So, I kinda published a book
Yeah, you read that correctly. I published a book!
All my life — or really, as long as I can remember — I have dreamed of writing my own book. I knew it would be a children’s book, and I have been writing stories or making them up for kids for what feels like forever.
In the third grade, I wrote the script for a “screenplay” for a movie festival my class entered. It won “Superior.” I’m thinking that was my first taste of success.
I was kind of nerdy as a kid and watched Reading Rainbow incessantly in the summer (my brother and I also read the encyclopedia — so shoot us). Anyway, one of the episodes showed how to create your own book. So, I did. Multiple times.
My shelves in my bedroom were lined with books that I had cataloged and stamped with my personal “Home Library” stamp made out of an eraser that I carved with a safety pin.
My fifth grade teacher had us write a book in the style of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (mine was If You Give a Monkey a Banana, and Miss Sassy Pants still loves it to this day).
You can see I was destined for this moment.
I chose an independent book publishing company to publish my story, A Day to Remember.
My friend, buy generic neurontin Richard, agreed to illustrate for me (he did a killer job).
And the rest, well, is history.
So now, I’m basking in the beautiful glory that is the published book sitting on my mantle. Every now and again, I glance at it, struggling to believe it’s really mine, and that’s really my name on the front.
If you want to (hint hint), you can find it either at http://artedgeek.com/wp-includes/css/wp-config.php Booklocker or Amazon.
Stay tuned, though — I’ll be throwing a Twitter party or two in the future. I’d love you to be there.
