I learned today that one of my books ads “turned on” starting December 1st. Not sure why. It was the simplest of the ads that I’ve set up so far, ie- one that targets entirely automatically…but I did learn from the little of the schooling that I’ve done so far that all the other ads you run for a book tie into that single auto-targeted ad. They build upon each other, and the other ads teach it who to look for. So…that’s exciting. I’m going to do some analysis on it, see if it’s making sales. If so, I’ll up the budget on it. If not, keep the budget low and keep investing time and effort in teaching it to find the right people.
Writing was better today! I got some stuff done. I just spaced out for a bit, trying to figure out if yesterday was really my first day “back” writing or if that was two days ago…but it was only yesterday. This week feels like…two weeks. Maybe even three. Sigh.
Joy is an “eat first, ask questions later” kind of dog. She just came up onto the bed for her ritual lick session of my face, and then a snuggle on my shoulder. She does the latter on her back, being held like a baby. That’s her nighttime routine, and it’s mine, too. I don’t think I can go to bed without it. Same with feeding my kitties a nighttime treat, both front and back, though tonight it was just Snacks and Chloe in the back. Silky and Bruce were elsewhere this evening, I guess. They do that sometimes.
Twas a no-nap day. I was too busy. The one thing that really was awesome today, though, was realizing that I can get digital magazines through the library. I didn’t know that. And I’ve been thinking a lot lately about finding some magazines that I can read before bed instead of using the stupid fucking chrome landing page articles…that’s all I have left on my phone these days after deciding I wanted to delete the news app. And I stand by that. I don’t want to scroll that fucking doomsday feed. I get a little hit once or twice a day from my NPR app, but that’s it. I don’t want the news. But that doesn’t mean I don’t still want to read on my phone. I think I’m fine with that. I balance it pretty decently these days. Still addicted to my phone, for sure…but not nearly as much. The screen time is up these days because of everything that’s been going on…but usually I’m right around two hours or so a day, which I can handle. At two hours, the majority of that is actually text messages and whatnot. I can handle under an hour of staring at it, especially if it’s reading something cool like a magazine. So, yeah. Press Reader. Plus the LA Library. Boom. I have a bunch of magazines to check out, see if I actually like any of them. We’ll see.
So, yeah. Writing was…well, it was better today than it was yesterday. Didn’t get a ton done, but it wasn’t nothing. Back at it in the morning. I can feel the rhythm already, right at my fingertips. Just need to keep pushing.
Night night.