Book delivery
The
bibliophiles among you probably know how wonderful it feels to have a
box of new reading material show up in your mailbox. (To be
honest, I get the same dragon-sitting-on-my-gems rush when I bring home
a dozen library books.)
Well, just imagine how
it feels to open a box full of your very own book. Yes, I did
ignore chores and spend the afternoon yesterday flipping through the
book I sweated over all winter, and each page looked much better than I
remembered.
I'll post some relevant
facts later, so stay tuned for information on a giveaway of autographed
copies, when preordered
books are likely to
arrive, opportunities for bloggers to get a free review copy, and so
forth.
If you want to glean
something for your own life from this post, here's my bit of hard-won
wisdom --- excitement fades, so seize the day. If you're itching
to learn to dry tomatoes, make the time to do so while it sounds like
fun and before it turns into a chore.
I'm not sure how
flipping through the pages of my book could ever seem like a chore, but
I'm taking my own advice and curling up with my treasure right
now. And trying to decide whether the close family and friends
who will be enjoying the contents of this first box would like their
books written in or pristine. What do you think?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Dear Anna,
As Kai says, I want my book "loved all over!"
oxoxoxo
Congratulations!!!! WOW, I bet that must be a good feeling! If you are so gracious as to send one, we'll take it anyway you want, writing or no.
I am happy for you and can think of nobody who deserves this more.
Cheers,
E.
Mom --- So glad you want yours written in since I got excited and scribbled all over the first page last night.
Daddy --- You made me laugh.
Maggie --- Very poetic!
Everett --- Kinda ruins the surprise of why I asked you for your address last night, huh?
Mitsy --- I don't blame you for waiting --- if you're getting it on Amazon, you can get free shipping if you combine it with another book, but then you don't get the other book until mine comes out! Very annoying, as I learned when I preordered Harvey Ussery's book last winter.
Eric and Debbi --- I'm not sure what the delay is, but it is looking like they've pushed the release date for the general public back to November. I now have a publicist in addition to an editor, and the former told me he'd explain more soon. I'll pass the information on as soon as I have it!
Sheila --- Your scribbled version is in the mail.
RDG --- Yes, I was very pleased! I think there must have been some change in technology over the last ten years because these full color paperbacks seem to be everywhere and very cheap.