Back in 2012, a guy in Vermont named Lloyd Devereux Richards published a novel called "Stone Maidens", but it didn't sell well. As of last week, it was ranked 1,452nd among thriller and suspense novels on Amazon.
He's 74 now, and sort of gave up on it. But 10 days ago, his daughter posted a TikTok of him at his desk . . . said it would be great if he could get some sales . . . and the other day, his book hit NUMBER ONE on Amazon's best-sellers list.
Before all this, Lloyd hadn't even heard of TikTok. His daughter's video has now racked up over 44 million views.
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