Pleiades available on Amazon

More good news! In addition to being available through Lulu (the book's printing company), Pleiades is also available through Amazon.

Kickstarter backers, you'll still get your copy before anyone else. The bulk print order has already been shipped from Lulu and should be here in approximately two more days. Once they arrive here, they'll promptly be autographed and shipped out to you. I'll also be sending out prints of the book's illustrations, which sadly could not be incorporated into the book's final revision.

Pleiades is also available as an eBook through Smashwords.

The book is here, and it's ready to print.

I can barely believe I'm writing this, but I picked the most recent copy of Pleiades up from the Post Office yesterday, and it looks like we're finally ready to go. I couldn't even open it at first, and made my boyfriend look it over for mistakes before I could.

Much-beloved backers, you can now look forward to receiving one relatively soon. The bulk order has been placed and should be shipped within the week. Once they get to me, I'll send them out immediately.

Non-backers, you can buy it directly from Lulu.com or download it from Smashwords.

Fingers crossed everything runs smoothly from here out...

Dear blog,

Here's the first image of the illustrations to accompany Pleiades. It's just the sketch, but it'll give you some idea of what the finished art will look like.

This is the drawing for "City, Part II."

Remember, you can help fund this project (and learn more about it) at Kickstarter.com

Dear neglected blog,

Thank you for waiting for me. I've been very busy lately, but I finally have something new and exciting to show you.

It's a book. Yes, a collection of short stories set to be published in December 2012.

That is, if I can get it funded. I'm hoping once I launch the Kickstarter page, and people read the sample chapter, I'll get some online support. Or at least some financial support from relatives. So far I don't have any fans, and no one I know of follows any of this.

But to be honest, right now, I'm kind of down about it. I love this project so dearly, and I've been so excited about it. But now, on the eve of its launch, I feel a little disheartened. Except for two people (one of whom I've never met in person), none of my friends or family seem to share any of my excitement. They don't seem very interested in it at all. Which would normally be okay, but I'm looking forward to having no one with whom to celebrate, save my grandmother, and I don't know why.

The people who read it say they like it (or love it, depending on which you ask), and I'm pleased with it (which is saying something. I wouldn't post or publish something I'd be embarrassed of). Maybe it's just the people I hang with. I'm so afraid of becoming that "artist" who can't write worth a crap but is always publishing and trying to push her new 'creative endeavor.' So I don't push it on the people I know personally. One refusal to read it is enough.

So, off to cyberspace, where I'll hopefully find people who enjoy what I write.

For now, I'll be breaking the champagne bottle by myself.

[ /angst]