First Time Printed

I can't describe the feeling I had the other day when I finally printed out my book. All 68,000 words. It was an amazing feeling. I printed three copies and man! Seeing it just printed gave me goosebumps. It was better than Christmas. It was all my heart and soul in one spot.  I didn't hit my goal of what I wanted to hit before I printed it this time. I'm hoping with the changes etc, it will grow just a few more words. Goal is 70,000 for what I'm wanting to do.
As I sat holding it in my arms, so many emotions rant through me. Proud, happiness, joy, sadness, terrified, etc. Everything ran through me. Every worse case scenario, every best case scenario. My hubby just looked at me strange as I hugged them tighter. My manuscript. Printed. In that moment, I was a true author. Whether I get it published or not. Whether someone likes it or not. I'm an author. I completed a book from start to finish.

now to start on the next one...