Today I got a notification that this tweet was posted to Twitter:

And I went like this:

So for my friends and family who are still anxiously awaiting the day when I finally let them know they can buy my book, unfortunately you’ll still have to wait. This is an electronic Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of the book that is only available to book reviewers – magazines and newspapers and book bloggers, oh my — who are in the U.K. and have access to Net Gally.

But still – my book has taken its first step into the world. Strangers are going to read it and judge it and tell us if they think it’s pretty…oh dear. Perhaps my reaction is more like…