Showing posts with label joy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joy. Show all posts

March 13, 2014

Heart to heart.

They say that Love is blind.


Because the heart does not see what colour skin you have.



It knows nothing of your religion.



The heart cares naught for your political sway, or what language you speak.



It is unfettered by gender.



It is undeterred by age.



The heart is unhindered by riches or hardship...



And it is unburdened by the webs and ladders of society.


Love always finds its way in the dark...


...when the heart seeks the beat of another heart.


They say that Love is blind.



But I say Love has perfect sight.

A version of this story originally appeared on Toy With Me.


December 18, 2013

Print-on-demand: Joy or Despair?

So just to recap, I made a book called The LAST Snowman. I launched the first version as an ebook two weeks ago and you can pick it up for all things Kindle on Amazon. That version is already getting some really sweet reviews on Amazon and around the Internet, so I am happy.

But there's something about holding a book in your hands that's just so nice. A few people, including moi, wanted to experience this. So I went ahead and made a "print on demand" version. That means that I don't have to outlay tons of cash to have thousands of copies of the book printed (where most of them can then sit in my closet undisturbed for a billion years). And it also means that I can offer YOU a cute print version of The LAST Snowman for a decent price.

I was just worried about the colours; would they be nice? How would the paper feel? Is this the right size?

Joy or Despair? Let's find out:

Nice shiny cover; I ordered two proofs so I could compare them (ignore my yucky table cloth!)


This is what 50 pages looks like -perfect bound (no staples).


Looking inside, full bleed (colour goes right to the edge).


There's very little transparency in the paper, the colours are nice and deep and decently close to my screen shots.


And as a "real book" experience? This is where it really wins:


Definitely JOY.


You can now buy your very own copy of The LAST Snowman here on Createspace. It will be up on Amazon in about a week.

Don't hesitate to leave me a review on Amazon; it will make us both feel good.