FYI the Project Blue Rose site got hacked by a pharma spammer, so I've taken it down in advance of re-uploading it. So if you notice, you don't need to tell me. :)

Finally, Project Blue Rose, Project Blue Rose: Human Touch, and Spindrift are available in digital format at a steeply discounted price! Head on over to www.projectbluerose.com and check it out!

(And do feel free to pass the word on!)

I haven't been posting much on the search engine terms that leads to my sites and the like, because it seems to spur you guys to try to jimmy my results*, but I have to share this search string that found projectbluerose.com:

anime girls stuck in glue

My only comfort is that it would have led directly to the page where I describe THAT CREEPY GUY.










* Which I'm using to try to figure out real things, like how to get people to the site, whether it's worth it to sell ads, etc. so you can see where this is a problem.

...one of the search strings that found the Project Blue Rose site was jordan in tight black leather. Perhaps we should keep that in mind.

(all the fishes is one of them also. Hm.

Now I KNOW you guys are doing this, because we rarely get more than 5 or 6 hits on the PBR site per day. :)
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Actually, it *does* eff up the stats for me to get lots of hits that don't mean anything. I'm not looking at the stats for fun, but trying to figure out what sorts of things I need to put on that site to drive REAL traffic there because I would like to, say, SELL BOOKS and PAY RENT, and the bogus stats make that impossible.

(Not to mention it was funny the first couple of times, but after the eleventh, it's a little tiring. The best comedians know when to stop telling the joke.)

SO therefore I AM REQUESTING that every time you drop a bogus hit onto my site stats, you purchase something from Amazon.com through one of our Amazon referrer links. It doesn't have to be any of the books featured on the page like Rachel's memoir or the manga reviews, because if you access Amazon through one of our links, the referrer ID stays with you and credits us with a few pennies. Although Rachel would love it if you bought her memoir, which was published by a real publisher and everything, and is quite good to boot.

Today's WTF?! search term for the Project Blue Rose site: rose hu man car auction. Spacing original.

...now I KNOW it's ALL YOUR FAULT that I now have 81 hits on this search phrase!

81	sexually themed fabric to sell at artist alley
1	project blue rose
1	self publishing manga
1	manga artist tools dip pen
1	how to i self publish manga
1	what colors appeals most to art buyers?
1	art selling at anime conventions
1	how to ink using the nib pen to ink manga

Are we all trying to make the PBR site the #1 result in that search? XD

Today's set of interesting search terms that found projectbluerose.com:

2	manga artist inking tools
1	manga inking tips
1	sexually themed fabric
1	discount personal checks
1	computers internet blog
1	making keychains to sell at artist alley

Yesterday's search strings that found the Project Blue Rose site:

2	artist survival guide
1	blue roses
1	manga inking scanner
1	what kind of art sales
1	manga inking tutorial
1	checks cashed
1	businessman leather pants
1	how to create pvc rig for artist alley
1	hotel sales letter

...ripping off someone else's words! As rachelmanija says on her LJ:

...if you buy my memoir All the Fishes Come Home to Roost off of the Project Blue Rose site, we get 4%!

Also, if you forgot to order Project Blue Rose: Human Touch, copies are available for shipping (in all senses of the word) now.

Yes, I've finally gotten around to signing up as an Amazon Associate. XD Expect book reviews with links to Amazon ANY DAY NOW.