First copies took a little longer to get back from the printer to me than I thought. There were some minor things I wanted to change, like the placement on the spine is off, little things like that. But I’m leaving it alone for now as I need to get this book out. I should have the rest next week and will mail them out to writers and customers. I wish I could have had them to folks by the holiday, but that of course would have required me to have got myself together um, earlier in the year.

More good news, this Friday is my last day at work for 2 whole weeks (my day job is as a substitute teacher) so I have all the time I need to devote to some marketing work for this book. Such as, compiling press releases & mailing them out (local and national), working on the Futuristic Motherhood project website, and more. In the publishing world, this is considered doing things backwards. You’re supposed to do all your press/marketing stuff roughly 3 months prior to the book coming out. I’ve kind of always blew that rule off since I’m all Queen Indie Media, but if I want to take my little indie biz to the next level I’ve got to play by some of the rules. Live and learn.

Upfront I am not using my recent miscarriage as an excuse, because as everyone who’s been involved with this project knows, I’ve been dropping the ball on this book for over a year now. It’s been one thing after another. but I just wanted to let you all know what’s been going on with me lately that’s been preventing me from working. I recently went back to work full-time at another job and also been making sales with MSPmedia, so I will have the money to pay all the writers. That’s been a big part of the delay too, truth be told I didn’t want to admit I didn’t have the money to pay everyone all at once. In retrospect I could have/should have just paid what I could all along; you all would have been paid by now. But at this point all I can do is move forward and get the checks out, along with the books!

Next step: email all the writers and make sure I have everyone’s correct mailing info and/or paypal. Tried to do it tonight and of course (of course!) gmail is acting up. or maybe it’s just my computer, I don’t know. Getting frustrated so I’m going to bed, will figure it out tomorrow after work. I also need to make sure I get everyone’s online info who is interested, like websites and what-not to link to the Futuristic Motherhood website.

The book is almost ready to go,  I just need to get 3 more stories from accepted writers. I mislaid some stories, it has been a weird and strange year for me filled with one sob-story after another – I’ll spare you all the grimiest of the details but reasons for losing the stories includes a computer crash, lost flash drives, and my nervous breakdown.  I know I did promise June, however I loved all the stories and would like to give everyone an opportunity to get them to me again. If not in time for this printing (7/10/09) I will print them up in Futuristic Motherhood II. I got and continue to get so much interest in this project I decided to keep it going for as long as there is an interest.

The back of the cover lists all the writers, so I will post the shot of it once I get all the stories in. Also – I’m putting up a community site for Futuristic Motherhood, stay tuned!

Trula