my author's copies have arrived and pre-ordering is available

I was pretty excited to see my book come up on Amazon yesterday morning, available for pre-ordering both in the US and the UK.

Then during lunch with my four-year-old, a box with my author's copies arrived in the mail.

My daughter was thrilled to see her name on the dedication page — "To Lilly and a future generation of empowered women" — and seeing my name on the cover finally nailed the fact to her that I do write books.

My little girl brought her copy with to bed and it was the first thing she asked for this morning. Quite the fan! :)

I think she could do quite well as a book marketer too: