Friday night, something tremendous happened. One of my friends messaged me on Facebook to tell me she searched for my book on Amazon – and it’s up! You can even pre-order it!

HOLY COW!

I was not expecting that so soon. Will you look at that – I’m a writer!

(Okay, I’ve always been a writer – I just haven’t always been noticed or paid for it). This is legitimacy. This is validation.

THIS. IS. AWESOME.

Guess I’d better set up my Amazon Author page, huh? Because that’s what I am, you know. A soon-to-be-mainstream-published author. For reals.

And with that, I’ll let the boys from Smashmouth sing me on out: