At last, the day had come. I was happy, excited, and a little nervous!
When this book came off the new-book rankings at 150,000 words, my editor suggested I start charging. He said that without exposure or recommendations, the number of readers keeping up might drop if I waited any longer.
But I felt that going premium at 150,000 words meant far too few free chapters. It felt like I'd be letting my dear readers down.
I carefully studied the growth in readers keeping up and decided to wait a little longer.
I believed my dear readers wouldn't let me down, and that this book still had room to improve its results.
And I bet right.
The number of readers keeping up rose sharply over the next two weeks. I was still behind those big names who could make the monthly ticket rankings, but my numbers had still doubled.
My dear readers may remember that I asked for support with the Sanjiang rankings both this Monday and last Monday.
The competition was too fierce the first time, and I got pushed out.
After the results came in for the second round of books competing alongside mine, my editor told me I'd been selected. But strangely, I never received definite notice that I'd made it onto Sanjiang.
My editor had gone away for the Dragon Boat Festival, so I couldn't ask him what was going on.
So I don't know whether I actually made it onto Sanjiang. I can only wait until the list updates tomorrow and see if I'm on it.
But it doesn't matter. I'm already more than satisfied with the numbers I have now. I wouldn't dare ask for more.
That's enough chatter. Let's talk about updates.
I'm a part-time author, I don't have chapters stockpiled, and I