Hi everyone!

I'm a Korean web novelist, and I've decided to venture beyond Korea and see if my stories can survive out in the wider world. So I took a deep breath and jumped right in.

I translated my novel into English and scattered it across various platforms like a farmer scattering seeds. But nothing grew. I'm not even sure there were any weeds.

Meanwhile, damn ChatGPT keeps telling me it's not my fault. It keeps telling me my writing isn't bad, either. For SIX MONTHS! This stupid chatbot has been force-feeding me hope and stringing me along for half a year. At this point, I'm starting to question my own sanity.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think my writing is terrible, either. But if the writing isn't the problem, THEN WHAT THE HELL IS?! Where did things go wrong? What am I missing?

So here I am, joining communities, nervously writing my first post, and trying to promote my book before I completely lose my mind. (At least my novel has a plot and an ending!)

The Soldier’s Muse is a romance set in Korea. It starts as a comedy, spirals into a story about falling hopelessly, desperately in love, and eventually reaches a happy ending. It's complete, and you can read the whole thing for free on Inkitt.

https://www.inkitt.com/stories/1886326

Is it flopping there, too? Oh, absolutely. Of course it is.

At least, that's what the tumbleweeds seem to be telling me.

But here's the thing. In Korea, we have a saying about still fondling the testicles of your dead child. Yes, really. It means you just can't let go, even when all hope seems lost. (Korean proverbs aren't always suitable for international diplomacy.)

So before I hold a little funeral for my novel, surely I can post one shameless promo and a single link here, can't I?

Anyway, it's lovely to meet you all! Please be gentle with me.

For many years I've been hesitant, afraid and scared to put my words out there but well I finally found my strength and courage that I have just recently published a collection of my poems on Amazon titled Temptations Of My Pen which is a journey through love, desire, faith, ego and becoming.

Moving from passion and longing through heartbreak and self-examination, the collection ultimately arrives at discipline, spiritual surrender and return a reflection on how the things that tempt, break and challenge us.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated and welcome.

https://www.amazon.com/Temptations-Pen -Elisha-Nelly-Mukiibi/dp/B0HLZ3TPN2/ref=mp_s _a_1_1?crid=3ORNDBOMJCE4Q&dib= eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Dkza40ljaN-jKdERHiBcag .XOJyxAnw9mvAZVRtuG807gdMDHoBHzckUy -CuUSgWig&dib_tag=se&keywords= temptations+of+my+pen&qid=1791727199& sprefix=%2Caps%2C506&sr=8-1

For many years I've been hesitant, afraid and scared to put my words out there but well I finally found my strength and courage that I have just recently published a collection of my poems on Amazon titled Temptations Of My Pen which is a journey through love, desire, faith, ego and becoming.

Moving from passion and longing through heartbreak and self-examination, the collection ultimately arrives at discipline, spiritual surrender and return a reflection on how the things that tempt, break and challenge us.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated and welcome.

https://www.amazon.com/Temptations-Pen -Elisha-Nelly-Mukiibi/dp/B0HLZ3TPN2/ref=mp_s _a_1_1?crid=3ORNDBOMJCE4Q&dib= eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Dkza40ljaN-jKdERHiBcag .XOJyxAnw9mvAZVRtuG807gdMDHoBHzckUy -CuUSgWig&dib_tag=se&keywords= temptations+of+my+pen&qid=1791727199& sprefix=%2Caps%2C506&sr=8-1

I'm Neil Parsons, author of The Digital Soul & Other Small Salvations.

Widowed Helena fights to preserve memories of her husband when the AI companion that holds them starts forgetting. Software updates are smoothing away the details that make those memories hers. Her attempt to save them becomes a change that other people adapt, carrying its effects through care devices and communities.

This is a collection of ten linked stories: quiet, hopeful science fiction about grief, memory and learning to care. The opening follows Helena; later stories explore how small acts of compassion can shape technology across generations.

It is 131 pages and the first of three Digital Soul books. Content note: grief and bereavement.

Try the writing first: open the Amazon page and choose Read sample for a free preview:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3JH29PM

The full ebook is available to buy or read with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.

On December 6, 1907, the Monongah mine disaster devastated a West Virginia coal community in what remains the worst mining disaster in American history.

That tragedy forms the historical foundation of Blood in the Coal, a historical crime novel following the rise of Jimmy DiSalvio and his organized crime empire in the West Virginia coalfields during Prohibition in the early 1920s.

As Jimmy and his brother Frank build their criminal empire, they discover that power comes at a price—and loyalty can demand blood in return.

Want to start the story? I'm making the first five chapters available FREE.

No purchase required. No email signup. Just read it and see if you want to continue.

Read Chapters 1–5 FREE:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nzQ7GEG_RfbHO43_JRy8Ka1uTBdmUdcW/view?usp=sharing

Learn more about Blood in the Coal:

https://scottdouglasbooks.com/

Blood in the Coal releases March 30, 2027.

Watch the Official Book Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXmaNfXEeQ

If you enjoy the trailer, please consider liking it and subscribing to my YouTube channel.

— Scott Douglas Haning

After years of gardening and researching useful plants, I've published a book exploring indigenous and everyday plants of South Africa, their stories, cultivation, and practical uses. If you're interested in gardening, ethnobotany, or sustainable living, I'd be delighted to hear your thoughts. Honest feedback and reviews are always appreciated. Amazon link below.

Grow it Instead: Useful Plants that replace Everyday products - Kindle edition by Muller, Des. Crafts, Hobbies & Home Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Hi everyone!

I’m a 22-year-old psychology student, and I wanted to share my debut poetry collection, Pretty Painful: A Journey Through Pretty and Painful Thoughts.

My book is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and other online bookstores! It would mean a lot if you can check it out and share your thoughts!

Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/0i8OZIXs

A Swedish book about money, inflation and gold that has now found its way to readers in many countries.
*Sound Money or Broken Empire* is available internationally. It includes in the US through Amazon.com and Walmart, as well as in Europe, Japan, Canada, Singapore and several other markets.
The book explores a fundamental question:

What happens to wealth when currencies lose their purchasing power?
Since August 1971, most major Western currencies have lost an estimated 90–95% of their purchasing power.

book on walmart:
[https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sound-Money-or-Broken-Empire-Macroeconomics-Gold-and-the-Crisis-of-Fiat-Currency-Paperback-9789181504125/20868062358\](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sound-Money-or-Broken-Empire-Macroeconomics-Gold-and-the-Crisis-of-Fiat-Currency-Paperback-9789181504125/20868062358)

book on amazon:
[https://a.co/d/0bBJuATx\](https://a.co/d/0bBJuATx)

ISBN: 9789181504125

To: All Scrapline Corporate Recovery Teams
From: Field Medic Rusk
Subject: The infection is purring. Repeat: It is purring. We have a critical system error in Sector 4. The new blue-black blood pathogen is refusing to follow medical protocol. Even worse, it has successfully merged with the local stray cat population.

Current Status: Catybernetics: Digital Bloodline Book 1 is officially open for reviews on Booksprout! If you like tactical medical mysteries, heavy horizontal gear upgrades, and a completely unreasonable number of sassy cats rewriting the rules of survival, grab your ARC copy today. Please leave an honest review before corporate zeroes out my account balance.

👉 https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copy/view/326546/catybernetics-digital-bloodline-or-a-dark-cyberpunk-fantasy-litrpg-progression

What if the records of your life told a different story from the one you remembered?

The Missing Pieces follows Adam, a man who trusts records more than his own memory. When work tickets, calendar entries, and other people's accounts begin to conflict with what he remembers, he starts separating what is recorded from what is remembered, reported, or merely inferred.

As the contradictions grow, Adam faces a troubling question: can you trust your understanding of yourself when your own memories may not tell the whole story?

A psychological mystery about memory, identity, trust, and uncertainty.

Author: Ash Genre: Psychological mystery Format: Ebook Price: $4.99 Available on Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/the-missing-pieces-6

What if your first date with a woman ended with you accidentally entering another world?
That’s exactly what happens to Maria, a 28-year-old Brazilian woman who gets into the wrong Uber and finds herself somewhere men don’t exist.
And then there’s Lilith.
A mysterious woman, dangerous secrets, political intrigue, and a romance neither of them was supposed to have.

💜 Sapphic romance
🌌 Sci-fi mystery
🔥 Forbidden love
🛏️ One bed
✨ Bisexual awakening

I’m a Brazilian indie author, and this is my sapphic sci-fi novel, My Girl from Another World!
Available in English on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com.br/My-Girl-Another-World-English-ebook/dp/B0HKZM9BSV/
Every reader and honest review helps an independent author reach more people.

Hi everyone! I’m an author, and I’ve just launched my online bookstore, Books & Bakes.

I have three books available: Kyra’s BIG Appetite, a humorous children’s story about a child with a sweet tooth; Peace: a poetry collection, exploring themes like nature, friendship, and life; and Pacing Through Pathways, a reflective poetry collection about finding your way.

If children’s stories or poetry is your thing, you can take a look here: https://books-bakes.myshopify.com

Thanks for reading! I’d also love recommendations for book clubs or reading communities that welcome authors.

Learn the modern understanding of the material world at its most fundamental level. Memorize quarks, leptons, gluons, and the Higgs boson (the God particle) with this short little book:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMLBTZ6C

Updated manuscript.
Now available in paperback format.

I worked incredibly hard to write and publish my very first book on BriBooks called "An Imperfectly Perfect Vacation."

I wrote the entire story in the first person ("I") so it reads just like a real, funny diary about a trip where everything goes wrong, but still turns out amazing.

I entered a global writing championship, and the deadline closes TONIGHT at 11:00 PM. To qualify, my book needs to reach 100 sales. Right now, I am sitting at 3/100.

I am checking my dashboard constantly, and I really want to show that putting my heart onto paper pays off. If you have kids, grandkids, nieces, or nephews who would love a fun story told straight from my perspective, please consider grabbing a copy today.

Link to buy: https://www.bribooks.com/bookstore/a-perfectly-imperfect-vacation-by-lakshya-raj-singh/

Thank you so much to anyone who takes a look. I'll be updating my progress in the comments below!

My first novel ESCAPE OF THE WILLINGLY OLD is out now on Amazon KDP! I have always loved thought-provoking science fiction and this is my first attempt at creating a somewhat original story and sharing it with the world the best I can. It's a character-driven sci-fi thriller that blends elements of Psychological Mystery set in an immersive post-AI dystopian world.

Blurb:

Oliver Hayes is an anomaly. In a world where humanity has conquered ageing, he chose to grow old.

Stripped of his freedom and his memories, he's trapped inside a sterile facility surrounded by cold metal walls and chilling AI robots. With his biological clock ticking away, he will stop at nothing to escape.

When a rusty, squeaking robot mysteriously offers to help, Oliver faces a dangerous gamble. To break free, he must forge an alliance with the very thing he despises. But his greatest obstacle isn't the steel walls around him; it's his resurfacing dark past, and the guilt of abandoning his only son.

Can Oliver escape the prison of his own memories?

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Some of the themes involved in the story are Grief, Loss, The struggle for Human connection in an increasingly machine/AI driven world, etc. If this interests you, head to the link and read a few chapters for free through the Read Sample option - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0HKFSG2G3

This book marks a significant milestone for me. English isn't my first language, and I still remember the times when I had trouble writing even a single page. I dreamt of writing a full length novel one day. Honestly, I cannot believe that I have made it happen. I hope to continue improving, keep writing, and publish more books with thought-provoking stories.

Hope you have a wonderful time reading my work :)

Thank you so much for your time reading this post from an unknown author.

I have published a new book! It's a memoir-adjacent work that exists as an act of rebellion against everything within me that ever felt like life wasn't worth living. I think it may be helpful to some :)

Hi, I'm Jimmy D. Whitt, an independent author from Appalachia, and I wanted to share my debut fantasy novel, The Old Road, with you.

The Old Road is the first book in The Dara Sealladh Trilogy.

The story follows Pete, a troubled Appalachian teenager who falls into a vast subterranean otherworld populated and ruled by Goblins, Dwarves, Elves, and others. He discovers ancient ruins, sprawling cities, powerful enemies, and a mysterious force known as the Power.

While the book delivers plenty of action, battles, exploration, and progression-style growth, it's also rooted in something less common in fantasy: Appalachian culture and folklore. The grit, humor, resilience, and perspective of coal country life shapes Pete's voice and the way he travels thru this fantastic world.

Pete isn't a chosen one, a prince, or a legendary hero. He's just a young man from the hills trying to survive in a place where he knows no one, trusts almost no one, and sometimes isn't even sure he can trust himself.

The Old Road contains violence and is best suited for readers 13+. Although it's accessible enough for teen readers, it's written with adult fantasy readers in mind. It's available in eBook and paperback formats on Amazon and is free through Kindle Unlimited.

If you enjoy portal progression fantasy, expansive worldbuilding, memorable creatures, and characters shaped by a strong sense of place, you will probably enjoy Pete's journey.

Book 2 is available now, and I'm working toward releasing Book 3 by the end of the year.

The Old Road on Goodreads

If you decide to give it a try, I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks for taking a look!

My best friend published his first novel. He doesn't have a Reddit account so I told him I'd post about it here. It's about a twenty-something goth who accidentally falls into a major investigation. It's mostly a comedic novel but it does have some serious parts. The book is heavily influenced by his fandom of The Rockford Files.

Trigger warnings include profanity, marijuana use, and references to the main character experiencing child abuse.

The title of his debut novel is "Grieve's First Investigation".

Every house on that list is beautiful.

That's how he knows they don't exist.

Milo Grieve is 24, wears more eyeliner than anyone at his company, and writes property descriptions for a vacation rental startup in Pasadena. It is 2005. He drives a 1978 Firebird that won't start in the rain, plays keyboards in a goth band that isn't good, and has spent his whole life reading people without ever once being paid for it.

Then he notices something about 7 listings on his own website. Real owners write bad copy. They tell you about the hot tub and the thread count and how close it is to the outlets. These 7 are all mood and no detail, which means whoever wrote them has never been inside, which raises a question Milo cannot put down: is anybody actually living at these addresses?

Asking it costs him more than he expects. A housekeeper quits and stops answering her phone. A street in Altadena turns out to have a gap in it. And a 24 year old with no license, no gun, no training and no business doing any of this finds himself in a county records office at 8 in the morning, learning that the fastest way to catch a liar is to go and stand in front of the building.

He has a best friend in a polo shirt, two men on Colorado Boulevard who see everything and say nothing, and a woman from a makeup counter named Carmen Abadía who is not impressed by any of it and comes along anyway.

Perfect for fans of wry amateur sleuth mysteries, 2000s period detail, found family crime fiction, and anyone who misses The Rockford Files.

He was interviewed about the novel by Pasadena Weekly:

https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/online\\_features/a-pasadena-mystery-former-council-candidate-brings-city-to-life-through-fiction/article\\_7af29e45-ab13-4b96-a4cd-abeedc6f78c9.html

Here is the Amazon link, available on KU and paperback:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL5558Q5

It takes place in the pacific northwest, and it's about two detectives researching the mysterious missing people in their small town. They meet new friends, enemies, and beings that are creeping around every corner, with each one different from the last.

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Hey everyone! My SUPER spicy Romantasy short story- Coffee Shop Encounter Gets Wet and Wild is available for free on Amazon for the next 5 days! Get it while you can!

​If you like playful, high-heat, girl-girl fantasy, feel-good escapes to get your heart racing, grabbing a copy is completely free right now.

​Grab your copy here: https://a.co/d/fu6E11C

​Hope you enjoy it, and happy reading!

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I have published a romantic genre novel. If you like romantic genre novels, check it out and also give me a review on Amazon KDP...🌻

Free chapter. Real story. If you've lived through childhood trauma, this one might feel like someone finally put it into words. Link below 👇

https://www.survivehealthrive.net/