Now it's 20 for 30!!! 10 new readers in the last half-day. You guys! Thank you!
I'm not going to do many long posts because we're going hiking and then we're going ON A PADDLE BOAT RIDE, but I wanted to let you know I appreciate everyone who has told friends about my book or found it on your own or finally gotten around to ordering it!
But first... to enter the last few paper edits! (My husband is apparently writing some diatribe on why my book is great, so I'll link to that later. He also did FAN ART and I'll see if he lets me show you that, too. Oh, my sweetie honey.)
EPISODE II IS COMING....
# of words until someone dies: ~300
# of times people smirk: 3 (that's not too many, right?)
Uneasy alliances: 4
# of times Ky is a dick: all the times
Guys, I realized something: I just hit 70 readers. (!!!)
Tomorrow is my birthday. I'm turning... 30.
I need 30 followers to hit 100.
I need (about) 30 readers to get into the top 5.
WE'RE DOING A CONTEST, BABY!
I would like 30 new readers for my 30th birthday, and I need YOU to help me find them. Starting NOW, RIGHT NOW, I'll put every new reader into a little hat, a digital hat, and if I hit 100 by the end of the day tomorrow I'll pick a name out of a REAL hat and that reader will receive a super-exclusive prize:
An original illustration from the book. That's right. Art. Mailed to you. On your wall. And you'll get to pick which one.
"But wait, Cara, I already pre-ordered!"
Yeah, I know, I'm not a jerk! I'll also pull a name from my current followers, and one of you will receive an illustration, too. If half of you know one person who'd be willing be give my book a chance, you would get me to my goal and give me a nice birthday present while also maybe getting some cool art out of the deal. So think of that one person, that one person who might want to pre-order, and ask them to check out my page!
You'll be able to show prospective readers a new episode tomorrow, and maybe that will convince some of them. The team's gotta get together! Begrudging allies! Stricken realizations!
Thanks, everyone! I'm super excited for my birthday now.
:) Cara
(to the tune of "Happy Birthday")
Happy birthday to me,
I didn't reach 100 readers but I don't care because I had a great birthday and you're all really valuable to me individually and that outweighs an arbitrary numerical indicator of my marketing outreach,
So here's a new episode,
I hope it kicks ass
(JK it DOES)
Love, Cara