/lit/ - Literature

>>11774082
That's okay, man. I tried to make the story easy to get into, but by now I've gotten plenty enough evidence that I pretty much completely failed in this goal. You made it farther than many, and I do hope you'll pick it up again eventually.

I like to think I'm doing better with the things I've been writing since, though.

>>11717568
Obviously not.

But neither is a reputable publisher ever going to pick up your writing, so what're you supposed to do? Just give up and never try to put it out there at all? Never feel the joy of ONE stranger reading it and enjoying it?

>>11709780
>where do you go to advertise/shill your book other than /sffg/?
I've spread the word a bit on /tg/ and /trash/ as well, on account of my book having themes that I like to think both boards might like. Yours could probably fit /tg/ as well - look around for any literature threads there, one pops up on occasion. I went to /r9k/ for a bit once. And of course I'm in a couple Discord groups with some friends: one of them is writing-related so I could maybe link it to you.

Other than that, I'm in the same boat as you are in that I have absolutely no writing group contacts. I've tried to reach out on Goodreads with a giveaway campaign that seems to be doing well, but it's pretty outrageously expensive and I can't with cood conscience recommend it to you. Plus it only reaches out to US for some reason I can't even begin to comprehend. Then a couple ad campaigns in Reddit that appear to be literally useless and doing nothing except draining my money into the void.

You need to be willing to spend a lot of money if you want people to know about your writing, and even then they probably won't. There's just too much competition - too many people like you and me, reaching out from the mire of mediocrity.

I think I might be able to find a publisher for the next one, though. Maybe it'd go better then. We'll see.