I was just messing around with the template again, trying to figure out how to add more goodies to the blog, when I ran across overall site statistics. I've been watching stats on the main page -- as you can see I added a counter to the right -- and thought I was doing pretty good with 700+ hits, fully assuming that my parents account for half of those... :p

Anyway, overall site statistics say that I've had 3,477 hits in the last 30 days. I'll have one month under my belt come the 25th...so...my November goal is to break 10,000. Don't worry, I'm not asking you to hit refresh six times every time you check... ;) That will be growth from all the zillions of business cards I pass out and the fancy-schmancy new flyers I made for bookstores. I plan to hit at least six or eight this next week.

By the way, I'm well aware that 3,477 hits is measly in the extreme compared to the big leagues, but I have to grab encouragement wherever I can get it when it comes to marketing. ;)