As part of a course I took last summer with kidlit author extraordinaire Jess Keating, I had to imagine what I pictured a successful author had or looked like. One of the things I pictured was an entire shelf filled with their books on it. Rather than wait for the shelf to appear, when the holidays rolled around, I asked for one. My husband and I hung it on the wall and it took a few tries to get it level and secure. Then I waited. This week my author copies arrived for Maddie and Mabel , my first book. Even though the shelf is slightly crooked, it’s mine, partially filled, with room for more. (And there will be more, that’s the thing that amazes me.) If it fills all the way up, I will build another one and then another one…I’ve got plenty of wall space.
