It's getting real!

You will only get to see the first galley of your first book for the first time once in your life.

That's what my publisher Jim Dickerson told me yesterday when he let me look this over. It's the galley for "Because I Said So: Life in The Mom Zone," and it's heading to trade publications in hopes they'll review it.

When I started this, I really had no idea what writing a book would feel like. I figured it might be awesome.

And it is. Although it is a little terrifying. But in a good, getting out of my comfort zone way.

At first, I was so into the process of creating "Because I
Said So" that I didn't even think about what it would be like to have a book on the shelves. I didn't wonder if I had a book in me, but writing wasn't always easy. It involved a lot of early mornings fueled by a lot of coffee.

By the way, I did run the whole "terrified" thing past both Jim and my friend and colleague Marshall Ramsey. They both said, "Of course you are. That's normal."

Anyhow, when you write on a regular basis and work steadily at something, sometimes it turns into a book. This started as an idea in June, so to see this six months later makes me want to jump up and down!

"Because I Said So: Life in The Mom Zone" will be out on store shelves and Amazon.com in April.