My mom emailed me a couple of weeks ago. “I’m holding your new book in my hands and it’s just beautiful. I can’t wait to start reading it.”
What?!
I emailed my editor to let her know that others had my book and I hadn’t even seen it yet. She responded immediately, and somewhat sheepishly, and said she’d get a sample copy in the mail right away.
After a bit of a rigmarole (it got sent to the wrong address), I finally have the book.
I must say that, after working on this book for more than five years (I started researching and writing in Spring 2008), I’m a bit over it.
And, it was October 2010 when the publisher contacted me and said they’d like to publish it. Three whole years ago!
Regardless, I felt it was fitting to go out and celebrate, to bring closure to the whole thing.