Monthly Recap: September 2026

Ok! A bit more to chat about here.

First off, my new payhip store is working really well! I had three different folks order direct from my website! How cool is that! Like an actual store, not just a link to amazon or a contact box that says 'reach out about signed copies.'

Of course the big thing this month was Dragon Con. I sold a lot of books there, 99 to be exact. That comes out to quite the tidy sum.

My expenses were higher this month, but I paid for a lot of editing, so that will do it. I also did a big book order, but that hasn't all hit yet. So next month will be up as well I suspect. 

Going back to my Facebook ad, it is still helping my online and audiobook sales quite a bit. Part of the issue is Amazon put me in some sort of promo for Book 1 in my series, making it a lot cheaper this month. Which meant I got more sales! But I didn't make as much per sale, which hurt me somewhat. I should make it back up in the long term as I get read through, but in the short term I just sit and think of what could be. 

I'll take it!

Income - Book Sales:

(Amazon, Website, Ingram, In Person, Audiobooks, Consignment)

Total: $4,118.89

Income (Other):

(Patreon, Appearances, Affiliate, Pod Shirts, Freelance)

Total: $360.61

Expenses:

• Hotel

• Editing

• Schedhie

• Shipping - Bookstore x3

• Taxes

• AWC Membership

• Book order 1 of 4

• Headset switch usb

• SFGE Booth

• Facebook ads

Total: $2,215.24

Monthly total made:

• Income: $4,479.50 ($3,794.75 last month)

• Expenses: $2,215.24 ($762.11 last month)

• Net Income: $2,264.26

Yearly Gross Total Made:

• $21,137.43

Yearly Net Total Made:

• $7,522.61

If you would like to leave a comment on this blog, a version of it has been posted on my Patreon and my Subreddit.

Hey, I broke 4k followers across my platforms. That's pretty cool! 

Outside of that, I really need to work on my Facebook ad. It's gotten oversaturated, so my click rate has gone up. I need to refresh it, badly. It's still working, but not like it was.

Anyway, here are the numbers:

Social Media Growth:

• Facebook Page Follows: 1173 (+42) 

• Instagram: 977 (+36)

• Facebook Fan Group: 412 (+2)

• Youtube: 156 subscribers (+2)

• Email List: 673 subscribers (+12)

• Discord Server: 80 (+2)

• Threads: 297 (+5)

• Bluesky: 214 (+1)

• Patrons: 29 paid/57 free (+1/+3)

• r/Talesbybob: 27 (+2)

• Total: 4,009 (+104)

Podcasts:

• Podcast Downloads (Monthly): 64 (+28)

• Podcast Downloads (Since April 2022): 7069

Here's what I am thinking I will do:

• Do my final pass on BWR when it comes back from Cleo.

• I will tweak my Facebook ad.

• I will finish CON edits.

• I will do my pass over Ben's new book, Bloodhounds.

Here is what I planned to get done this month (copy/pasted from last months recap), with its status:

• I will finish my editing pass on Jubal County 7. (Yep!)

• I will tweak my Facebook ad. (Nope!)

• I will finish CON edits. (Nope!)

• Dragon Con. (Yep!)

I got a lot done:

• Wrote all my Dragon Con Blogs

• Wrote the scripts finally.

• Worked on my payhip store.

• Shipped multiple book orders.

• Paid taxes

• Emailed Dragon Con thank yous

• Built the Southern Gothic Fantasy website

• Wrote blogs for SGF site

• Did Dragon Con

• Made presentation for AWC

• Presented at AWC Conference

• Did a Paid Critique

• BBI Financials work

• Paid for Bens editing.

• Reviewed FB Ad - changes need to happen

• Emailed Ginger and the Foxes x 2

• Rebuilt the Howler Website

• Rebuilt BBI website

• Was on the GoIndieNow network show This Week in Indies

• Made covers for an author friend

• Wrote MORE blogs for SGF site

• New logo for BBI

• Social media for BBI

• Updated linktree

• Made a linktree for BBI

• Blog post for TBB site

• Overhauled my data spreadsheets

• Paid Taxes

Alright, alright, alright!

So of note this month is:

I wrapped up my pass on Jubal County 7, so it's ready to go to my editor Cleo as soon as she sends me back Black Water Requiem.

I did Dragon Con. That is my biggest event of the year, and you can read all about it in my blog, over like five posts. 

I kicked off the new project with Ben Meeks. We're doing a site SouthernGothicFantasy.com where we are working to promote the genre we write and love. A lot of work is going into it, so you should go check it out. 

Books are still on schedule, so BWR should be coming in December, and Marsh 7 in January. 

Quick summary:

• Word Count: 6236

• Hours Writing: 17

• Hours Working: 28

• Pages Edited: 167