Bullies Don't Have Armpits...

[firemeboy]

Cover work is done.

http://www.covenant-lds.com/osb2/itemdetails.cfm?ID=2010

Book comes out in May. Should be fun...
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[Courk]

May? That seems fast (or do I just have no concept of time?) Congrats!

What am I supposed to see in that link?

[Lepton*]

Awesome! Err... what's with the link?

[firemeboy]

Whoops, wrong link. Should be the right one now.
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[jesus_saves]

that's pretty stinkin' awesome. rock on.
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³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
³⁹ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord

~Romans 8:38-39

[VinnyQ]

grats fmb!

Just curious, how did the sales and reception of the first book go? Are you going to retire and do this full time now?

[firemeboy]

You know, I wrote an article about publishing and posted it to my blog. It made it to the front page of Digg, and caused quite an uproar. The gist of it was that basically the creators of art don't really make money off their art, it's the folks who control the distribution. My book generated about $75,000. I saw about $3,000 of that. So for me to quit I'd either need to sell a whole freaking pile of books, or I'd need to write about 12 books a year. I don't think either is going to happen.

But for a first time author, and for a small time publisher in Utah, it did pretty good. It went through a first printing, and is going through a second, so that's not bad at all. I just had a fun time writing it, and it's been a whole lot of fun meeting people who enjoyed it, and have shared similar stories of their childhood. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, but with the exception of a handful of high profile authors (steven king, jk rowling, dan brown), it's pretty hard to make a lot of money as an author. Several more authors can make a decent living, but for the majority of us, it's a nice hobby that happens to bring in a few dollars.
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[VinnyQ]

$3000:$75,000?

That just makes me sad

Keep on trucking, I enjoyed your book pretty much ($14.95 from Barnes & Nobles)! I am very sadden that out of what I paid, only about $0.60 got to you!

[firemeboy]

And I feel bad I took your 60 cents. I owe you a soda.
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[Quailman]

So does the cover have any of the glorious reviews we suggested?

[firemeboy]

No, you're talking about a company that wouldn't let me use a scene that referred to butt cheeks. Mind you, I didn't say butt, just cheeks. I posted the complete story here.

http://chickenarmpits.blogspot.com/2007/01/cutting-room-floor.html

So they're going with reviews from the last book.
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[jesus_saves]

[Neo]

I know where to go cans for 60 cents and bottles for 75.
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[VinnyQ]

with a time machine@!!??!?!/

[ShadowSword]

Congrats on the book.


On sale, a bottle of soda will go as low as 69 cents.
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[firemeboy]

I'll spot you the 9 cents. Because I'm just that nice of a guy.
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The difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad.