Friday Five for October 19th

1. Thank you for all the enthusiasm about L'il Gal Al and the Zombies of Amarillo . It's great to finally have it out there and to supply y'all with some Halloween reading. I've gotten mixed reviews. It makes me anxious and I start to doubt myself. Then I want to put another story out to blow everyone's socks off. Oh the ups and downs of being a writer!

2. I haven't done a sales update recently. Fearless continues to be strong on Amazon. This past month, the UK sales doubled and beat out the US ones. Sales on Smashwords have slowed. I hope to get a boost next week with my Fearless tour from Shades of Rose Marketing. Here are my stats since the release. I'll put up L'il Gal Al's stats too.
    Fearless                                                                      L'il Gal Al
       Amazon - 3055                                                           2
       Smashwords - 731                                                      24
       B&N -  3                                                                    0

3. Something new I learned this week: Kobo does not show the stats on downloads for free books. I've been under the impression for a long time that I've sold nothing on Kobo. I might have had a lot of downloads or none, but I'll never know.

4. I lost my morning writing time this week because I substituted at my son's preschool while his teacher was away on vacation. I've always admired teachers greatly, but I've gained an even higher appreciation for them this week. Thankfully the class just lasts for 2.5 hours in the morning. I don't think I could've make it through a full day! My energy levels can't match that of seven toddlers.

5. My writer's group meets tomorrow, but I've no other plans for the weekend other than grocery shopping and recycling. I have a Halloween party on the 27th, but I still haven't found a costume yet. My husband's going as Superman from an alternate world. A world where Superman landed in Russia rather than the US. Hehehe! I told him I was going to give him the Superman curl. I wonder if he'll let me.

Have a great weekend!