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I'm not going to lie to you, history is so not my thing. Sure, I got in to it a bit when we were homeschooling but when we were done, so was I. I don't get in to all of the hype with things like Nostradamus (although I have watched a few documentaries), I'm not big on conspiracy theories (but I will admit that there was an interesting one on the "death" of Paul McCartney that left me thinking) and I'm not one to get all hyped up on the End of the World stuff.
If there's one thing that I am fairly certain of it's that God does not want us to know that date. All of this theory about tomorrow being the end of the world just makes me roll my eyes. Remember Y2K? Nothing. I just don't see that this is going to be anything significant except that people will remember how stupid people acted leading up to it.
Although, if I had to jump on the crazy bandwagon I'd have to say, Really, Mayans??? I finally get my life in order just for the world to end? How fair is that??? I mean, Frank and I both have jobs, Nick's going to college and I have fulfilled my lifelong dream of being an author with a book on a best seller list and I don't even get to enjoy it??? COME ON!!!
Has anyone thought that maybe the guy making the calendar died and no one else could finish it? Did you think that maybe they thought that they had put enough in to the calendar that eventually someone else would take over? I mean, how long were they supposed to work on this calendar? There are a million reasons as to why the Mayan calendar ended and I'm finding it hard to believe that any of them are because the world is ending tomorrow.
Boy will my face be red if that is the case!
And speaking of red, don't you love the red color on the cover of my book "The Christmas Cottage"? I mean, it's a cute, festive little cover and I really, really like it. Today at our highest point we were #165 in Kindle downloads! Holy cow!!! I've sold almost 4,200 kindle books in three weeks! I love that I can actually track sales now. It's pretty cool - and addictive. I'll need to take a break from all of the tracking in the new year and spend my time working on my next book because I can see that I'm getting a little bit crazed.
It was funny because when I finally figured out the tracking this week and where to find it, my goal was to hit 4,000 sales by Christmas Day. I was floored when we made it there today. So my new goal (dream) is to be at 5,000 sales by Christmas Day. I have no idea how successful we'll be but I would love to see it happen.
Don't make me miss that, Mayans!
I am, by nature, a talker and a sharer. Sometimes I share too much. If you've read this blog for any amount of time I'm sure you'll agree. I don't keep much to myself and if there is a way I can help someone then I will. I believe in trying to be encouraging and supportive while at the same time, being realistic.
I sound fabulous, don't I?
Anyway, in my long running quest to becoming a published author I learned one solid truth: Authors are VERY secretive. It's true. Particularly the ones that have agents and have a big name publisher behind them; they would survive all kinds of torture before offering any real advice or leads on how an unknown author can get published.
They don't tell you who their agents are, they aren't really forthcoming in their tale of how they finally landed their agents or publishing contract and essentially you get a very "Stepford Wives" kind of vibe - everything is good, it all worked out great and they are so happy. Seriously? Now I know that not everyone has a great "road to getting published" story like J.K. Rowling but most of us will never see that kind of success either.
Now as I have waded in to the pool of being an Indie Author (I really like that title!) I find that Indie Authors are a MUCH more forthcoming breed of people. They are willing to talk to you; they are willing to go to your page and hit "like", and they are willing to offer a heartfelt congratulations. I've worked with several published, main-stream authors and not one of them has offered me a personal "congratulations" on the success of "The Christmas Cottage". I'm a little offended by that.
Then the next area of support/no support are the locals. We have a newspaper here in town. They took the free copy of my book, promised an interview...three weeks ago. Small town bookstores look at me like I'm asking them to give me their first born when I ask to put a couple of books on their shelves! Hey, did it ever occur to any of these people that locals might benefit from supporting locals?
Back when "Jordan's Return" came out I can remember how I had so many people congratulating me and encouraging me and I had an aunt who said to my mom, "I don't see what the big deal is; it's not like it's a real book." Why? Because I'm self-published; because I'm an Indie.
You know, we are a society that supports all kinds of idiots who have no talent but have their own reality shows but for the thousands of Indie Authors who have REAL talent, we can't get the time of day! How is that possible? Now I know that not every Indie Author has talent but then again, haven't we all read a book by a normally best selling author that kind of sucks? I know I have and more than once!
I feel like making a bumper sticker that says "Have you hugged an Indie Author today?"! How funny would that be? Would anyone bother to hug me?? It's crazy... All I'm trying to say is, hey, Indie authors are just as talented, if not MORE talented, than traditionally published authors and we should not be treated like the red-headed stepchild. For those of you not wanting to engage because you think you are better than us...you don't know what you're missing.
Today's Stats:
#39 on Amazon's Best Seller's in Contemporary Women's Fiction
#68 on Amazon's Best Seller's in Contemporary Fiction
#516 in Kindle Downloads
#13 on Amazon's Hot New Releases in Contemporary Women's Fiction
#16 on Amazon's Hot New Releases in Contemporary Fiction
Remember, "The Christmas Cottage" is only .99 cents on Kindle or $6.99 in paperback. Help me show those snobs that an Indie Author can stay strong on the Best Seller List!! Order your copy HERE.
