Sub-Stats (as of Dec 24th)
General stats:
Posts made this year
30 (excluding directory posts)
Subscribers gained this year
10 free subscribers
Total views this year
357 (excluding directory posts)
Average daily views this year
4 views
New Substack stats and facts I’m proud of:
First post
The Great War Prologue (1): Sneak on May 7th, 2022. It now has 24 views and 3 hearts.
Top post of the year (& most hearted)
The Great War Prologue (2): Little Boy, published on May 16th. It has 17 views and 4 hearts, the most hearts any post from this year currently has.
First ever comment!!!
Saturday, Dec 3rd on The Great War Prologue (7): Fantasy. Not only is it the first comment on my Substack, but it’s the only comment I’ve gotten the entire year. Thank you so much :D
Most visits in a day
Saturday, Dec 3rd saw the most visits to my Substack this year. The record to beat for 2023 is 47 views.
Art from Eco:
From my Substack icon to two wonderful pieces of art for TGWP(1): Sneak and Winter's Giving, thank you Eco for going out of your way to make these wonderful pieces of art for me! I don’t know how I could have survived writing this long without all your efforts to bring my characters to life. More to come from her next year!
Thank you to everyone who has read, hearted, commented, and shared my posts this year. Starting something new is never easy, and with no prior internet following I really am starting a community from the ground up.
I’m out of school, in a home, and am now free to pursue my dream of becoming an official published author. I will be appearing in an anthology that will be published by No Bad Books Press, with a story set within my magical universe. While the anthology is not ready just yet, it will be releasing sometime in 2023. I will, of course, be making a post about it when it’s available to be bought. For now, though, feel free to peruse their other publications and support a small hybrid publisher!
However, this doesn’t mean I’m my own author just yet. I finished a manuscript recently and will be looking into publishing my first novel very soon. I’ve not had the time to sit down and draft query letters just yet, with it being the holidays and all. But I do expect to start sending out query’s starting January, and with any luck it’ll be published sometime in 2023 or 2024 with a custom cover drawn by Eco. Are you ready to read more stories from Astria?
Here’s hoping 2023 will be even better than this year!
Goals for 2023!
Double current subscriber count. 10 —> 20
Get 100 views in a day
PUBLISH MY NOVEL FOR ONCE!!!
I read all the comments I get (for now at least). Always happy to talk about my ideas and writings, and if you have any feedback feel free to let me know, too!
Or, if you prefer something more direct, feel free to stop by in Chat and say hi! It’s a recent feature added to Substack and I’m just now getting to use it myself. It’s for mobile users only, so make sure to get the app:
HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!