So today, I officially released my book, No One Knows About You, to the world. I guess technically the “Amazon Prime” world, but still. It’s been such a long journey up to this point. I don’t mean just with this story.
I’ve been writing since I was much younger and I never realized all of that would lead up to this moment. It wasn’t until now, looking back that I can see God’s fingerprints along the whole journey.
It’s still very surreal to me. The other night I told my wife, “I know I’m holding my book, but it doesn’t feel real. It feels like I’m just holding someone else’s book.” That’s exactly what it felt like. It had my artwork on the cover, my story on the pages, but I couldn’t believe it was mine.
Today as I was making myself something to eat for lunch and I thought about my friends and family that have been buying my book since I told them this morning. It made me so happy to know they were supporting me. But then it hit me, “People are buying my book. People are going to READ my book.” I became so nervous about that. What if they don’t like it? What if it’s a fail? And that’s when another thought swept over me. “You wrote that book for you. You wrote as it came to you, and as you love it. It’s your creation, you be happy with it.”
So to say the least, it’s been an emotional rollercoaster this last month or so. But today is my Book Birthday, and I’m a little proud and a lot excited. I pray that those who do read it, enjoy it, and take something away from it, even if it is one of the random facts included.