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Aren’t stats just the coolest thing? People really do stop here. It blows me away.

Posted on July 7, 2013 | 34 comments

I just love Statistics. Well, I love statistics that can be handed to me on a silver platter. I leave the figuring out the statistics and other “mathy” things to Middle Dude. His mom is mathematically challenged.

Anyway, A year ago I started counting unique visitors to my site. I know a lot of you are here a few times a week or more (Thanks!) but I was wondering how many NEW people come.

The statistics actually blew me away.

I started calculating in mid June, 2012, and a year later, here are my stats.

This counter says that in the past year, over 12,000 UNIQUE people from the USA have stopped by my site. That’s INDIVIDUAL people, not repeats. How stinking cool is that?

In second place are my buddies in Canada, over 2,000 strong. Hello up north!

And a big howdy over the pond to the 1,700+ people visiting in the UK.

All in all, people from 151 countries have visited this site. Part of me knows that some may land here by accident, but when they hop around to find out about me, I can’t help but grin.

When you really look into your stats, and what people clicked on to bring them here, and what they looked at once they landed — well, the internet is a pretty amazing thing. How the heck can I have a conversation with someone in Saudi Arabia? (I’m going to bed, she’s having her morning coffee) Weird, isn’t it?

It’s incredible to me how technology can make the world such a smaller place, isn’t it?

I don’t recommend getting too obsessed with your stats, though. I was for a while, giving myself an aneurism every time the stats dropped a bit. They can drive you crazy, and I’d much rather spend my time writing.

What do you think? Do you love your stats or hate them?

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Do you love your stats or hate them? Looking into your numbers can drive you crazy

Aren’t blog statistics the coolest thing?

How many individual people visit your website? It’s great fun finding out!

Quick Tip: Ignore Your Stats (dailypost.wordpress.com)

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Posted in Senseless Ranting

Tagged Canada, jennifer eaton, jennifer M. Eaton, Maps and Views, Middle East, Saudi-Arabia, Statistics, United Kingdom, United States

The Big Announcement! Writing to a Deadline AGAIN #4 The Big Announcement!

Posted on September 1, 2012 | 47 comments

I am so excited to announce that I’ve just signed a contract with Still Moments Publishing to have my story Connect the Dots included in their 2012 Christmas Anthology.

This is totally unbelievable. In January, I posted a big boisterous banner proclaiming that I WOULD BE PUBLISHED by the end of 2012. It was quite a lofty goal for me, and now I will have two stories coming out this year.

I’m giddy with glee.

Hey, Canada. Look South. See that big bright light down in the USA? That’s me smiling!

Oh, guys. This is just so dern cool. You have no idea.

Click here to see my query blurb and promo page for Connect the Dots. Yeah, No explosions. I was a good girl for Christmas.

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Posted in Road to Publication, Writing to a Deadline

Tagged anthology, author, Canada, Characters, Christmas, christmas anthology, connect the dots, critique, editing, english language, Fiction, getting published, Holiday, Literature, Manuscript, novel, Protagonist, publish, Publishing, Short Stories, Short story, shortstory, United States, Writer Resources, Writers Resources, Writing and Editing

Where the Heck is Everybody? Oh! There you are. This is So Cool!

Posted on April 4, 2012 | 40 comments

One of my favorite little tools in WordPress is the Map feature.

It tells you where your traffic is coming from. I expected hits in the USA and Canada, but beyond that was a little bit of a surprise. There are a few of you out there that I “talk” to all the time, and I never thought about asking where you are.

Here is my hit map for a random day. Pretty neat, huh? Not world-wide dominance by far, but really interesting. I mean, Saudi Arabia? What’s that all about?

Actually, hoping around blogs I did start chatting with someone in Saudi Arabia, so I at least know where some of those hits are coming from. Everyone give Anastasia a big hug. She’s over there in Saudi and misses the simple comforts of home… like basic things we take for granted every day. (Like driving, or riding a bike)

If you want even more detailed standings, and you have a self-posted web-site, you can use tools like ClusterMaps for an even more detailed map. (This will not work on WordPress)

So, what about all those other countries? I know you follow, because the hits in places Like Saudi-Arabia, Pakistan, Australia, and New Zealand come up every day.

Who are you? Where are you? I’d love to meet you!

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Tagged blog stats, Canada, followers, hit chart, map of website hits, Middle East, Pakistan, readers, Saudi, Saudi-Arabia, United States, USA, WordPress

Row80 — I Finished My Novel!!!!!!

Posted on December 11, 2011 | 24 comments

Well, the Header post says it all.

I am all grins and giggles galore.

Can you guys see me smiling all the way in Argentina? Canada? UK? Well, if you were wondering what that bright light was here in the USA its ME!

Here are the final stats for all you who’ve been traveling this journey with me.

109,812 words, 411 pages

I was trying to edit down to 100,000, but that was just so I could submit to a single publisher who maxes out at 100,000. I started this mad edit at about 120,000 words, and when I got it to where it is now, I decided to heck with it. This is my novel, and it is perfect. Taking anything else out at this point would make the story suffer. I will always take creative critisizm, and am ready for it, but this is where I am staying for now.

Edit stats:

65,724 words cut from the first draft. That’s 233 pages. Funny, I think the first draft was only a little over 350 pages. It shows you what kind of roller coaster ride you can take on the way to perfection.

My Row 80 goal for the end of the year was to finish HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT, and here I am. Wow. What an amazing feeling.

I’m going to submit my one and only recent Short Story to a magazine shortly. I have a few comments from Betas to look over, and am waiting for my “subject matter expert” to get back to me to make sure I didn’t make any mistakes.

I need to pick some new beta readers and “just plain readers” to do one last read of HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT now that it is complete. Some of it has been changed so drastically that no one but me has read many of the chapters, and I need to take my own advice and NEVER query anything that hasn’t been fully and completely Beta-Read.

Anyone interested?

If you are, send me an email. (there’s a “contact” button in my header bar.) I better note that I can’t do a mutual beta exchange with EVERYONE who follows this blog. I’m not Wonder Woman (although my kids think I am) but I can take on 5 Beta partners if you think your manuscrupt is ready.

Thanks everyone for your support. I hope your week has been as exciting!