TGIF

I got a little more sleep last night knowing that Joe had the votes he needed. He’s about creating unity and we need a unifying leader in this country. In the meantime, just knowing that 70,000,000 people voted for a narcissistic racist who caters to white supremacists is disheartening. We must remain vigilant.

My one reliable source of information during this stressful presidential campaign has been David Brin’s blog, Contrary Brin. He’s a scientist and has a very sharp tongue. Check him out.

I've proofread my book dozens of times and I now have a clean copy. I plan to self-publish my second book, The Butterfly Who Airlifted His Friends Over The Wall, on Sunday, November 8.

Filling in Ingramspark’s Improved Publication Form for My Second Children's Picture Book

Filling out the improved publication form…

Filling in the form is the hardest part of making a book. You have to decide how much to charge, how much profit you want, what the long description will be, and the short description, too. I spend hours on this form trying to get the words right.

As for the price, I’m going to price the book at $9.99, which would give me $.74 for each copy sold. I think that’s a fair price and a decent profit. If I don’t sell books, that’s okay. And if I sell thousands of books, that would be great. However, my long term plan is to create lots of books rather than to create one book and have it become a big seller. I’m going to write books that I would like to read. I am my audience. People like me, they’re my audience. Writing for myself is a great luxury, and it’s the only way I can be productive. My dream keeps re-energizing me, and that’s the way I like it.

I didn’t publish this today, but I’m only inches away from pushing that “submit” button. Hooray!