Got a notice from Amazon KDP saying a deposit would be made soon. I sold a smattering more copies of the Kindle versions of my books. Yay! Love that game. Although if it could explode into popularity, that would be nice too.
I was just reading The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent and thinking about Book 6 again. I haven't published it, so there's no need to worry that it's in poor taste. (In it, Piper the witch sends the inane twins back in time to Salem Village, 1692. Or actually, a facsimile in which the twins' family, friends and teachers all play a part.) They don't get hanged though, because the twins have a special immunity to being killed, from being the main characters (and from being 12, in the SVT series). Even when put in various dangerous (and/or supernatural) situations. I guess I'm just commenting on how fucked up that time period was, with the religious zealots, and the humorless Puritans and the sexism and racism. Women were owned by their husbands, slaves were owned by their masters, and children weren't allowed to play. It was bleak. And they were thoroughly convinced that they were doing their god's work. (It was entirely possible that they could sentence a 12-year-old to hang for a conviction of witchcraft, that's how serious they were. Although sentencing fictional characters to hang just for being annoying would be... odd.)
Furthermore, by "Sweet Valley-izing" it, I'm commenting on how resilient the twins are, no matter how ridiculous (and unrealistic) the dangerous situation is. (At some point Piper will give up trying to murder the twins, because it just doesn't work. Haha)
At any rate, waiting to see if I ever get reviews (or comments on this blog) concerning the first 3 books before I publish the next 3.
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