2023 Wrap-up Dec 30: I know what I did this year.

Leon Stevens

Dec 30

Where to start? How about book sales? I sold 210 books this year, up from 126. Now, I did have another book and without that I would have 136 sales (and 126 angry readers because book two of my trilogy ends on a cliffhanger)

It does work out to 0.58 books/day, though.

Royalties? Do you know how much I make for each book? It's not that much, and since I lowered the price of two of them to $0.99, it's ever less. But Indie authors aren't in it for the money. [insert collective gasp from writers here]

I vowed not to spend any money on promotions this year, therefore, I spent some money on promotions this year.

Top 10 shows/movies I watched (and enjoyed):

10. Rick and Morty
9. Futurama
8. Letterkenny
7. Shorsey
6. The Curse of Oak Island - C'mon, there's gotta be something down there, right?
5. Barbie
4. Sports - Not all, but some.
3. WKRP - I found two seasons on an old hard drive
2. Red Dwarf - I found all seasons on that same hard drive
1. ?

Wondering what the last one is? Me too. Maybe The White Lotus?

Shall we end today with my final book review?

Wait! There's a bit more:

On my blog this week:

Final Friday: Top Ten Conversations - Or all of them.

Thursday Thoughts: The Next Top Ten- Funny things

Weird Wednesda y Dec. 27th: Time to start the Top 10s - My favorite cartoons of the year as voted by me.

Tuesday Tirade: 'Twas the day after Christmas. - You knew there was going to be one

Music Monday Dec 25: Laura Lynch- Tragic death but I discovered some very good early Dixie Chicks songs.

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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/