I have been publishing original works on archive of our own (ao3). I found that I am very productive and can churn out 1700-2000 words in a day, and I get 50-200 hits on the stories I update. I would like some advice if I should create a pateron or kofi? I have linked this in my bio on ao3 via twitter because according to ao3 rules they don't let you link patreons directly there.
I am also planning to take a big story off ao3 and either traditionally or self publish it, and would appreciate advice in that as well!
Yeah, just put a link to it in each chapter endnote, like "follow my twitter for updates and information about my work" or something. I know it feels like the kind of aggressive self-promotion that makes writers wince, but in reality readers do need regular reminders of where to find you and they take it in stride.
True. I used to hate that when I read a story, but now that I'm writing an original story with decent grammar, world building and characterization, I'd like some reader engagement and support.
Definitely, and storytellers deserve to have a few bucks thrown their way. Marketing is absolutely the worst part of writing imo but unfortunately we still gotta do it :agony-deep: