A week ago today, my new book hit the distribution warehouse in Minneapolis.
Four+ years of research, writing, and the editing-and-publication work finally manifested in the final product.
YAY!!!
Except….
We’d planned our vacation around the original estimated date-of-arrival, so that I could take a copy to my friend who lives in Oklahoma.
As schedules are wont to do, things changed.
The expected ship date from the press in Illinois was then set for March 13.
Perfect, I thought! (Aside from the inability to take a copy to my friend).
We’d be on vacation, I’d be nice and distracted, and both the books and myself would arrive in Minnesota at about the same time.
Again, YAY!!!
But then, on March 12, an email arrived (near the beginning of our vacation) that the book had ARRIVED at the distribution warehouse. It had shipped days early!
I had a full week to wait until I myself could get to the warehouse to pick up cases for upcoming events and to see the book for the first time.
Friends graciously sent photos of their pre-ordered copies, which began arriving at their homes within 24 hours of their reaching the warehouse.
Again, YAY!!! and at the same time oh so hard to wait! Fortunately, the vacation was distracting enough that it wasn’t tooooooo torturous. In fact, it was wonderful. Aside from getting to see my friend on our way to Texas and again on our way home, we explored San Antonio, Del Rio, Corpus Christi, Austin, and Houston. The Alamo, the San Antonio Missions District, Seminole Canyon State Park, the LBJ National Historic site, the USS Lexington, Padre Island National Seashore, Inner Space Cavern, Houston Space Center, the Cosmosphere, and a visit to a friend’s grave were all used to make the time go faster!
Today, finally, we drove up to Minneapolis and brought home about a dozen cases of books to get me through the next few months of events.
After all boxes were in the truck, one was opened, and I pulled out a copy.
It feels good to see the final product. I truly love this book and the story it shares. I hope that you will, too!