Last night I submitted my first book "Falling" (Book #1 of the Bits and Pieces Series) to Amazon.com for publishing. The significance of clicking on "submit and publish" was not lost on me. I stared at it for a moment before clicking on it. From that point on, I held my breath. It was supposed to take 24 hours for it to be published. It was around 8:30pm on Friday, June 4, 2011.
This morning, when I woke, I checked the status and it no longer said "under review", it now read "publishing". What did that mean? I searched amazon.com for my book and there it was! Available for purchase! It was surreal. It wasn't surreal like when I saw my name on the Numb3rs official website stating I won the walk-on role. No, this time I knew what to expect because I did click on the button, but it was the realization of a dream. Part of it at least. But like anything, it's baby steps. Today I took that next step. I still can't believe I can be found on amazon.com. I've released my book for public consumption. I can't stop looking at the page - maybe because it makes it real. It's no longer "eventually it'll be there". No, it's there!
I know I've avoided mentioning character names and major plot points here. And that was conscious on my part. I think it was because I wasn't "ready" to state it to the world (regardless of who I knew would or would not be reading this). But now, my world has changed.
So... Meet Liz. I know she'd love to meet you.
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