Clearly, all this transition is frazzling my nerves and making me a not-very-nice person. 🙁
I got up today and couldn’t get online. That happens occasionally, which is yet another reason why I’m ditching Net1plus. But being all up in the air, with a new DSL service I can’t connect to yet, and an old one that I’ve been making changes in, I jumped to conclusions. Instead of just resetting the modem and router as I usually would, I looked at the IP numbers for the wireless access point, wondered if Verizon had put my new service on the wrong phone line, called them and gave them a hard time. All for nothing, because it seems my new service is on the right line, and I finally got Internet access with my Net1plus connection–after re-booting the modem, router, and the computer. *sigh*
Now I feel a bit silly, like a hair-triggered person who flew all off the handle instead of stopping to think. 🙁
I’m still waiting for the new modem (which Verizon requires for their service, apparently it’s set up for my geographical location). It’s supposed to be delivered today, but Verizon shipped it UPS, not USPS. You know UPS–the company that makes Net1plus look like paragons of competence. I will say that they haven’t misdelivered one of my packages for a couple of months now so I’ll keep my fingers crossed. They don’t usually get here until later in the day.
We probably got about seven inches of light, fluffy snow. My driveway was plowed last night and I was out shoveling at about 1:00 a.m. so I don’t have any clean-up to do today. It’s still overcast and quite gloomy out, but it’s only 38 degrees. This was a classic “sugar snow.” I kind of miss the days when a local farm would come around and put taps on my sugar maples! I’d get a free pint of maple syrup every year. The sap is running, I can tell because of the sticky drips on my car, but now the trees get to keep it all.
I’m really stoked that Krymsin Nocturnes got a pre-pub review from Publishers Weekly! Clearly, I am doing something right with my ARCs because this makes two for four now, Gideon Redoak and Krymsin Nocturnes. I’ve already gotten an inquiry about film rights for Krymsin Nocturnes–I got a bunch of those for Gideon Redoak, too, but all pings, no follow-ups (yet!). This does probably mean that Krymsin Nocturnes will get a lot of library sales. This is exciting. Lots of small presses don’t even bother with pre-pub reviews, but I figured they were too important for the fiction market to ignore. I’m playing with the Big Boys and I’m getting results! Cat the Vamp has gotten a couple more reviews, as well, not bad ones although that book’s edginess is making reviewers squirmy. It hasn’t found its readership yet but I’m working on it!
Meanwhile, sales of the Kindle edition of Mortal Touch for February have gone over the top. I’m sitting here watching the numbers with my jaw dropping. What am I missing? Did it get featured somewhere? I know I fixed the formatting and posted about it in my various networks, but that can’t be the whole story. I wish I knew what was driving sales so I could do more of whatever is working! In any event: to all my Kindle readers, THANK YOU! 🙂