Oh Phyllis, that is just too much fun!

The delivery guy knew me and was too excited to take the box to my home address. He brought it to my workplace so he could witness the event.

I persuaded my husband to do it while I had one eye closed and hid behind him :o)

Hey I agree with you Gina.

I had the Post Master rip the box open for me in the middle of the post office :]

Hi Hugh :o)

Eight hours... wow. I was afraid to look at my first book when it arrived, but I couldn't have managed to put it off for that long.

Hi Hugh,

Welcome to our group :]

I'm Hugh, and I write science fiction novels for people that aren't into science fiction (turns out this is a larger market than science fiction novels for people that love science fiction!).

I created my own book trailer just for fun and ended up getting some great feedback. I think they're wonderful promotional tools.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKE3018zM...

Even more popular is the video of me opening my proof copy for the first time. I let the package sit in front of a webcam for 8 hours while people anticipating the book logged on and begged me to tear into it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsjn55VW1...