A Lovely Surprise and a Surprising Reframe

When your only reference for book sales is based on JK Rowling or Stephen King or Nora Roberts or Mark Victor Hanson's runaway "Chicken Soup for the Soul," it's easy to consider your own efforts as not worth snorting at.  My novel, "A Chip in Time" was (only) downloaded approximately 1600 times, although (I confess) nearly all of them were priced at $0. But just today I ran across some very interesting  information presented by the intrepid Jonathan Fields of TribalAuthor.com.

 According to industry wonk, Morris Rosenthal, the average mainstream published book sells a mere 2,000 copies. And, though estimates vary widely, most self-published and POD books cap out at anywhere from a few copies to a few hundred.

Well, now. 

The gurus of manifesting and quantum physicists (ok, ok, the people who popularize quantum physics) all - to a man/woman - say that you get what you subconsciously expect to get.  And that telling yourself better stories is the best method for adjusting said expectations. So I am going to do exactly that, since I am obviously already a pretty successful author, hey-hey, ho-ho.

Expect to hear a lot more from me about purposefully collapsing ye old quantum wave.

JUST A REMINDER

Just a reminder that "A Chip in Time" will only be free until midnight (or maybe a little longer if I fall asleep early) on the 31st. On February 1, it starts costing $2.99, so get your copy now!

"A CHIP IN TIME" HIT #29 ON THE TOP 100 KINDLE FANTASY BOOKS!

Dearest Readers,
I am thrilled to report that last night CHIP reached #29 on the Kindle Top 100 in the Fantasy category! A great big thank you to everyone who "bought" the book! (It's still free, but the price goes up February 1. A girl has to make a living, after all.) But let me stress: thank you thank you thank you thank you!
Love,
JK

3 More Terrific Reviews!

I am so grateful to my readers! Four 5 star reviews! Yes! Everybody wants to be loved, but I think authors might be more desperate than most of the rest of the population. At least, some of us. Naturally, I think Chip is pretty good - if I do say so myself - but then I am its "Mother." Your mother is supposed to think you are wonderful.  So I, as a typically desperate-for-love type of author, am especially thankful that those who have said anything about the book have had nothing but praise.  I won't post all the reviews, because this blog is now linked to Amazon and it would be boring for Amazonians to have them twice.  But the very nice review unique to Smashwords said:
Review by: samus38120 on Dec. 29, 2011 :
Well done. Entertains and offers a challenge to stretch ones thought processes.

FIRST REVIEW IS UP!

A terrific review on Amazon! I'll let it speak for itself...

Buckle Your Seatbelt and Pass the Time-Distance Wafers!, December 27, 2011

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N. Gailey - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Chip in Time (Kindle Edition)

J.K. Mikals has produced an engaging, genre-defying tale that gently mocks literary cliches and whole-heartedly celebrates snack foods. In Mikals' reality, the heroine's search for true love and the Goddess of Time's addiction to ambrosia intersect, with surprising results for the history of the world. Mikals' approach to social satire is playful and amusing, and I found her brand names particularly funny.
"A Chip in Time" explores the profundities and absurdities of love, time, technology, and culture, but Mikals never pontificates, and she never loses the plot. Mikals can be forgiven for the odd obscure reference, and those of you who are really up on your heresies and fertility cults can relish the opportunity to enjoy an in-joke or two with the author while the rest of us google it.