Seventy-Seven and Counting

Today is the fourth day in a row that my book sales are unexpectedly and significantly higher than they've been to this point. It all began on Saturday, February 28, with a surge in sales of all my books. I've already written a blog post about that day. And the next day. Today's post is about day four . . . and day three.

I've run promotions in the past that have resulted in a surge in downloads, only to have that surge abruptly end at the promotion's end. In other words, I am waiting for the other shoe to drop, and for my sales to go back to their previous levels. Some may say this is a realistic approach, others may say I'm being pessimistic. The pessimism is a natural reaction in order to give myself permission not to be too disappointed when they plummet, because I've expected it all along. 

There is, however, a tiny part of me that hopes this is the beginning of a new trend of interest in my books. I am completely afraid of allowing myself to feel this way, for fear of the let down. Whether you agree with my thinking or not, there isn't much I can do about it. It's how I think, how I feel, and no amount of logic or coaching about the power of positive thinking will change it.

Yesterday I watched as the sales took a bit of a dip . . . here it goes, I thought to myself. At the end of the day, or midnight, my final sales were 255 and Kindle Unlimited downloads were 53. The day before, Sunday, my sales were 277 and KU downloads were 52. I am thrilled with these numbers. If I were able to sustain this trend, averaging 200–250 books sold per day, I would be making a decent amount of money as an author. 

I look at my sales reports in awe, marveling that in the first two days and sixteen hours of this month, my book sales are between 250 and 500 times what they were in months prior, depending on the book. 

I am blown away that the numbers for the Linger series are above the previous average numbers for the Crested Butte Cowboy series . . . because then, prior to four days ago, that was my best-selling series and I was thrilled with the numbers I was seeing. 

Essentially a blog is an online journal that the writer or writers decide to share with the world. That is true for me. I write this blog more for me than for anyone else. From time to time I go back and read posts from years past. It's one of the reasons I try to avoid writing much negative here, because I don't want to remember the bad stuff, I want to be reminded of the good stuff.

This is darn good stuff. Stuff I hope becomes commonplace one day, and then I will look back and think . . . remember when . . . and smile, because I'll never forget how good today felt.