I will never forget the moment I held my first book in my hands.
I went out to collect in my vegetables from the front door and noticed 3 parcels behind the storm door. As I picked them up, I saw the envelope from my publisher and immediately my heart started racing. I left it for a minute to contain my nerves and then opened it up.
And although I had seen the contents 100 times before, there is nothing like seeing it in the flesh, done and dusted. Amazing. I tried to show it to Georgia, but she told me to leave her alone. Ellis told me "oh that's nice, mama. Now can I play on the iPad?" and Theo was too busy putting all of the dirty clothes and shoes into the bath/pulling a dresser over/dumping out an entire jug of maple syrup/climbing out of the open window to care. Kevin was happy though!!
And while I still need to keep the contents under wraps, how about a sneaky peek at the back cover??
Its out on the 18th of April in the UK (and Oz and NZ, I believe), and later in the year in the US, Finland and Holland.
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!