Monday Miscellany

I will never, ever underestimate the combination of Twitter, a limited-time offer, and a very helpful fellow author.

My first-day "sales" of The Cowboy Next Door were far and away more than I expected. Most sales were free downloads, but I had an outright shocking number of paid downloads between Smashwords and Amazon. Shocking to me, anyway, because when I published on Saturday I was hoping for maybe a combined total of seven sales or downloads before I let my friends and family know. That number was blown out of the water. Repeatedly. That poor seven. Let's have a moment of silence for him, shall we?

Now, my biggest concern is that the people who downloaded it enjoy it.

That, and trying not to be sick from the overwhelm.

In other news, my daughter has slept alone in her crib for two hours at a time two nights in a row. This is huge! She hasn't done that since she was eight months old. I'm incredibly hopeful that she'll be a lonely sleeper by the end of the year. I think a lot of new things happening at once (new teeth, new skills, new shots, new friends, new schedule) shook her confidence. I will be very glad when she gets her confidence back.

My friend and I actually have a shopping date set for this week! The kiddo needs some shoes, a sweater, and a jacket, and I am going to try very hard not to buy the adorable sweater and pencil skirt at H&M, because I am saving for my other friend's trip over here in a couple of months and I need to go to Sedlec more than I need a new sweater and skirt. No matter how cute the clothes are.

You guys. This week, I will be posting an author interview with Greta van der Rol. I am so excited about this. I am so excited for her new book. Seriously. My inner fangirl is squeeing so hard.