Fiction Writing & Publishing Fiction Books with Kim Here

About this video

Interview with Kim of the Kim Here YouTube channel, an award-winning speculative fiction writer who writes under a pen name including the book Demonic Illusions (transcript spelling varies) and several short stories, with a post-apocalyptic fairy tale retelling in progress. Kim started YouTube to promote her books because video marketing was underused by writers, disliked promoting there too, and pivoted to talking about what she was reading — becoming a BookTube channel — then to vlogs, rants, motivation, and weekly live streams she describes as hanging out with friends. Those streams grew the channel and watch time. Book sales did not surge, but a trickle came from her core loyal followers after she talked openly about taking almost a year off writing. She discusses learning that friends and family are not her audience — announcement posts got praise but zero sales — so for a re-release she sought brutal feedback on a new horror-romance cover from actual romance readers, plans targeted outreach to horror/paranormal-romance groups, forums, and seasonal audiences, and emphasizes genuine connection on Twitter and elsewhere over link dumping. Her writing process is typically 1,000 words at a time/day, 2,000-3,000 on weekends, often to video game music.

Key takeaways

• Kim started YouTube to promote books but grew by pivoting to BookTube, relatable creator-life content, and weekly live streams treated as hanging out with friends.
• Friends and family praising a launch are not buyers — they are usually not the book’s audience, which explains praise with zero sales.
• Effective marketing is targeted connection: get cover feedback from actual genre readers and promote in horror/paranormal-romance groups and forums, not indiscriminate link dumps.
• Her best promotion belief: write the next book — quantity in shorter forms like novellas can lead to better quality; she published three novellas in one year.
• Writing routine: about 1,000 words per session/day when actively drafting, 2,000-3,000 on weekends, often writing to instrumental video game music designed to drive forward without vocals.

Episode details: published October 13, 2017 · 34:19 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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