{"id":13891,"date":"2024-12-31T12:03:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T17:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13891"},"modified":"2024-12-31T12:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T17:03:15","slug":"im-going-to-be-a-god-damn-bestseller-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13891","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m going to be a god damn bestseller again."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Look, I don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;m getting this burst of self-confidence from, but I know it. I know 2025 is my year. And a lot of times people will say, &#8220;Don&#8217;t say that! You&#8217;ll jinx it!&#8221; but I don&#8217;t feel anything but utter certainty about this right now. I&#8217;m going to have a great publishing year in 2025. Nothing can interfere with that. I&#8217;m not just manifesting right now. It&#8217;s a fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the thing is, in my vision of how 2025 is going to go down: I work my ass off. I promote shamelessly. I time releases right. I vibe, strive, and survive, baby!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accountability is part of that. I&#8217;m going to hold myself accountable by posting my entire plan of attack, task by task, update as needed, and when I accomplish one of them, I&#8217;ll cross it off. I&#8217;m going to set deadlines (one of my biggest fears) and pre-orders and be totally transparent. That way, when I succeed, I&#8217;ll have a record of just how fucking hard I worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you&#8217;re interested, you can journey with me. Surprise! I made a Discord for authors keeping track of their publishing who want to encourage each other and cheer each other on. I realized at some point that my original drive to tell stories and pursue publication happened because I was surrounded by people on the same path, who were excited by the same things. If that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re looking for, join the <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/CfDrMrAyCV\">Bestsellers Together Discord.<\/a> And it&#8217;s totally separate from the Trout Nation Discord so we can pop on and ask a quick question without then spending hours distracted by memes or snarkery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also created a new version of The Big Damn Writing Tracker, the word tracking spreadsheet I&#8217;ve used and shared in years past. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1fp9EggDZYc7fj7Od8IdVsXvCUvz2pUqnVEgJbh6fNtA\/edit?usp=sharing\">You can find it here.<\/a> To use the sheet, click &#8220;File&#8221; in the upper left corner and select &#8220;make a copy&#8221; to save it to your own Google Drive for your private use. Or, download it. I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s compatible with Excel. If it&#8217;s not, that&#8217;s just corporate greed at work. Just enter your project titles and word counts in the white spaces and let math take care of the rest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the most important part of this whole thing is going to be keeping track of my tasks. Here&#8217;s my list. I usually put these in a bullet journal that I abandon by February, leading to panic and chaos and disorganization. Making my to-do list public will hold me accountable. More tasks will crop up, because I also want to publish <em>The Mage&#8217;s Reluctant Assistant<\/em> this year. Some items are already crossed off, since I did them while still writing this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Her Brother&#8217;s Billionaire Best Friend releases February 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy, daily promo until release day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send out ARC emails<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Search manuscript one last time for &#8220;actually,&#8221; &#8220;clearly,&#8221; and &#8220;really&#8221;. Eliminate as many as I can stand.<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle and Smashwords\n<ul>\n<li><s>Table of Contents<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Order link to Her Billionaire Boyfriend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload manuscript to Smashwords by Jan. 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload manuscript to Kindle by Jan. 31<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format Paperback\n<ul>\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Her Billionaire Boyfriend releases May 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Combine into one file from original proofs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staggered promo with HBBBF from February 14<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavy promo from March 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Cover<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover reveal February 14<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Establish Pre-Order Link<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send out ARC emails<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle and Smashwords\n<ul>\n<li>Table of Contents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Order link to Her Billionaire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload to Kindle, Smashwords<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Paperback\n<ul>\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Her Billionaire releases September 30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Final Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staggered promo with HBB from June 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavy promo from July 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish pre-order link<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle, Smashwords\n<ul>\n<li>Table of Contents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Paperback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alpha Queen Ascending<\/strong> <strong>releases April 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>One last read through just in case<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish pre-order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle and Ingram\n<ul>\n<li>Table of Contents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format Paperback\n<ul>\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Vampire&#8217;s Willing Captive releases July 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fablemere promo campaign May 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birthday campaign July 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavy promo July 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One last read through just in case<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish pre-order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle and Ingram\n<ul>\n<li>Table of Contents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format Paperback\n<ul>\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books I Want To Finish This Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A Kingdom of Wonder and Terror<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Business Centaur&#8217;s Virgin Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Untitled Sophie book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Breakaway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Turning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filthy, Rich<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word Count For 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Get Abigail Barnette website up\n<ul>\n<li>Call web provider<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link Shopify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote Shopify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add ebooks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Paperbacks of The Boyfriend and Sophie\n<ul>\n<li>Download manuscripts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add to Shopify<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Launch Shopify\n<ul>\n<li>Blog post<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote across socials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add link to Trout Nation website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add link to Abigail Barnette website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look, I don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;m getting this burst of self-confidence from, but I know it. I know 2025 is my year. And a lot&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13891\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I&#8217;m going to be a god damn bestseller again.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13894,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13891\/revisions\/13894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}