After more than a decade of writing published novels, it can be easy to become jaded, to wonder sometimes whether I’m banging my head against the wall for no reason, whether anyone even notices when I have a new book out. And then there are awesome days like today.

I’ve just received word from my editor at Simon & Schuster that my latest novel, Star Trek: The Next Generation — Cold Equations, Book I: The Persistence of Memory, has debuted at #30 on the November 18, 2012, New York Times extended bestseller list for mass-market paperback fiction!

Henceforth, I can officially be described as “New York Times bestselling author David Mack.” Maybe now I’ll even get to sit at the cool kids’ table and get invited to the cool parties!

In a word: W00t!