I feel like the turtle in the race!

Didn’t the turtle win the race? Didn’t he just keep going and going no matter how slowly? And didn’t he win in the end?

That’s what I feel like right now. I see the race to get published and sell lots of books not so much as a race, but more as an event. A long event with endurance and perseverance making the difference between failure and success. I had set goals for this month and it looks like I might not meet my goal for sales. However, I met my goal in figuring out how to get around my website (without crying my eyes out to my web designer and helper), and I met my goal to stretch my wings into marketing areas I had feared to enter up until now. I had my first NFF (non-family/friend) visitor to my site and she liked it! That was worth so much and I hope she continues to get as much out of my site as I got out of her visit and comments. I also got an NFF review on Goodreads and seven on Amazon. “What!” you say, “Is that all?”

Yes, that was all. I looked at the next book listed after mine, and it had 1,305 reviews. Did I cry?

No! I just raised my head up, put on my glasses, took my arthritis medicine and raced to the computer for the next day of the event.

And I know I will pass the finish line someday.