I've been rereading the Big Leap and he talks about how we all have an upper limit, the high end of our comfort zone where we might sabotage ourselves before ascending it. I'm curious if you've noticed this in your own life. I definitely hit one in 2022. Some of it was burn out--I didn't allow myself enough rest and fun to recooperate. And I once left a room of very successful authors, telling myself I did belong (even though I did!). And I see how I avoid being more visible on social media--there's some visibility I allow but I tend to control it. Denise DT talks about how some people get sick before launches, or don't allow themselves to launch at all! Or spend their money as fast as they make it, or give their money away or feel guilty about saving it. Or avoid doing the things that would make them successful, like marketing (I've done this too!). Think of a time you had some break out success or momentum and notice how you behaved. Did you celebrate? Allow yourself to rest? Or did you go out and wreck your car (I had an entrepreneurial ex-boyfriend who did this every time business went well)? No judgement, just notice! How do you sabotage yourself when reaching your upper limit?

Hey everyone. There was a pretty horrifying budget-consuming change made to FB ads a few days ago. It's not only the budget consumption that's an issue, but newly added placements that are on by default and difficult to find and turn off if you don't know where to look. Our books could potentially be advertised on sociopolitical and news posts, plus more. Melissa Storm made a quick video about the details of this and showed how we can turn it off. It needs to be done to every individual ad right now, unfortunately. (I'm not associated with Melissa, I just respect her content.) https://marketwithmelissa.substack.com/p/meta-ad-placements-broken

Seeking input on gaining new readers organically when money is short and ads aren't possible. I am expanding outside of omegaverse, and my current readership is not having it. They only want or care about OV. I thought paranormal, monster, and fantasy romance titles would fit well under this pen name so I didn't need to make another (I already struggle with MPD from all my names). However, the one PNR novella I released last month sold abysmally and hardly received any interactions in my NL or socials, and my follow-up novella trilogy is looking rough for preorders. (I'm talking 7 preorders vs. 200+ on any OV title) I know the answer is to garner more readers who are fans of these other subgenres. I've seen several authors who write a lot of omegaverse successfully release other subgenres under the same name, but I don't know them personally to ask about how they expanded their audience. There may not be any easy answer here, and that's okay! I'm just looking for ideas and input from anyone willing to help 💜 TYIA! Edit: P.S. I hope this makes sense. I just got out of the hospital yesterday, and my brain is still really foggy and exhausted.

I never garnered a following on Facebook. Not my page, nor my reader group (both are under 100 follows/members). As a last-ditch effort to decide if I should stop bothering with FB altogether, I've been running an experiment for a couple of weeks between IG and FB. I've both scheduled posts and posted live twice a day over that time, and I have absolutely no reach on FB. Not even with my followers. And my reader group doesn't see my posts 80-ish% of the time. Only my ads are interacted with on FB. On IG, though, I have almost 2100 followers and receive sooooo much more interaction and interest there. Since IG and FB both have disabled cross-platform posting for scheduled posts, I'm thinking about giving up FB to concentrate on what's working and alleviate the stress of putting effort into a platform my readers either don't use or have not found me on (I do have the links everywhere). Does anyone see a reason this may be a bad idea? I'm glad for the input and insights! 💜

An author who I consider rather successful told me this morning that when she (her assistant, actually) sends out her newsletter, a few days later they'll send the exact newsletter out again to everyone who didn't open it the first time. They just change the subject line. She said that 30-65% of the people who didn't open the newsletter the first time will open it the second time. I thought that was wild! Has anyone here done this? Did/do you see similar results? I was thinking about trying it.