Boxes on the porch yesterday.
On the side of one: Random House New Releases, February 19th.
And inside, of course, 35 copies of Obedience.
It’s odd seeing a stack of your book. So much work, so much waiting…yet it really was a thrill to look at that stack and think, “I did that.”
I made a note to myself to remember these little moments. My son hugging me after we pulled all the copies out. (He INSISTED on getting two copies for himself.) The feel of the boxes, the way they looked unopened, how the books were resting inside them so inconspicuously. All of these things need to be remembered, I told myself. There will never be another revelation like this one.
Reader Comments
Reid Young on February 7th, 2008 6:54 am
I know how you feel. The first time I had a book printed through Lulu.com, the wait was unbearable. When I finally got my hands on the books, it was an incredible feeling.
The only thing more fun than getting them, though, is seeing people talk about them!