Tao Wong

Business Post: Marketing Your Kickstarter

Steph here!

Last week, Jenn and I showed you how to set-up your Kickstarter. This week, we’re taking a look at the all-important step of marketing your Kickstar...

The Third Cut - Chapter 9 preview

On horses a day later, Wu Ying and Yang Mu rode through the hinterlands on their way south, leading a pair of pack horses behind them. The pair of cultivators were not alone, the road they travelled often used by merchants and other travellers as ...

The Third Cut - Chapter 8 preview

“This set of paired ge was purchased from a wandering cultivator two months ago from a branch department over a thousand li away,” the auctioneer was announcing, waving at the dagger-axe polearms that the two young and willowy female attendant...

Business Post: Setting up a Kickstarter and all that Jazz

Steph & Jenn here. Tao asked us to write up some business posts that focus on using Kickstarter.

Both Steph and I have survived two successful Kickstarter campaigns - 2023-01-11 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

The Third Cut - Chapter 7 preview

Two weeks and one boat change later, the pair of cultivators landed in the riverside town beside a massive lake. The pair had a pleasant and quiet trip down south other than a single attack by a Core equivalent fish that Wu Ying had, accidentally,...

A Tense Meeting Audiobook

Hello Everyone,

I have a surprise for you! Nick has finished recording A Tense Meeting. This is the bonus epilogue after book 12 of the System Apocalypse, System Finale.

You can listen to the audiobook here: 2023-01-06 17:13:13 +0000 UTC View Post

The Third Cut - Chapter 6 preview

A day and a night, the pair resided in that small town. There were no complications during their stay, even if the appearance of a pair of Core Formation cultivators had them both feted by the local magistrate at his residence. During the day, whi...

The Third Cut - Chapter 5 preview

Cross-legged, Wu Ying cultivated on the slight mountain rise. Winds swirled around him, bringing with him notice of the environment around and those beasts that might be paying too close attention to the pair. Certainly, after the first massive st...

A Thousand Li: the Third Realm - ebook!

Book 8 of A Thousand Li is now available. Read the fully edited ebook now!

Get your copy here: https://BookHip.com/RSBWAJG 

Business Post: 2022 in Review

2022 has been interesting and overall, a very good year.

• This was the first year I really made use of the company and we had a company / co-author retreat with the key individuals (assisants, authors, editors) who helped make us who we...
  2023-01-01 04:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Giving Back (Donating)

Alright, going to make this a somewhat short post. I've been incredibly lucky - and honoured - to have received a tremendous amount of support from you - the readers - over the last few years. 

Really, everything that has happened is be...

The Third Cut - Chapter 4 preview

Crossing through the deep wilds, the pair moved more quietly. Wu Ying grew even more circumspect on his gathering, choosing only to take the items that he most required. Oftentimes, they would come to a stop, watching a location for hours at a tim...

Business Post: Advertising Doesn't Work and Why Neurodivergents Should Use It

I get very, very tired of hearing people talking about how (paid) advertising doesn't work. Some of these are from successful authors who don't do it at all, and who then decry that advertising doesn't work, you don't need it and it's all garbage....

The Third Cut - Chapter 3 preview

The next morning, Wu Ying really began to stretch his legs. Whereas they had been moving at just over twice as fast as any unascended human could have moved the previous day, now secure in the knowledge that Yang Mu’s aura control was sufficient...

Business Post: Audiobooks, Audible and Sanderson's Post

Alright, so a quick Business Post not on scheduled, because, well I wrote it as a reply to someone on Reddit and might as well repurpose it.

This is based off Brandon Sanderson's most recent post: 2022-12-23 02:13:56 +0000 UTC View Post

The Third Cut - Chapter 2 preview

Wu Ying watched the battle below him with mild interest, standing on the swaying branch of the tallest tree nearby the fight. In most Core Formation battles, such a perch would have be vastly insufficient, as Core Formation cultivators had a tende...

Business Post: A Low Cost Launch Strategy

Let's do a quick example of a quick launch strategy in a hot genre to get an indie author who can write fast 

Assumptions

- You can write at least 2k a day.

- You can edit 4k a day.

- You ha...

The Third Cut - Chapter 1 preview

What Happened Before

Long Wu Ying has come far since his first days at the Verdant Green Waters sect. Banished for the sect for defying the sect elders, Wu Ying journeyed through the kingdom of Shen at first before conti...

Business Post: Cover Art

What is required when creating cover art and how to evaluate covers

There are two main elements in a cover.

• The Art
• The Typography

Good covers are basically advertisements. Like good ads t...

New on Kickstarter: System Apocalypse Anthology Volume 2

You asked for it, I'm finally getting around to doing it…

2022-12-09 15:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Business Posts: Foreign Exchange Woes

Let's talk about something that doesn't affect some other authors as much but does horribly for others. specifically foreign exchange fluctuations.

Making the Most of Forex

One of the things that you can and...

Another random plot bunny poll

Ranged unit in production. I have a few choices (I went with a wood elemental as the basic unit type. More elemental types later).

Vote, vote, vote!

Yes, I might have gotten amused by this and distracted from writing ATL. I swear work ...

Writing Update - December 2022

Okay, in lieu of a business post which I still need to edit, you guys get a writing update. Sorry. 

This entire month is on-off in terms of productivity due to a lot of illness. I'm still recovering, every time it seems I get better I s...

Quick Poll

If you had to pick a starting race to see evolve and fight with, which is most interesting to you?

Business Post: Publishers, Marketing and Royalty Rates

As many of you might know, I tried my hand (briefly) as a publisher during the pandemic, in a bid to help some people put out work they could not (due to cost) in our tiny genre. I also have a few co-authors who I publish the work directly.  ...

Business Post: Failing Promotional Platforms

Let's talk about the state of promotions for indie publishers, since there's a lot of talk about Twitter and the like. 

Here's the start..

Current Promotional Methods are Failing

This has been men...

Climbing the Ranks poll

Are you reading Climbing the Ranks?   

For the new year, the plan is to release the series Climbing the Ranks as a serial subscription and currently trying to determine if chapters should continued be shared on Patreon as well.

Business Post: Translations (The Business Side - mostly Germany)

Recently talking to someone about translations and realised, that while the step-by-step guide on translations covered how to d...

Writing Update: November 2022

Time for my monthly update, that arrives whenever I actually remember to get to writing it for the month. Been a bit since late September that I did an update, so let's get down to it:

System Apocalypse

Nic ...

Business Post: Kickstarter Fulfilment (Costing and 3rd Parties)

So shipping, specifically international shipping is a problem. Now that a lot of people are getting into Kickstarter, I thought I'd write about it. Now, for those who don't know, I used to run an online game store that did Kickstarter Fulfilment (...