“I just want to hold my book in my hands.”

Years ago, my wife asked me what my ultimate goal was with getting published, and it was at the time, simply being able to hold my book and say, “I did it.”

I also mentioned that I wanted an official display where I could show it off to my friends and family. For over a year now I’ve kept my books on a shelf in my office, but I always wanted something that had an almost museum-like quality to it. A trophy case, if you will. With the release of AMONG SERPENTS imminent, I felt now was the time to take the plunge off the starboard bow and create the display.

This bookcase is still a work-in-progress. I have multiple foreign releases still forthcoming for the trilogy, and DOWNFALL is still a year off.

But I think this is a nice start, don’t you?

#bookcase #bookdisplay #books

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