Today I started reading the proof copy of my book The War
Wolf from CreateSpace. I have to admit that it was pretty exciting to be
holding an actual printed copy of my book! It looks fantastic, but then I would
say that; I wrote it!
Joking aside it was a very special moment, even though this
is the proof version, which means that it is not yet fully approved. I still
felt a kind of reverence for what I was holding; I expect most first time
novelists do. It was exciting seeing the image on amazon.com but to have it
there in front of me was somehow more moving. I like e-books, in fact I am
getting to like them even more having just inherited a Kobo e-reader, but I am
old enough to remember when such devices did not exist and a book was just that
– a book!
I expect that I will have to knuckle down and stop just
lovingly looking at the thing and actually start turning the pages. Yes, I
know, I said that I had started reading it, but in truth all I have done
is...well...just lovingly looked at it!
More to follow along with a picture of myself and my treasured
possession!
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