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Basically what it says in the title :) Have at it.
Forum Reads
The First Defier - 20th Feb-2022
Running your story like the business it is.
https://www.royalroad.com/forums/thread/116847
Written by TomWritingQuietly - Economy of Effort - Turtle Method
https://www.royalroad.com/forums/thread/132239
Written by Alaqi
I have delved deep into the Forums and here is what I found
https://www.royalroad.com/forums/thread/112450
Luci’s List of Worldbuilding Tools -
https://www.royalroad.com/forums/thread/54292
Reddit Write up
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/x4jd68/3_months_posting_on_royal_road_my_experience/
Reddit Reads - Varying /subs
MelasD
From ThinkTwice
From Book to Publisher
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressionFantasy/comments/17i9veg/from_book_to_publisher_a_how_to_guide/
A very basic progression fantasy marketing guide
How to become successful on RoyalRoad
From Samual Hinton - Has the CoverDesigner/Artists page also
https://cosmiccoding.com.au/blogs/publishing_a_novel/
https://cosmiccoding.com.au/artists/
Written by SilverLinings
Guides - all around the net
Selkie
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rkh5DSbzd-d-5yJB8-nCBPWiin-KqusV_u0sy4L3LlI/edit?tab=t.0
S.M Boyce
COTEH - CARD + Guides
https://coteh.carrd.co/#guides
https://coteh.carrd.co/#resources
Recent good reads on Reddit
Written by SerasStreams
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/1ji82gh/launch_checklist_free/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressionFantasy/comments/1fd7ooy/mentor_program_for_new_authors_free/
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/1emtiwp/how_to_make_a_litrpg_system/
Written by Milc
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/1kule36/how_to_do_a_bog_standard_launch_plan_for_royal/
Written by TimBaril
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/1kog511/thefirstdefiers_very_popular_post_on_how_to_be/
Written by CalligrapherDry1392
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/1km3pim/toxic_advice_i_found_floating_around/
Written by ArmedDreams
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/1kl3fc6/11_totally_legit_tips_to_succeed_and_not_get/
Written by BedivereTheMad
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/1kkefno/16_harsh_truths_that_many_of_you_need_to_hear/
https://www.reddit.com/r/royalroad/comments/1kq184h/16_more_harsh_truths_that_i_forgot_to_add_last/
Motivational - Inspiring posts
Twitter Threads - Travis Baldree - Blog/Posts
Self-Publish Book Launch - Write-up
https://medium.com/@travisbaldree/self-published-book-launch-a-z-39ec6f9257e1
Somebody asked if I'd ever write an Isekai novel since I narrate so many of them, and at first, my answer was "god, no!"
https://x.com/TravisBaldree/status/1690480263338541057
If you are writing a Progression Fantasy or Gamelit novel and your main character’s name is Jake/James/Jacob/John/Jim/Jack/Jackson/Joel/Jesse/Jayden/Jeremy/Jace/Jax/Jabroni/Jorts I beg of you to consider that there is a whole alphabet out there waiting to be used.
https://x.com/TravisBaldree/status/1679573407187468294
Over the last few years of narrating and writing I've been compiling a lot of thoughts and rules for myself on writing that I use (or try to use) all the time. This is purely my personal ruleset.