I placed my short story in Kindle's Select program, and promoted it as Free for five days. With the help of family and friends, including incredibly supportive cyber buddies, we were able to get my short story enough circulation that it made it onto Amazon's Top 100 Free Erotica and stayed there for four days. At its peak (Ha! Peak/erotica- oh my, hope Granny's not reading this) it made it to #34 on Amazon.com's Kindle Top Free Erotica. Interestingly enough, it hovered on Germany's (Amazon.de) Top 10 Free English Erotica.
Overall, I was very pleased.
My very favorite part of the process has been building relationships with readers- mostly on Twitter, and to a smaller extent on Goodreads. This whole thing is about The Reader. I am very thankful to my family and friends for their love and support, but I am also so very grateful to the folks who took the time to read a fledgling author's work. You have my deepest gratitude, ladies (and perhaps a gentleman or two). Thank you. <3