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Speaking of Texas Head of the Line Thanks for droppin’ by again. The book manuscript should be coming back any day now from the editor. I’ve taken the plunge. I’ve started taking request for autographed copies of Texas In Her Own Words. Understand this is just telling me you’d like to be notified when the book becomes available. I’d love to tell you what the cost of the book will be but I can’t. At the moment, we still don’t know a couple critical pieces of information. To determine what the book price will be, we first need to know how many pages it will be and what kind of cover it will have (Hard, Soft, Soft with French Flaps, etc.). From that, we should have a handle on what it will cost to produce. When we can determine that, then we can put a price on it.
By letting us know now you want a copy, you will be the first to be notified of its availability and cost. You’ll get the first copies available. I’m not going to activate the Paypal or shopping cart function until the book is actually available.
Requesting a copy doesn’t obligate you to buy but it will put you toward the front of the line when the book arrives. We are still working toward the official release on March 2nd. A bunch of things have to happen in sequence and we can’t drop the ball along the way. We do have some really good momentum happening now. I haven’t felt this good about the project since landing a book designer and publisher.
To request a copy, just click on the ‘I Want More Information’ Link on the top of the page and fill out the form. If there is something special, or a special sentiment you want included in the autograph, just jot it down in the Questions & Comments block and I’ll save it until we send you the books.
Again, thank you for your support. I sincerely hope, when you get your copy, you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed doing it. You will learn things about Texas you don’t know now. I promise.
| Light At the End of the Tunnel 11/11/2005 5:02:54 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment Things have really been hoppin' this past week. I'll admit to you, I was horribly depressed for three or four weeks. It has always been our plan to have Texas In Her Own Words in our hot little hands by November first.
Even though the book would have a 2006 official release date in March, I would at least been able to sell a few copies on the 'net. I already had some outlets interested in selling some. Logically, I figured I could sell a couple hundred copies. The official release with the bookstores and official outlets is still March 2nd. Slowly, it became painfully obvious that the November date wasn't going to happen. Admittedly, I was feeling pretty low. But everything happens for a reason.
After having some conversations with my publisher, who was also my editor, we decided to turn the editing over to someone else. Fortunately, through networking, I had already found the editor of my choice, Mindy Reed. She is a class act. She's edited about 125 books. I am totally confident she will make sense of that pile of work I've done over the past three years. She tells me the book will be done in about ten days from now. I'm not looking back but forward. I am flat excited.
Just today someone asked me what it was like to write a book. For me, it started as a lark, became an obsession and finally it turned into my master. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat! Frankly, I enjoyed the process--research and the writing. The business side bites at times but I'm excited about that too. I have been told by many people they want a copy. That day is closer now. I can see light at the end of the tunnel. I pray it's not an oncoming train.
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