#Writerslife

Is social media worth it?

If you have read my posts on Mastodon and Twitter, you can recall me talking about not getting engagement on posts and having followers who never interact with your content. Given that, is there any point to having a social media presence as an author? I’m confident Mastodon and Twitter have brought some sales to my books, but not enough to make a decent living. I never had a social media post lead to $1000 in sales. I also never had a post lead to a surge in views on my bl

Sipho Moloi

5 days ago2 min read

2025 has been the most productive year for Armored Piercing

If you have been following the updates on my “Armored Piercing Operations” Wix group, you’d know I’ve made a lot of progress on both Armored Piercing 3 and 4. Firstly, I completed my first draft of Armored Piercing 4 on August 19. This marks eight years of my writing journey on that book. Secondly, I finished the outline for the second draft of Armored Piercing 3 near the end of October. The outline is 151 pages, making it the longest outline I’ve ever written. I’m amazed t

Sipho Moloi

7 days ago2 min read

Being on Mastodon for 4 years

I joined Mastodon Social in June 2021. At the time, I was looking for alternatives to Twitter where I could promote my work. Mastodon fascinated me with its open-source platform and how anyone can make their own servers. I settled with Mastodon Social because it had the most users and was the main official server. I liked how you had more characters than Twitter and how there was no annoying algorithm that pushed irrelevant things in my feed. However, there was no way to ch

Sipho Moloi

7 days ago3 min read