Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

They say that Lewis Carroll’s “The Jabberwocky” is a ‘nonsense’ poem. I don’t think it’s nonsense at all. There are days you just have to shout,
“Oh, frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” and everyone knows exactly what you mean. It’s not nonsense if people understand you – right?

Today’s my day to shout it out. My day to make some noise. My day to welcome my very first book, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! into the world. So, you ask, how did I spend this, this frabjous day? I woke to rain pounding on the windows and thunder rolling overhead (a good start, I would say!). Then, I went to work, just like any other day. I created a backdrop that little kids will stick their incentive ant stickers to this summer when they come in with a completed reading card. Oh, and I went to my local bookstore and SIGNED COPIES OF MY BOOK!!!!! And I bought some yummy bakery items to help celebrate the day.

I also saw that some of my wonderful writer friends posted interviews and quick “Congrats!” on Twitter and Facebook and on various blogs (Tamera Will Wissinger’s Blog). Cool. What is the etiquette for thanking folks on Twitter? I re-tweeted, but that seemed so self-promotional … hmmm… if you know the correct response, please, please let me know. I would like to Tweet correctly.

After work, I ran my daughter out to a magic shop to buy fairy/elf ears. This is really just a daily occurrence in my household.

Tonight I will go to bed happiliy thinking that maybe, just maybe, on this stormy WI night a little child somewhere is reading BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! with his/her grown-up and smiling and is maybe a bit less frightened of the storm as it “bellows and bams” outside her window. And that is why I must shout, “Oh, frabjous day!”

To get your very own copy of BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! visit your local bookseller, or various online merchants.