ASSALAMUALAIKUM EVERYONE
to all the V4V, R4R, and F4F community members — thank you for your patience in reading this.
I’m a newly published author on wattpad, but I’ve been an experienced reader since a long time. Whenever I enjoy an author’s book, I make it a point to explore their other works as well.
I published my first book a few weeks ago, and it was my debut in this writing space. I didn’t participate in vote-for-vote exchanges for that book. With my second book, I noticed the reach was lower, and I understand that every story needs promotion. Since I don’t have an instagram account, I reached out to some of my previous readers and also tried the vote-for-vote approach.
please know that I’m not criticizing anyone for doing this, we all are humans.
what this experience reminded me of is why I chose to publish in the first place — pure passion.
these stories had been sitting in my drafts for a long time, and I finally decided to hit the publish button. Alhamdulillah, it worked, and I was blessed with genuine readers for my debut.
I still have few genuine readers for my other book, and I continue to update daily for these 5–6 readers who interact with my work. I’ll keep writing even if I’m left with just one reader.
new authors feel so elated when they see their wattpad notifications, but that excitement fade when the comment is not about the appreciation of their work.
vote-for-vote may bring temporary numbers, but what last are genuine readers — they only are the people who truly appreciate you and your work.
with love,
honeypie
