I Gave Birth Today!

Exciting is not exactly the word, but it will do.

I sent the manuscript to the publisher today (Authorhouse.com) and it will soon be processed and ready for publishing. Move over Shakespeare! Watch out Twain! Dive Down Dickens! There's a new scribe in town.

A year of thinking, worrying, selecting, writing, rewriting, editing, worrying some more, and finally the culmination of all that hard work is now out there. I will be analyzed and critcized. Some will like it, some won't. But Growing Up Doughnut is like a dream come true. Women will understand more than men. Why?

Writing a book is kind of like giving birth. At first you have this idea that you would like to get pregnant (sometimes you don't, and it just happens after a few beers), then you have to really get down to the nitty gritty and you have many false starts. Then the waiting and the wondering if you did the right thing, if it will turn out ok, if it will make you happy, if it will be pretty or good looking. How will your other kids feel about the new baby? Will your husband still love you after the birth? Will you want another? Then, the pain starts and all those fears drop by the wayside as the doctor smack the little smooth bottom and that first cry is heard!

Now all there is to do is sit back, watch it grow. The child will have to be motivated and moved, coddled and stroked if it is to become something.

Excited? You bet! Scared? You bet! Remember, though, it takes a world to buy a book for it to be successful. Watch for Growing Up Doughnut to hit the shelves near summer. Take it on vacation! It is an easy read.

Doughnut