Well, it’s almost that time. Being so close to being a published author is a strange feeling. It’s kinda like believable, but not.

The formatting is done.
The cover is done.
The proof is ordered.

Now, it’s just a waiting game to hold the book in my hands and see if anything needs to be changed or fixed or if it’s exactly how I wanted it to turn out.

Even if it’s not entirely what I expect, I will still love it and send it out into the world. Hopefully, someone out there loves poetry enough to take a chance on my crazy ramblings that resemble poetry. I say that not to put myself or my poems down, but because I’m not a poet. I just love using words and sometimes specific poetry forms to create something.

Maybe it does make me a poet.

The subtitle for the book is: A Book Filled with Soi-disant Poetry
Not only am I making fun of my own poems, but I get to make people look up the word soi-disant. In case anyone cares, it’s French, and it essentially means “so-called”.

I thought it was funny. Others might not think so, but then again my sense of humor usually doesn’t make sense to anyone else.

The arrival of the proof will determine when I will actually hit the publish button. Right now, based on the timeline of receiving the proof, it’s looking like mid to late April, provided nothing needs to be fixed.

Hip, hip, hooray.

🙂