Hurrah! Silk: Caroline's Story can be given away!

Yay!  The Kindle promotion is a success!  Thousands have downloaded Silk: Caroline's Story for free... At least it's a start in getting my book out there and hopefully will translate into more Silk visibility and future Tapestry purchases.  Today's the last day, and I'm watching the sales with eager cheers, along with my family. 
I'm a little nervous, as I've yet to see Tapestry selling like hot cakes--and that's sort of the point, beyond simply raising Silk to visibility status.  Tapestry has a meager two purchases since the promotion began.  Michael says to be patient, that folks will get to it, but I'd hoped for a few all-night readers among the thousands--folks who were so entranced that they couldn't put Silk down and would buy Tapestry right away!  Oh well...
But who's complaining?  Not me!  I'm actually quite thrilled to have Silk moving, whether or not I make any money at this point.  Another hope is that some folks will actually start talking about Silk, getting the word out.  No new reviews as of this point, however...
Anyhow, just thought I'd get on here and share about the excitement.  And it does partly have to do with wanting to be able to say that 'thousands' have downloaded my book--because just a short time ago we surpassed the 2000 mark, which was a big deal for me.

So, just to clarify...  I am the poorest , most pitiful advertiser/self-promoter out there!  I have done zilch to get Silk on the market, beyond putting it up for sale to begin with.  However, I'm tickled that Amazon offered this free promotion and hope that somehow I'll magically make it, despite myself.  That is, assuming that I can write at all...  And, you know, I've stared at these books way too long, so I really don't know!  It'll be absolutely fantastic if a good number of those new readers are moved enough to actually shell out for book #2...  Perhaps I'll finally feel like a 'real' author after all!

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to pop on here for a moment and wish everyone Happy Holidays!  I am amazed at how long it's been since I've blogged, so I just thought I'd post a quick note to say all is well and I'm sort of muddling through a ton of books and films about the Hanoverians and British monarchs in general.  Not much writing or exercising or anything very productive these days...but hopefully the new year will bring some fresh focus and completion of at least one of a couple of different projects...  For now, though, we're up to our ears with stuff to do.  Best wishes for a Merry Christmas!