LF Self Publishing Advice/My First Published Piece!
Hello! Recently I wrote a little fantasy short story about a deaf boy on a pirate ship when it encounters a pack of sirens. It's a cute little 20 minute read and has some horror-adjacent and found family aspects. I published it on KDP awhile ago, but it hasn't gotten any reads. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to promote it?
I don't have much of any budget to spend on advertising and I don't have a following on social media (although I guess I could try to start one?). I mainly published the story so I could have something to point to when people ask me if I've published any of my work to read.
I don't think I'm aloud to post the link, but I'd also love some advice on my blurb, cover, etc! I haven't seen a whole lot about advertising other than "just post a lot on social media" or "pay amazon to advertise it for you" or "make a newsletter" (I have no clue how to even go about doing that or getting people to sign up) so any advice would be super helpful!