Today I was feeling a bit meh, for the majority of the day. I'm stuck at about 10K words on book #3 in the series trying to decide which direction I want to take the series.

I was doing research on space, and its realistic effects in various environments. When i was directed to a site, I didn't intent to go to. The title of this place got me thinking and I wondered if my 1st published book had gained enough worth to be pirated. So it has. Kinda of bitter sweet feeling.

I went and reviewed my sales history and there was recently a spike in sales over the last week. Which was not a result of my limited advertising, I checked. So, after a short search into my own book online, I learned my book won an award.

https://bookauthority.org/award/Galac...



At first I was super excited. Then I realized my book was surrounded by non fiction book runner ups. I dug a little deeper to find out the website runs a computer algorithm to choose best books based on sales and ratings n such. I am guessing It assumed my book was a non fiction book. This amused me greatly.

I spent some time reading the reviews for my 1st book. I hope you see some writing improvements, especially when it comes to the pace of the 2nd book.

Not exactly sure If the award is whats causing my little jump, but I'm going to bed very appreciative and in a much better mood.

In terms of progress of book # 2 Neighbors. Its still at the Editor. So, I continue to wait, impatiently. With any luck it will still be publishable before the end of July.