IWSG: May 6 2026
Hellooo!
I'd like to thank the co hosts!
I published 3 months ago.
30 Books sold.
5 people read? 5 more are reading? 20 will never even open it?
There hasn't been an "inspiring" feedback so far.
My book is now visible on Amazon Kindle, Goodreads and Google Books.
Thank you so much to everyone who has been so kind and encouraging! Can't wait to visit all the blogs. I missed last month's IWSG Day but I'm here now.
Getting published hasn't been going really well. But at least...it's not that bad. 5 books sold at a bookstore. I have no idea how that happened. I gave them 3 books at first and then when I went there 2 weeks later, all 3 were gone. The employees were like 'Look at her face!'
I was just so confused.
Haven't still figured out Bookstagram. Thinking about Booktube but I don't think I can actually do that one. I earned the money I borrowed from my aunt to buy books in bulk---a good thing in between all of it. My mother is not happy that I'm writing another book. I'm not allowed to go watch a movie with my friends. I'd been stuck between four walls for most of April---unable to do anything.
Life is so good:)
This Ends This Summer💗💛 |
SeñoRida💎|
This Ends This Summer📖is the debut novel of teen author SeñoRida🤵♀️
About Book📖💓
Fifteen year old Sasha Samuelson has been battling PTSD for the past eight years. After the traumatic incident that brought a dark shadow over her family, she's been on a drastic loop.
Sasha had always been a ghost. And she didn't know any better. She chose to know no better. But summers change everything.
The old playmate, her little crush--Raven Ice--walked into her life this summer, and told her that he wasn't just in her dream.
But like a dream, This Ends This Summer.
This Ends This Summer is a young adult coming of age high school romance that will take you on a road trip through another crepuscular summer💛
Rida, AKA SeñoRida, is a 2010-born girly. Her hobbies include reading, writing, and fan-girling. She is obsessed with fried chicken, purple, and books. She’s never a follower but a fan, and she believes that’s how it’s supposed to be. She’s an ordinary human who wants to do extraordinary things.Her debut novel, This Ends This Summer is a coming of age, swoon worthy, heart melting romance that you must not miss because the love she writes, is a holy trinity of respect, trust and hope and life is lived if we live for love!
Social media links;
Instagram: @rida.senorida
Blog: spotforyoubyme.blogspot.com
It's small but still a great start! Reviews will come. Why is your mother unhappy about it? You accomplished something few teenagers ever will.
ReplyDeleteYup! My mom is proud that I wrote a book...deep down...she is. The Asian and Indian stereotypes are all mostly...true. My mom is afraid if it'll ruin me...she's afraid if this hobby will make me settle for something even I don't want and that if I might lose everything in pursuit of this. I can't blame her. She was married at my age.
DeleteCongratulations! I'm sorry, somehow I missed the publication of your book.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't worry, unless you have massive social media reach or marketing, first books are usually the hardest, and often have trouble finding their audience. Thirty copies sold so far ain't bad. Keep writing! You got a twenty-year head start on me age-wise, so we expect big things!
Thank you!!! Yup, yup...so many to achieve and so many years to come!
DeleteCongrats on publishing a book! Your sales may be small, but it's a great start, like Alex said. As you connect with our group, you may get ideas on how to market your books better.
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! Yes...I hope so!!
DeleteIt's a good start! From what I've heard, first books are hard and few writers share how much they actually sell. Your blurb sounds fantastic, and the fact that you're a young writer is a good selling point, because you understand your audience. I hope you will continue to see sales trickle in.
ReplyDeleteI think you are doing quite well, Rida. Bravo! Not many teens can say they've published a book AND have sold copies. Many of us are learning how to do this thing called creating books and marketing them. I am still learning about marketing. Stay strong!
ReplyDeleteHang in there, Rida! What you have accomplished is awesome! Parents always worry about the security and well being of of their kids. ❤️🌺❤️🍀
ReplyDeleteThat’s actually a really honest snapshot of early publishing reality, and it takes courage to even share those numbers openly. The gap between “sold” and “read and reviewed” is something a lot of first-time authors don’t expect, but it’s far more common than it looks from the outside.
ReplyDeleteEven without loud feedback yet, those 30 sales still represent 30 real entry points into your work—and the responses tend to arrive slowly, not all at once. Sometimes the most meaningful reactions come later than expected, after readers sit with the story a bit longer.
That’s a very real stage of the publishing journey, even if it doesn’t feel very rewarding yet. Early on, the numbers are often quiet like this—sales trickling in, reads happening slowly, and feedback taking its time to surface.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn’t mean the book isn’t landing; it usually just means it hasn’t fully circulated through enough readers yet to generate visible responses. The fact that people are buying it and starting it already shows it has reached an audience, even if they’re not speaking up immediately.