I think I need an intervention.

I was told that a lot of new authors get addicted to checking their rating on Amazon, which you can find under “Product Details” on the book page, but I didn’t think it would happen to me.

Oh, who am I kidding? Of course I did. But even so, I didn’t think I would become enslaved to it, as I have. #10 in fantasy just now, and I broke into the top 100 bestsellers in straight fiction at #96!

Did you know that the Amazon sales rank updates every hour? I didn’t, but I sure do now. I also know it doesn’t happen right on the hour. No, you have to wait until like 7 minutes past before you can hit “refresh” and get your fix.

I shouldn’t know that. No one should. It’s funny how checking my rank makes me feel like a winner and a total loser at the same time.

In other news, I had a chance at my signing to meet Liz, a friend of my biggest fan in South Africa (or the rest of Africa, for that matter), Dave-Brendon de Burgh. Liz picked up a signed copy for Dave, and snagged one for herself while she was at it. We had a nice little chat, though I was nervous at my first signing and probably came off sounding like I was high. Liz is a real book lover, and maintains a very enjoyable blog called My Favorite Books.

Anyway, Liz sent me a message the other day telling me that she was so involved in reading The Painted Man that she missed her train stop. Really, there are few greater compliments. I mentioned that I missed my stop many times while writing it!

Liz wrote a glowing review on her blog, which you can see here.

Thanks, Liz!