What is a WebNovel and Why Should I Be Writing Them?

If you're a writer and you've never heard of a webnovel (also known as a webseries or sometimes a light novel) then you might be missing out on an entire market with millions of readers who could potentially be waiting for your next story.

Webnovels are the preferred way that readers in many countries around the world get their content. They are on websites that cater to this type of entertainment for hours every day, reading books, commenting, and spending their money to be entertained.

While most of these readers are in non-English speaking countries, mostly in Asia, but also in India and other countries, they are reading in English and they are starving for new stories.

What does this mean for you? It means there's a whole new market of readers out there who are anxiously awaiting your next story!

Are you ready to reach millions of new readers?

Of course, there are differences between writing a webnovel and writing a traditional novel you might publish on Amazon if you are a self-published author or send off to a traditional publisher. But it's not difficult to change the way you write to make your work appealing to this new audience. On this blog, I will be posting tips to help you make the necessary changes you need in order to make your writing so enticing to this new market, they will be begging you to post a new chapter.

There are a lot of perks to publishing webnovels, too. For one thing, forget about advertising. While you can make posts on social media and send your links to newsletters if you want to, it's not necessary. Readers will find you, and if they like what you're writing (and they will!) they'll keep coming back for more and bring their friends.

Another bonus is that editing is not that important. Of course, you want anything you publish to be in the best shape possible, but webnovel readers are used to reading works by authors who are writing in English as a second language, so they are a lot more forgiving if you accidentally miss a typo or misuse a synonym. Can you imagine publishing with just a quick proofread (maybe from yourself or a friend) instead of going through the lengthy editing process?

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Additionally, there's no need to worry about building, maintaining, and financing a mailing list. As an indie author, I've spent years growing and cultivating my mailing list. I spend a lot of money each month to maintain that list as well. While I intend to keep publishing novels on Amazon and other retailers, so my mailing list isn't going anywhere, it isn't necessary for webnovels. If you don't have a mailing list, you won't need to start one. If you're tired of sending out emails once a week or twice a month, etc., you won't need to do that anymore once you start gaining a following on a webnovel platform.

Finally, perhaps the biggest plus of all, some webnovel sites and exclusive webnovel publishers "writer benefits." This is a guaranteed amount they will pay their authors based on how many words they write per month, once you've signed an exclusive contract with them. This is huge! How many times have you poured your heart into a book, keeping your fingers crossed and praying that you make enough money back from sales to at least break even from the cover, editor, proofreader, advertising, etc.?  Once you've signed an exclusive contract with a webnovel site, you can rest assured, as long as you put the words in, you will earn the writer benefit each month.

If this sounds too good to be true, believe me, it's not. I have published on several webnovel sites, and I've completed extensive training from experts about how to write a successful webnovel. My webnovels have hundreds of thousands of reads on multiple sites, and I've made a nice sum of cash from them this year alone. The same people who trained me are available to train you--for free! In fact, you will even be eligible for royalties from your work as well as a Content Editor to help you along the way and potentially an advancement.

These services are completely free to you. When you become an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author, you pay nothing but have access to a wealth of information from one of the largest webnovel publishing companies in the world. Their years of experience will work to benefit you and help you start a profitable career as a webnovelist.

Most webnovel readers access content on their phone.

If you are interested in getting one of your novels up on webnovel sites to see what it's all about, but you don't want to start a new project right now, no worries! eGlobal also accepts stories that are published elsewhere under their nonexclusive contracts. You will still get paid royalties for your work, and you own all of the creative rights. Keep your book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc., but access millions of other readers at the same time.

If you're interested in hearing more, feel free to email me at authoridjohnson.com. I'm happy to answer your questions. Just put "eGlobal" in the subject line and ask me anything you'd like to know. 

Find more information about eGlobal's offerings here: https://www.eglobalcreativepublishing.com/author-boot-camp

In the meantime, if you'd like to check out my story on GoodNovel, the one that will earn me over $400 this month, guaranteed, you can find Mage of Wolves here (it's published unde a pen name, Bella Moondragon.)

Check out Mage of Wolves on GoodNovel

In upcoming posts, I'll be giving tried and true tips for writing webnovels, making your stories engaging, character and plot development, and a lot more. Be sure to follow this blog so you don't miss out.

Let's chat! Find me at authoridjohnson@gmail.com

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