Holy cats, I’m self-published.

(Blinks)

Oh, there’s a bunch of digital rigmarole [rigital digamarole] I’m still sorting out – such as the appearance of the actual Amazon page that features the book, getting the “LOOK INSIDE!” feature set up, and all that other none-too-challenging jazz to do.  But then, I stop dealing with that (and the student reports I have to type up, and the Flash games I’ve been playing, and the constant Rifftrax Twilight vids I’ve been watching), and it hits me …

Holy cats.  I’m a self-published author.

The book’s been available now since about lunch today (August 22, 2013).  And yet, I’ve been a little hesitant to toot about, given that I want to make the amazon page and other associated webpages really sing.  But for now, I can’t help but toot like crazy (or tweet, I guess they call it), because today, for the first time in my life, I have published a book. Two emotions hold sway over my mind right now.  The first is thankfulness – to God, to my friends, my dear family, my awesome editor, my great collaborators, my inspiring students, my amazing illustrator, and the gallons and gallons of cola that fueled the whole ordeal.  The other feeling I have is indescribable, so until more sophisticated language comes to mind for me to more adequately express myself,  I shall simply have to settle for the following:

Holy cats.

EDIT:  BTW, if you want to check out the fruits of my (and my illustrator’s) labor, you can find it here.