Today was a good day writing! 3,000 words in about an hour and a half. That is pretty spectacular and I even got a really really good scene in with Sergio and Bree. I won't spoil the toy surprise that he gives her on their second date. Sergio is nervous on the way to Bree's parents house to pick her up for their second fling date. I like the image of him squirming around in his car with nerves while he drives over to her house. I think we often forget that even old men and women still get the butterflies in their bellies when they're doing something they're excited about.
I know when I'm waiting to be picked up i'm all walking around the place with nervous energy looking out the window every five minutes to see if my date has arrived, or if he's pulled up in the driveway or parked out front. I remember bounding down the stairs cause I saw his car in the driveway shouting "Bye! I'll be home later" while I flew out the front door before my parents could see how short my skirt was, or how low cut my tops were.
It is the topic I'm writing about that makes the words flow easier. When I'm engaged in a story I really enjoy and the scene and situation makes me feel good the words just flood out of my hands without virtually no effort. Having the time and silence and space to do it too, that is incredible, and I'm blessed with moments in my day to do that.
Today I spent a good amount of time researching a way I can sell my books directly. I'm thinking that Amazon and the other sites aren't really doing me any favors for being an erotica author. I'd like to sell my stuff directly, but with the full advantages of something like amazon kindle reader or kobo or something.
I use bookfunnel for that purpose. They're freaking awesome. You can get your book in any format easily sent to any device you have, and it is easy for readers to access. I love it!
My problem is setting up a personal gateway for these sales. Also too; my website gets 0 traffic. That is a big, fat zero. No traffic. My steemit.com/@jocelynlily gets some hits, but i'm guessing no where near what I get from Amazon natural traffic. I don't know how to create more rich laden keywords like Erotica backdoor anal sex with babysitter teenagers. I mean, this book is all about an older man fucking a younger girl college freshman babysitter and sticking it up her butt while they have anal sex in the outdoors after she gives him a blowjob in the car and he eats her ass while fingering her pussy.
Whew! How was that for a string of longtail keywords to get traffic?
Some options:
Gumroad
Selz (i think they don't allow erotica)
Paywiz
Paywhirl
Shopify
Squarespace
Woocommerce (don't really want to do this anymore)
Any thoughts? I'm also thinking of making a $50.00 one time get all my books for free forever deal. But that means no more kindle unlimited and that will be about $50.00 this month in lost revenue. Maybe I'll only put my latest books in KU for one 3 month round and put everything else in my personal vault. Hmmmm. Or not.
Remember; I'm in this for the money (yes I like writing about sex, but cash makes the world go round).
Thoughts?