Sunday, December 22, 2013

First day of the Come To Me Like Rain Sale!

Well, peeps, it's been an exciting day for me on this first day of my sale.  I started out disappointed because I logged on at 1:47 last night and it wasn't on sale. There was a terrible storm and I couldn't sleep okay?  I'm not that self-absorbed.  I figured if I was up already I'd just check and it was not on sale.   I thought it was going to be such a disaster but as of this moment my book has gone from 2 downloads to 147 downloads and from nothing to #27 in the Christian Fiction section of Amazon.com Free 100 books.  I'm super excited about that.

 Thank you to all my friends who have downloaded, I hope you enjoy and there are not too many typos.  Since I'm my own editor and graphic artist there's bound to be a few.  My grandparents pictures aren't downloading on the dedication page and I'm sort of bummed out about that but after the sale I'll fix it and resubmit it.  When you download an update it should be fixed along with the typo on the last page where it says 1916 then a paragraph later it says 1917.  Sorry.  6 and 7 are really close to each other on the keyboard.

Other than that it has been a really successful first day.  I'm sort of scared and nervous and overwhelmed.  I don't know how to feel about all this... but it's not about me... It's about the One who allowed me to write this for Him.  I'm so thankful that He gave me stories to tell and He allows my pitiful attempts at writing out the stories He puts in my mind.  Pray that someone's heart is touched through this.  There's someone out there that will feel a connection with one of these characters that have been living in my head for the last 15 years.  I know they have all grown very close to my heart.  It's hard to put this book out there, they're like my neighbors or family or something... In my heart they feel like real people.  I don't know if that makes sense to anyone else except me.   I hope that doesn't sound crazy....

Well folks thanks for a GREAT turn out my first day.  I've been taking pics and face booking my progress.  I'm pretty excited that my words made it ANYWHERE in the top 100 of Christian fiction.  Just let me be excited about it.  I promise to calm down and quit littering your feeds with my prattle.  Tomorrow.  After that all our Facebook can go back to Phil and Cracker Barrel and pictures of cats. LOL.

God Bless y'all.  I hope you get to spend a BLESSED CHRISTMAS with the ones you love.   Joyeux Noel!