I didn't know whether to kiss the UPS man when he delivered the very first Author's copy of my book a few minutes ago, or chastise him for being an hour later than normal.  In any case, it's a moot point, because he left it on my porch and left, taking that little decision right out of my hands.

And so I sit here, with this baby in my hands, and it is perfect!  It is beautiful, and there are no smudges in the printing, no crooked pages, everything is simply perfect.

One of my mentors told me a couple of days ago that producing a book was very much like birthing a baby, and I had to agree that she was right, although I had not quite looked at it in that fashion until she mentioned it.

I've given birth.

I never dreamed of this, never.  Some of us have plans for our lives, some of us just sort of go with the flow.  For the longest time I was very happy to think that I would be chasing around ladies in white dresses (as a wedding photographer) until I could no longer physically do so.  Then some things happened, I got the opportunity to go back to school and get my Masters Degree and start a new career, and somewhere along the line in school I knew I wanted to begin writing books.  This is the first, there will be more.

I promise, I won't post too many more blogs about the process of writing and producing the book.  While I will be posting about the book signing schedule, mostly I plan to elaborate, and open for discussion, the topics in the book, beginning with....well....the beginning.

So if you have questions, or comments, or thoughts, I'd love to hear about them!  In the meantime, I will just add that you can purchase your copy via my publisher, Balboa Press, or on Amazon.  And soon I will have more copies that you can purchase, with an autograph, if you are local!

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