I Gede Adi Ananda Kusuma

Gladiator meets Shogun. A weary Emperor tracks serial-killing ghosts through Mythic Japan.
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FINALLY GOT THE PHYSICAL COPY IN MY HAND!!!
Never thought I'd be an author but here it is, my first ever novel!

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@BHolshouserUS God, and here I am with not a single reader to my name 😂

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@MichaelLew33229 An ancient Roman God-Emperor. A Japanese archipelago haunted by living armor. Forensic soul-magic. 🗡️🌸
If you like the dark, weary investigations of The Justice of Kings or The Witcher, this is for you.
Read Volume 1 on Kindle/KU! 👇
https://t.co/1w6ks9Q5o0

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@BlessedPen03 I'll think about it, thanks.

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@BrentWeeks Yeah, assuming you already have a fanbase that is. If you don't then you have to make multiple volumes and be ready to go deep in the red in marketing.

But that's true for debut trads as well huh.

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Trying to be an author is so fucked, man. We're constantly buying a lottery with every book, but instead of costing us $1, it's hundreds of hours and $ on something nobody might read.

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@KatieJaneNeale I'm pretty sure most of use do? I'd be surprised if a normal dude tries to run this insane gauntlet for no reward.

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I spent 8 years perfecting my novel, please read it y'all ;-;

Idk what else to do. I wanted to write and get fans to hang out with, but no one wants read it.

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@BlessedPen03 A few people on Royal Road seemed to like it, so it can't be entirely bad, I suppose. But idk if this story is worth continuing, making volume 2 will take a long time and effort to hit the same quality, but without a fanbase it'd be just as DoA.

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@BrentWeeks Still more than negative revenue of indies at least. But yeah, it's completely lopsided. It's like the whole industry expects us to fail or something.

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@dazedoenut Thanks for the pep talk. I hope you fanfic writers get the fanbase you guys deserve!

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@ReadersRecDesk https://t.co/1w6ks9Q5o0

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@DKemeridou I just made them up on the spot every time so that I can improve my improv skill. 😂

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@Plotwist_ing A divine ex-emperor going to Japan to solve a national killing spree while suffering from PTSD induced flashbacks.

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@JasPhoenix_Rise This is so me with my novel, bro. I have no idea where to even put the thing 💀

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@kime_scott @chrstinedaaemon Wait, ya'll rely on advance money to live? Holy shit. That sounds extremely stressful.

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@LStranackNutt Hey, least you got lots of 5 stars to balance it out!

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@_Bigmandz Romance is such a powerful thing in stories, ain't it? Being able to see how 2 people you root for finally getting together is akin to seeing someone you tend to finally getting a step up in life.

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@deewalkerbooks Hell, if anything, we should teach literature to kids in school. Too many of them are on Tiktok and getting brainrot instead of reading great stories.