I’m curious to hear from any fiction writers who might be using Ghost as a platform, not just for blogging, but for publishing fiction, assuming you are out there. :-) How is it working out for you? Do you have tiers for short stories, work in progress, or something like that? Do you consider it a valid or useful way to market your fiction? Inquiring minds and all that…
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There’s a story in this issue of the Ghost newsletter that you might find interesting: 💥 The art of disrupting the status quo
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I’ve just been getting started this year. Finished a draft of my first novel as a free web, serial working on the second. I have 100+ free subscribers.
My goal this next year is work with an editor to polish my work, see if I can guest post with authors that do have paid patreons, and see if I can start a paid tier for advanced chapters or other goodies.
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Just do it! Start a paid tier I mean. If I wrote fiction and an obvious fan base I would not hesitate in doing so 
Just because one offer paid extras doesn’t automatically mean one need to paywall everything.
Just wanted to share Novel, my Ghost theme made for online novel publishing. Check out the demo!
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@wftl I setup my author site on Ghost(Pro) a few years ago, with memberships, book pages, and a podcast. It’s very much hacked together and built off a heavily customized version of the “London” theme.
I’ve not touched it much in the past year, having precious little time to devote to my creative pursuits, much less website maintenance. I wouldn’t be surprised if something is not working as it should, and I’m pretty sure that my MailerLite integration is turned off or broken, so my “welcome” email automation is likely not working…
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HI! I’m brand new here, started my site a few days ago so I’m still very much finding my feet. I’ve decided on a ‘pay what you want’ thing for the moment - if people want to pay to help me keep the lights on, then who am I to say no?
I’m hoping that setting myself a schedule and having people who are tentatively waiting for updates will keep me motivated to continue writing
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Welcome! Love your idea—consistency builds support. Keep it up!
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Hi, I’m a fiction writer. I started my author site on Ghost two months ago to release my first novel, an adult fantasy, as a web serial. I’m releasing at least one chapter a month, and have 11 subscribers so far, all people I’ve invited. My novel has songs in it, which I composed, and I link to the sheet music online so subscribers can hear what they sound like.
I haven’t set up payments yet. I am still considering the best way to structure that.
So far I have found that having a schedule and knowing that people are reading my writing and hearing my music motivates me to keep creating.
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I’m a fiction writer and run my community on Ghost and my bookstore on Shopify, both with embeds made in Vev. Paying members can get access to my stories in a cinematic format as I create them, plus some other other benefits. I find community-building the best way to create a sustainable income as a writer. It’s entirely independent from evr-changing algorithms.
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I’m prepping the launch of a new novella, so I’ve devoted some time the last couple of weeks to shoring up my neglected Ghost theme/site. I was surprised at how easy it was to switch over from the old Cove comments I had integrated to Ghost’s “native” comments, and to add the search functionality. I’d been avoiding it for months because I thought it would be a huge PITA. Kudos for the Ghost team for making these features so accessible to custom theme developers.
I’ve also setup an n8n instance (self-hosted) with some workflows to automatically sync subscribers from Ghost → MailerLite, and unsubscribes from MailerLite → Ghost. Had the former setup on Zapier for a while, but could never manage the later because I wasn’t willing to part with the monthly fee to enable multi-step Zaps.
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Off topic but I love the look and feel of your website 
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Thank you so much! 