Catching up on Past Subjects, and Other Topics

The Lights are Back On in Cairo

The news from Egypt continues to be troubling, and at the same time, encouraging.  We are truly watching history unfold; people yearning to be free and willing to put everything on the line to achieve that desired state.  This morning, there is news that Egypt is once again, on the global web. (http://tiny.cc/vea5y).  That is wonderful news (being back on the web)!  A side benefit from that is that like-minded peoples’ in Tunisia, Jordan, and other middle-east countries yearning for the same, are using the Egypt ‘model’ to guide them in their own quest for peace.  I am convinced that, just as nature will ALWAYS win out over our puny attempts at taming her, Peace will always win out over oppression.  The life’s blood is, of course, communications.

On the home front, I’m so busy that I rarely take time out for food.  Our Twitter following continues to grow, but at a drastically reduced rate.  It seems that the techniques that I am using are “frowned upon by the good folks in that establishment” (don’t you love those commercials?).  That’s all right; my followers get at least five (quality) tweets a day, and our number of “Sell the Book” tweets are down.

Don’t you like a great transition?  Views from Sandhausen is now on sale at Amazon.co.uk.  Here is the link.  http://tiny.cc/y5p3x . I would really prefer that you buy it from Amazon.com http://tiny.cc/c64zt as my margin is twice what it is in UK,  I did it to make the shipping of the paper books more affordable for our European friends.  Since the eBook has no shipping, buy in the USA please.

I’m currently struggling with a new printer that won’t print, keeping up on all of the new material on writing and publishing, making sure the house is decent for Erik to return, if he ever gets out of Chicago (can you say 20”),

That’s it for now; Time to eat dinner.

Cliff

Project Support Ruled the Day

Today was Project Support Day; a lot of tasks have surfaced and my to-do list was getting filled. I have thoroughly planned out the project and it’s ramification in my mind. It was time to get some of that down on paper.
I developed the preliminary project budget. This document attempts to capture all of the expenses that I can foresee. The input was expenditures already made, as well as input from the Preliminary Marketing Plan. It also projects potential returns from the work, at least as far as I can see now.

With that done, I was ready to apply for project funding from Kickstarter.com. This is an awesome site!

Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects. They’re a great way for artists, filmmakers, musicians, designers, writers, illustrators, explorers, curators, promoters, performers, and others to bring their projects and ambitions to life.
Project creators inspire people to open their wallets by offering products, benefits, and fun experiences. With the details of the book defined and funding applied for, I am ready to get back to that marketing plan.

We are truly living in a marvelous age!