Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
IT'S ALIVE!!!
Sorry I've been gone so long, life is crazy as you all know. Sometimes blogging is the last priority. But I do have some fun news. I spent some time in December preparing my book for a little self publishing. Now, that is not to say that I've given up on finding the hugest publisher in the world to back this dream...but this was a great experience. It was a little expensive, but I've recovered that money in what I've sold. I used Lulu.com and it was fairly easy, aside from the times where I just couldn't get the site to do ANYTHING AT ALL that I wanted. But once I was finished, I submitted the order and BAM! 6 days later, Christmas Eve to be exact, 35 books showed up in 4 boxes! VERY COOL.
So here is a shot of the cover. I made it in Photoshop of course. The book is 349 pages long, so its pretty thick, which is really cool to me. Makes the last 8 years seem worth the struggles.
I filled it with different paintings I've done about the story, even if they don't end up being the ones that get used once its actually published. I had to go with black and white though due to cost. Here is a shot of one of the illustrations.
Needless to say, this was so much fun! The ability to hold this book after all these years gave me all the encouragement I needed to keep pushing on. I have begun taking my next story seriously now. It is planned to be a sequel to this one and Im really excited about how its shaping up. (note, Mr. Tony DiTerlizzi did advise me recently to hold off on writing it until I have a publisher for this first book. I think he knows his stuff.) Hopefully I can share more sometime soon.
So here is a shot of the cover. I made it in Photoshop of course. The book is 349 pages long, so its pretty thick, which is really cool to me. Makes the last 8 years seem worth the struggles.
I filled it with different paintings I've done about the story, even if they don't end up being the ones that get used once its actually published. I had to go with black and white though due to cost. Here is a shot of one of the illustrations.
Needless to say, this was so much fun! The ability to hold this book after all these years gave me all the encouragement I needed to keep pushing on. I have begun taking my next story seriously now. It is planned to be a sequel to this one and Im really excited about how its shaping up. (note, Mr. Tony DiTerlizzi did advise me recently to hold off on writing it until I have a publisher for this first book. I think he knows his stuff.) Hopefully I can share more sometime soon.
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