2024 Year In Review

Let’s do the numbers, shall we?

Everyone likes numbers, even me. I won’t be sharing dollars here. I’m in the red as an author, no one needs to know by how much.

This was my first full year of writing and publishing (not full time, still have a day job) but I made a number of non-recurring investments in things like audio processing software/plugins, hardware, and other things beyond any normal marketing or advertising that might be on going.

What did I sell the most? Ebooks! Followed by Kindle Unlimited page reads.

Giveaways/Sales

I participated in at least five giveaways/sales this year and gave away over 25,000 electronic copies of my first book!

• BookBub Featured Deal ($0) – Once
• Witchy Bookworms ($0) – Twice
• Stuff Your Kindle Fantasy Edition ($0) – Once
• Indie-Visible Halloween Hauntfest ($0 and $0.99) – Once

I participated in a couple different sales

• Queer Your Bookshelf
• r/Fantasy Mega Sale

By the Numbers

Here are the aggregated sales numbers. Things to remember: My Boss is the Devil was available for 6 months before Dueling Shoulder Angels (book 2) came out. Then Too Many Gods in the Kitchen came out in October. The audiobook also wasn’t available until late October.

So I think my read-through is actually quite good, from book 1>2>3.

As for sales that grossed me at least some kind of royalties? At least 284 book equivalents (because of Kindle Unlimited “borrows”) across print, ebook, KU, and audio.

Book	Sales	Print Sales	eBook Sales	Audio Units	Borrows	Pages Read	Free Units	Pre Orders
My Boss is the Devil	284	58	216	10	205	70043	25861	0
Dueling Shoulder Angels	375	11	364	0	116	41702	0	10
Too Many Gods in the Kitchen	187	7	180	0	45	19673	0	10

Where in the World are My Books?

My biggest market is the US, but I’ve sold/given away books in (in no particular order):

What will 2025 Bring?

I have a few goals for 2025

1. Produce 35,000 “words” per month. This can be writing, recording, editing, etc. I have an ongoing challenge with Poppy Alexanders to keep ourselves accountable to the goal.
2. Finish Recording, editing, mastering for the audiobook of Dueling Shoulder Angels. I hope to release it some time in February.
3. Edit and release Let Sleeping Gods Lie, a new standalone/series starter.
4. Finish drafting, then edit and release My Brother’s Keeper, another new standalone/series starter.
5. Start drafting another The Devil You Know book, I think there’s at least one more in there.
6. Start recording the audiobook for Too Many Gods in the Kitchen, and hopefully get that out mid-year.

I feel like this is enough/a lot. I look forward to keeping you all updated!