I got 4 on a run of pro , I was pleased . tried it a few more times to see if my luck would go on , it did not . <| sep |># THE RIDE NEVER ENDS <| sep |> I think the best advice I ' ve gotten was read the top sellers and study their coversblurbs . The blurbscovers are most important . The cover blurb sells the book , the writing sells the author is my favorite quote from someone here , I forget who . Also , the cover should be similar to those in your subcat , the cover should say this is like the books you already like , and you ' ll like this one too is my second favorite from someone here that I butchered . If you hate covers , pay someone to do it . You can get one for ~$ 510 . Think of your time as money . If you spend 2 miserable hours doing a cover , it ' s definitely worth $ 10 because YOUR time is worth more than $ 5 hr . Keep writing though . I think the key to shorts is volume . And write what you like . If you ' re not interestedturnedon then your reader probably isn ' t either . Rekeywords , there ' s a post here about keywords and how to do them and how they ' re not that important . Search for it . I ' d link it but I ' m drunk lol .