I opened my last quarter’s statement from Less Than Three Press with more than usual excitement. I’m always interested to know how my books are selling, and certainly happy to receive a check, but this time I was excited because the January – March quarter covered the release of The Persephone Star.

In a post from November of 2014, I wrote “I’m more concerned about reviews than sales”, but I’m going to be straight with you: that was in a post in which I was celebrating some pretty great sales...