I keep getting emails from readers of Cluck who can't say enough about how much they loved the book. This makes me feel great and is very encouraging - these are not family and friends but real honest-to-goodness fans. Wow, I have fans!
But as much as I love the emails, I'd prefer that they get translated into amazon reviews. I know, I sound like such an ungrateful prat who just wants to sell books ... I'm not really like that, honest! It's just that despite the common comparisons that are made between cluck and best-selling books by folks like Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, I haven't exactly broken the best-seller barrier myself. And I recently had a review directly compare me to Bruce Campbell's Army of Darkness and Bubba Ho-Tep, but again, nobody's looking to buy the movie rights.
So please: keep sending emails, but also consider a nice 5 star review at amazon. Or goodreads.com, or anywhere. Don't forget that even award winning authors don't make a lot of money, and we need to eat
