#5 - The Greatest Thing

Over the last few months, I've had a few people ask me what the greatest thing is about having my novel, In My Shoes, published. It's a great question, but the answer is by no means an easy one.

As I am still quite new to this published author thing, there are many experiences I have enjoyed. The day I received my first proof…my words organized, edited, printed and bound, was amazing! To see a year and a half of my hard work that close to completion at that point, was exhilarating. When my first shipment of books arrived, I couldn't help thinking of George McFly opening his first box of books in Back to the Future. A sense of accomplishment.

When I received my first review, and then later my first 5 star review, the realization that there are people out there, who I don't even know, and they liked my book…pride was my feeling.

But the 'Greatest Thing'...the one single moment, to this point, that I feel was above all of these, didn't even occur around an event. There was no specific symbol to mark this thing. Not a signing or an encounter. I can't even tell you now where I was when it occurred to me for the first time. So what, you ask, could this moment possibly be? When I realized that, at any given moment, of any given day, from here to eternity, while I'm sitting down to read a bit of whatever is the latest on my bookshelf, someone out there could be sitting down to read MY book...for me so far, that is the 'Greatest Thing.' Thanks for reading!