Chugga...Chugga...chooo....chooo! The lil' book that could!

     Hallelujah! Hallelujah!  Yes, I hear the angels sing and holy cr*p chubby girls really do hear French horns instead of flutes when a semi-miracle has been bestowed upon them.  My itty bitty lil' project of writing a book has not only come completely true BUT its actually striving.     Now, first off-I don't want to give you the wrong idea that I didn't believe it was 'good enough' because I've always believed it was.  That being said....there's a lot of parents out there who think their child is the most beautiful creature ever made.  When really the homely thing scares fellow preschoolers into giving up their goldfish crackers without a fight.  Ahhh point...there was a point...oh yes!  Point-I could've just been another mother in denial of her baby's likability.  But now I can happily say I don't think it's only my motherly instincts to cradle my book to my bosom and love it and protect it forevahh.  Despite being my first -Quick On the Trigger- is getting much love out there in the scary world all on its own.  Daily emails from people who have read it and loved it.  Yay!  Awesome tweets, some great reviews.  Bloggers sharing my links.  Even people sending and posting pictures with my book on their kindles, computers and phones.  I am shocked to silence.(trust me that's a rarity in itself)     My lil' project has now been downloaded thousands of times.  In many countries!  We made it to #3 for a day on 'amazons free erotica downloads' in the US.  #16 in the UK.  H*ll, even #74 in Japan-yep, I said Japan.  To think as I sit her rambling on in a blog someone is hanging out in France reading my book and maybe even at the same time as somebody from India is.  Serious mind blowing going on here people!     The free promo ends at midnight on Monday and its back to waiting to see if anyone will actually BUY the book or not.  Yes, I've sold a decent chunk but not near as many as have been given away freely.  Which at this point I'm completely content with.  Just getting my name out there and hopefully the story will bring readers to the next book.(fingers crossed, toes would be but they are just to short and stubby, really.)     I have promoted and tweeted to the high heavens and now I wonder what I should be doing now?  Like right now.  I refuse to beg-okay not really but people can't hear me whining through my computer.  Now is the time to get working away on -Steel Horse Cowboy-and get it finished up so it can get edited.  Hello, we all know what a grammatical hotmess I admit to being.(scarlet 'G' worn on my chest, remember?).  Get the cover completed.  YouTube another book trailer(kinda just because they are really fun and super cool to say I have one-even if only 70 people have viewed the d*mn thing!).  Invest in more 'swag'-oh how I have learned how much romance readers like their swag!  My business cards and pens aren't cuttin' it anymore.  Work on getting my book in hard copy-that's a biggie.       Ya know sumthin'?  When I started this journey I was explaining it to my amazing go-to helper and she asked how are you going to do this?  I explained...I write a book, edit it the best I can and "toss it up on amazon and see what happens."  To say I was a little naive would be the understatement of the friggin' year.  Yep, I edited it the best I could-BUT guess what?  My 'best' wasn't enough.  I needed an actual editor.  Friends weren't hacking it.  Nor was I for that matter.  Covers need to be made, things uploaded and things downloaded-which all made me want to get loaded by the way.  Then...prices.  Yep try to figure out pricing-not as easy as it sounds.  Also, keywords, blurbs, synopsis, pages and sites and the phrase "just toss it on amazon and see what happens" replays in my head.  All I can think of is...YOU FRIGGIN' IDIOT!(oh so clueless).     The trials and tribulations(always wanted to say that but never thought I would since I'm not a rapper)-anyways, they've paid off.  I've learned more than I ever wanted to(that's not only a promise but also a guarantee), followed through with more commitments than I ever thought I would(truthfully).  Hmmm....hard work does pay off!  Huh, that wasn't a load of bull after all.  Can't blame me for not being positive that it would reign true after all-same people who said that also told me there was a Santa Claus an Easter bunny and that my glasses from the 80's that closely resembled Sally Jesse Rapheals were cool looking.  Liars!  Every damn one of them!  Parents, teachers and the dumb witch from the vision clinic!  Liars-BUT NOT ON THIS ISSUE! Sidda