Stop chasing the wave. The wave is a tsunami of mediocre copycats. Instead, build a lifeboat . That lifeboat is your direct relationship with 1,000 true fans. If you write for the love of the thing—the specific, weird, beautiful thing only you can write—the right readers will swim through the torrent to find you.
So, close the Kindle store. Turn off the “Also Boughts.” Pick up that obscure indie novel with the cover you almost scrolled past. love in the time of self publishing torrent
To survive in the torrent, authors must fall in love with process . Not just the craft of writing a kiss scene, but the craft of keywords, categories, newsletter swaps, and TikTok transitions. You have to prove your love to the machine before the machine shows your love to the world. Stop chasing the wave
That is where love still lives. Not in the torrent—but in the quiet pause between the drops. That lifeboat is your direct relationship with 1,000
The title refers to by Christine Larson. It isn't a spicy novel itself, but a labor history of "Romancelandia"—the network of authors who used the digital revolution to turn a dismissed genre into a billion-dollar powerhouse. Why This Book Matters (and Why Torrenting It is Ironic)