As I described in a previous blog, the process of getting a book in print is rather like a pregnancy, 9 months of waiting and telling people until finally its born. Ironically the first month after the birth is very much the same. The Hairy Plug Monster is there on the shelves but hasn't really developed - friends and family have all been to visit,
"Ah" they say "well done", "good show" and then that's about it, not that I expected much more - but like a proud dad, you want everything all at once.
Considering that there is a global recession on, I am surprised that the queries I have sent out to get The Hairy Plug Monster printed elsewhere have remained unanswered. I do however have an old acquaintance in Macedonia who is in the printing business, and promised to get a quote over to me. The friend in question Dimitiri also speaks about 6 different languages and offered to do the translation in his native tongue, I have also had offers from Germany, Russia and Spain and a possible Punjabi contact as well, which has made me think of the viability of converting the book into an E-book and having no publishing cost at all, whilst being able to offer it in as many languages as possible.
Волосистой плагина чудовище apparently in Russian, whilst Die haarige Monster Plug would be preferred by our German friends.
وقد شعر لسد الوحش in Arabic but I am just going to have to take their word for it
毛狀插件怪物 would be a Chinese variant... sorry I am getting carried away now
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Friday, 19 June 2009
The Pound in the Ground
Can you remember, when you were really young and even the smallest amount of money meant "treasure"? I took my daughters into town this week and each one was given a pound to spend by my wife (as a bribe...I expect) in return for their good behaviour.
My youngest daughter Maya-Rose and co star of The Hairy Plug Monster, managed to talk almost non stop about all the things she was going to buy with the pound, as if it was "all the money in the world", and when she finally did spend the pound on a fairly long ride on the static Merry-go-Round, I sat down to watch her and composed this little ditty - all about a child's joy, when they find treasure.
Lying there in the sand was a shiny new pound
It was small, thick and heavy and glowed from the ground
He bent down to look at the thing that he found
Had somebody dropped it?
Had somebody lost it ?
There was no one to ask
There was no one around
So slowly he picked up the treasure he found
It was cold, hard and heavy and but perfectly round
He wiped off the sand that was stuck to the crown
On the head of the Queen
Who lives in a palace
Looking quite proud
On the shiny new pound
What could he do with the treasure he found
And could he be the, richest boy in the town?
He thought of the things he could buy with the pound
A massive big house
Or maybe a mouse
Or a shiny new car
with big wheels going round
My youngest daughter Maya-Rose and co star of The Hairy Plug Monster, managed to talk almost non stop about all the things she was going to buy with the pound, as if it was "all the money in the world", and when she finally did spend the pound on a fairly long ride on the static Merry-go-Round, I sat down to watch her and composed this little ditty - all about a child's joy, when they find treasure.
Lying there in the sand was a shiny new pound
It was small, thick and heavy and glowed from the ground
He bent down to look at the thing that he found
Had somebody dropped it?
Had somebody lost it ?
There was no one to ask
There was no one around
So slowly he picked up the treasure he found
It was cold, hard and heavy and but perfectly round
He wiped off the sand that was stuck to the crown
On the head of the Queen
Who lives in a palace
Looking quite proud
On the shiny new pound
What could he do with the treasure he found
And could he be the, richest boy in the town?
He thought of the things he could buy with the pound
A massive big house
Or maybe a mouse
Or a shiny new car
with big wheels going round
Thursday, 18 June 2009
sssh dont tell anyone, but we are getting some cheaper books printed at the end of June
There is a buzz in the air at the moment, we had an offer this week from a leading north west entrepreneur to invest in Hairy Plug Monster, to assist with the printing and distribution of the book on a wide scale basis, as well taking care of the merchandising.
"WOW!,How cool is that?"
Whether or not we take them up on the offer remains to be seen, but having the book in print for only a 10 days and receiving an offer already bodes well for the future.
We have ordered 220 copies of The Hairy Plug Monster from the original printer, which should be here at the end of June price 7.49 + 1.00 P&P for the U.K.
As soon as the extra copies arrive here, we will place a "BUY IN THE UK" button on http://www.hairyplugmonster.com/ website, I will let you all know when they arrive.
"WOW!,How cool is that?"
Whether or not we take them up on the offer remains to be seen, but having the book in print for only a 10 days and receiving an offer already bodes well for the future.
We have ordered 220 copies of The Hairy Plug Monster from the original printer, which should be here at the end of June price 7.49 + 1.00 P&P for the U.K.
As soon as the extra copies arrive here, we will place a "BUY IN THE UK" button on http://www.hairyplugmonster.com/ website, I will let you all know when they arrive.
Sunday, 14 June 2009
Watch the birdie
If I am not careful, the whole of this blog is going to just be about me telling you how good The Hairy Plug Monster is, whereas it would be better if you could tell me your thoughts on the book or better still send me a picture of you reading the book and we will feature it on the website http://www.hairyplugmonster.com/.
As a side project I am going to embark on trying to get as many famous people as possible to consent to being photographed reading the Hairy Plug Monster, and am going to set myself a target of 10 by the end of the year initially and take it from there.
Maybe you know somebody in the public eye?
As a side project I am going to embark on trying to get as many famous people as possible to consent to being photographed reading the Hairy Plug Monster, and am going to set myself a target of 10 by the end of the year initially and take it from there.
Maybe you know somebody in the public eye?
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