I think we can all agree that I've been admirably restrained with respect to talking about my upcoming book before it even appears. (Maybe you don't think so, but believe me -- I've been restraining myself.) Die-hards have been able to follow the excitement at the Facebook page, where fascinating details about cover blurbs and review copies have been politely sequestered. All that is about to end soon! Yesterday I received in the mail an actual copy of the hardcover, a tangible artifact testifying to the reality of this long-anticipated event. Here it is, rubbing shoulders with a few other well-known bestsellers.
The official release date is January 7. Yes, there will be a Kindle edition; at some point later in January there will even be an audio book. And I'm certainly not going to stop you from ordering it. But my publisher tells me that what would be really great is if a bunch of people ordered it exactly on January 7. So that's when I'll really be encouraging you. Even after the book is out, I don't want to turn the blog into all book, all the time. But I do want to try a book club experiment, where we go through individual chapters, one week at a time, with me revealing some of the thought processes that went into each chapter and all of us having a back-and-forth discussion. Should be fun! No formal book tour, but I'll be doing a few readings and events. Check the Facebook page or book web page for more.
