A couple of weeks ago, I enrolled my second novel in a marketing promo at Freebooksy. As it turned out, President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the 2024 race the day before that promo launched.

The next day, my book jumped to the very top of the Contemporary Fantasy and Conspiracy Thrillers list, and hit #2 on Horror Suspense. The book stayed in the top ten from Monday to Friday. Both of my other books saw a lift in sales as well from the promo, with Book 1 peaking at #84 in the Conspiracy Thrillers top 100 paid list.

Writing novels is a long term situation. A writer could spend years wondering if they are wasting their time or not between writing a story and getting positive feedback. Moments like these are rare, and very valuable to independent authors like me. I am thrilled to have gained some new readers, and very pleased to report the success of my promo campaign.