Quit Watching Your Pot

This month, I have been focusing very little on advertising mybook as I participate in National Write a Novel in a Month for the very firsttime.  Truthfully, my books sales havesuffered.  But that doesn't matter somuch as I had very few sales to begin with.

What I have done in the way of marketing is plenty ofgiveaways.  I've had one  giveaway or another happening sincemid-October.  So far, the giveaways haven't produced many new sales, andthey probably won't, at least not until I get the next books in each series published.  But what they have produced are reviews, manyfrom book bloggers who aren't even accepting review requests, and alsofollowers.
I checked in with my numbers today.  My facebook fan page has doubled in 'likes',as have my twitter followers and blog subscribers.  I'm sure the experts will tell you this is anall important step in building a fan base (well, duh).
Still, I was amazed at what happened to my numbers.  The old adage, 'a watched pot never boils'comes to mind here.  But I am admittedly obsessedwith numbers, so I can't not watch my pot for too long. 
Check out my latest guest post and giveaway at Alexia'sChronicles.  My advice to all of you Twain Wannabe's?  Give. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!