Here it Comes! Cheechako in Paperback.

It's been out and doing pretty well on Kindle, now get set for Cheechako, due to be available in paperback within the next week or so. Yes, I am excited. I'd be more excited if it weren't so darn much exacting work. 

The good news is, I live with a professional copy editor, Billie M. Judy. I didn't realize I was marrying a person who could turn out to spot such tiny details as an extra space on a page. As her book and copy clients know, she's really good.

The bad news is that I still have to do all of the technical formatting for publication on my own. Oh well. It's all coming together. 

About the cover photo ... After digging through a thousand images online, both free and for money, I came up this one of the boy and his husky on Flicker, by a Norwegian photographer, Leif Vidar Gullstad, who was kind enough to give me a very good deal on the use of his image. 

The paperback Cheechako will also initially be available on the Amazon site at $8.99, with a Nook version just around the corner. 

Thanks to all of you for your comments and kind words. Thanks particularly to those who have purchased early and posted written reviews. While the act of writing is very solitary, it appears the act of launching takes a village.

And now, in the words of the great Maurice Sendak, let the wild rumpus start.