It's 6:51 a.m. ... I cannot sleep. Excitement and nervous happy energy is coursing through my veins. Yesterday 23 people bought the e-book....enough to get me on the New York Times best seller list...no, who cares about best sellers lists when 23 new people are reading my heart and soul on paper! That's just, so...., so.....well it's the kind of thing that makes a writer unable to sleep in like she wanted to, up at six in the morning, typing feverishly away to you all because if she doesn't, pacing my begin to occur.
For those of you who've left me a nice comment, or have bought or ordered a copy of the book, I want you to know that you have single handed-ly given me something to be so happy, so ecstatic about that I may not stop smiling until 2020! I so sincerely hope you know that I take each and every one of your comments, emails, texts, whatever the form, and I cherish the kind words and encouragement you've given me.
It will be these warm words and encouragement that I will need to re-read when I get my first bad review....everyone gets bad reviews, and I must prepare myself for the first "I HATED THIS BOOK, THIS WRITER SHOULD NEVER WRITE ANYTHING AGAIN" comment that I'm bracing to receive.
In the meantime though, I'll share with you the review/text message I received on my phone this morning:
"I'm finished and the only question i have is when does book #2 come out??? I honestly don't think I've ever read an entire book in one day...def. not with two kids running around! But I could not put it down! Best book I've ever read and I'm not just saying that because you wrote it. Great Job! Love you!!!"
So yeah, after reading that, i was so giddy, there was no way I was going back to sleep when Jerimy left for work, leaving me laying in his bed, unable to control my enthusiasm. So here I sit, writing to you, contemplating coffee.....checking email to find I have a new twitter follower and feeling sorry for him because I'm not a savvy twitter-er....I checked my amazon account and see that I sold two additional books last night! Couldn't be happier to see that. And in a few hours, I'm meeting nearly the entire female population of my family on my mom's side at Baked to Perfection for breakfast, where to celebrate the wondrous week I've had I'm going to order a thick wheat toast egg, colby cheese and sausage sandwich, and a tall glass of milk on the rocks! And who knows, due to it being a celebration, I may get wild and get me a chai tea latte too! Why the hell not!!?!? :)
Yesterday, I put the order in for all the paperback books you guys requested, and they are saying that they should arrive here to me, by December 20th! I close my eyes and think about what it's going to be like to open that box, and see 85 of my little baby diad's bundled up in there...I'm not going to lie, I will probably cry..and then tell everyone or anyone who might witness this that my allergies are really acting up again! That one always is a go-to excuse of choice when I get weepy around people at my job.
Last night my old classmate and friend Eric sent me a facebook message and said congrats on the book and that he hoped I was out celebrating the occasion...I said "Does sitting on the couch watching Jerimy do the dishes while also watching a dvr'ed old CMT Top Twenty Countdown count as celebrating?"
I'm kind of holding off on "celebrating" until the books arrive and I can hold one in my hand...ya know? Like hold it, smell it, touch it, feel the paper between my fingers....perhaps THEN this will seem real to me. As of right now, it still seems like "is this really happening? Is my book really on Amazon?" If someone pinched me, and POOF, I woke up to realize that this was all just a dream, it wouldn't surprise me. Not that I'm a pessimist by any means, but seriously, how often do you dream your whole life of doing something, something that you feel is extraordinary....and far above your capabilities, and then actually just do it!??! When I told my cousin Rachel I was writing a book, and she said, you should try and get it published, I was like all, "no....it's not good enough for that...it's just something I was messing around with for fun, I'm not Dean Koontz or Stephenie Meyer over here...." But Rachel wouldn't take no for an answer, she assured me that it would be fun, it would be just a little project of ours that we'd use as an excuse to drink coffee together and talk book/shop, like real writers and editors do! *smiles*...
Hey Rach, um, our little project's on Amazon!!! I know, I know, I don't believe it either! ahahhahahhah
Ok, ok, enough rambling, I think I'm going in the kitchen to make coffee now....my dog Chubs is up and sitting next to me really looking like he needs some petting...so I better hop-to!
{you cannot ignore a face like this}
It was so nice spending my morning with you, Have a great weekend everyone!!
Hugs & Luv,
~HeatherLynn~
Congratulations on being a published author, it must feel unreal walking in town and seeing a book you wrote on the display. You must be a voracious reader to have enough ideas to write a story from beginning to end. I hear lots of research also goes into writing a believable book.
ReplyDeleteI read about 4 books a year so that should tell you I don't read enough lol haha I do read lots of blogs and news articles though.