According to the fine folks at the U.S. Postal Service, the copies of Four-Day Weekend that I'll be selling at AnimeFest have shipped and should be in my hands before I make like a banana for Dallas.
This'll be something of a first, as I've used the open-source desktop publishing app Scribus to assemble the cover art (although not the interior; I'm still using Word for that). My previous efforts were all Photoshop, but this time I did the graphics alone in Photoshop and added text and layout through Scribus. The end result I exported directly to .PDF and uploaded to Lulu.com.
It astonishes me how easy it is to do so much of this stuff now. It's desktop publishing in the most complete sense of the term. -- not just the design, but every single stage of the publication down to the fulfillment. I'm still working on the promotion end of things, but I figured that part would always lag a bit.
Hi, I saw your book (four day weekend) at Afest the other day. I was the black girl with swimming goggles on her head (Ed from Cowboy Bebop) and twisty hair. I talked to you for a bit. Asked you questions. I'm reading you pdf and I wish I had money that day to buy your book.
So... if you were feeling in the least bit down... I hope that statement cheers you up. Haha.
It sure does! I had a great time -- the only really big downer was losing my digital camera, but if that was the price to be paid for such a kick-butt time, so be it! (And yes, I remember you well! When/if the money shows up, come on by and we'll have it for sale, to be sure.)