Bookapy), when I announced the two newest books. I haven't yet gotten around to getting the story's ready for weekly postings, but already, after only 4 short days, I'm already #5 on the Bookapy best-sellers list.
That wasn't meant to be a simple brag, merely an explanation if anyone out there notices the unknown new books sudden popularity. I'll get them out before long, but now I'm also investigating how to turn my part-time hobby into some real money. And short of trying to get traditionally published (neither of those books are what the Trad. Publishers typically print), I'm instead looking into either creating a pay-to-read site (in advance of my usual SOL posts, mainly to post my Quora posts rather than my novels, or creating a collection of my various sundry Quora posts themselves.
So, big things in the works, though how soon they come to fruition, since this IS my home-base, as it were, I just wanted everyone to know what's likely coming.
It took a hell of a long time, but the proverbial small town success may finally making a bigger splash, or not! We'll see how it plays out in time. ;)
Anyway, if anyone's curious, I'd love a couple of honest reviews, just so I can advertise them with a few reader reactions. No pressure though, but as I said, some of you out there have already read the earlier versions of these two stories (and of course, I've already posted Clinging to Hope before, as part of my Extermination Event and the earlier Great Death series.
Even better, I'm getting some ready cash into Lazaar's paws to pay a few more bills, which always helps.
Now, I just need to relearn how to post active stories on SOL, as it has been a while since I last tried.