https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/give-audience-what-they-want/ ARC Book Reviews and Author Services Sat, 21 Dec 2019 20:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/give-audience-what-they-want/#comment-120564 Sat, 21 Dec 2019 20:41:24 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8369351#comment-120564 Romance Formula-writing…well, maybe…might work for some…those that are lucky at winning lotteries.
However, romance-formula writing definitely works for those who have a 400-reader strong list where all or almost all list members will read and review the book-and may even buy it, full-price without Amazon forcing you to reduce it to 0.99.
Any writer who is capable of constructing reading lists with hundreds of reading-members (that stay and whose emails don’t bounce from one announcement to the next)will succeed and be able to make a living, writing formula-romances.
That’s what would have been interesting to find out – HOW did you go about assembling a strong reading audience list, keeping those readers on (active emails) and getting them to read and review your books.
That’s actually the only real secret to writing, formula and otherwise.
If you (the writer) manage to compile a reading list composed of hundreds of readers who read, stay, keep their email active and post reviews for your books – then you’ve made it. Doesn’t matter what the genre of your books. Doesn’t matter whether you ride an old romance formula or sail out there into the virgin territory with your story – a reliable, legitimate-reader reading list is your path to success…so, how did you assemble that 400-strong reading audience list? What did it take? Where did the readers come from? How long did it take and what were the obstacles (there had to be some…) that kept you from building a strong, reliable list faster than 5 years.
Something old, something new is old news to writers. The Mandalorian is successful because anything sucking/touching the Star Wars fame, tangentially and otherwise, will always be successful.
But succeeding in building strong reading audience lists, with hundreds of reliable, loyal and legitimate readers…that’s that will have the audience of this blog…holding their breath and reading ’til the end.

]]> https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/give-audience-what-they-want/#comment-120335 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 18:33:39 +0000 https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/?p=8369351#comment-120335 Great post, as always, Ginger. Thank you!

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