April Roundup ... Welcome May!!
Can you believe it? It's May already!?! How's your 2025 been going so far? Well, I hope! As for me, I'm sneaking in this newsletter while I'm at work - today, knee deep in re-merchandising gift cards…. and between my “crew” needing my help every two minutes and rude customers, I think I'm gonna cry…lol…
Anyway, I don't have all the stats for Micromance for April, but I know we did break 17,000 visits/views again. Soon, I'll be reminding folks that subs open again June 1, so I expect May and June numbers to be up a little… and that means there should be more people taking a gander at some of your stories and poems as they check us out to see if they want to submit…
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There are two weeks left go get your submission in for KissMet Quarterly's Summer Issue… so remember, sweet as sugar romance novel type stuff .. preferably 3rd person, and, if first person, not so CNF-like.. if it's based on your own romance, that's fantastic, but we're looking for more story, less essay. If you're not sure, check out Micromance for the works of Katie Fitzgerald, Elise Gilmore, Rachel Lawrence, Mina Beckett, to name a few. We’ve received 18 submissions so far… hoping for twice as many…so if you haven't submitted yet, what are you waiting for?
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Oh! And some great news about Like Naked Taunts… after just a few days of ebook preorders, Like Naked Taunts reached #2 on the Hot New Release list on Amazon for love and erotic poetry and was #5 in themed poetry and #13 in the main poetry category!!
It did drop a bit today, but if we get some more ebook preorders, it'll boost us right back up!
I have to admit, I was pretty “wowed” when I found out it was a “hot new release”… and all the contributors and helpers behind the scenes should be very proud!! Keep spreading the word and let's make it a Best seller come May 15!
Aside from “new releases,” it's ranking in general in the different (eBook) categories is currently this:
#38 - top 50 of poetry anthologies - isn't anything to laugh at! Again, be proud contributors- this is your book and you're killing it! 😁
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KissMet Quarterly Spring Issue is ready to submit to KDP… a release date and more details will be coming very soon!!
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Thanks, everyone, for your continued support!!
Gail Lynn, EIC 🥰
You're not thick... I'm backwards.... CNF - creative non fiction... 🫣
Sorry to be thick, but what is "CFN-like"??