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Quick pimpage before it disappears into the corners of my mind again...

luckyckljw is a photographer and artist (you can see some of her work here) who is looking for subjects and models in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area (or as far away as Austin) and thought I might be able to help her out. She says:

....themes have covered concepts of beauty as it relates to size; relationship structures and the expression of love; and gender. I want to cover themes including what I've mentioned and also touch on religion/spirituality, sexual preferences (BDSM and other non-vanilla sex), cosplaying, cross-dressing, and the lifestyles that surround all of these.

and she asked me to help spread the word. Check out her post for more info, and if you're in the area (or not but know someone who is) consider helpin' make some AHRT! :D

(Nameless sale info is goin' up in three hours and change -- hooray!)

General Support Log: Week 4

General Support Log
v. 1, week 4

Andy, you're going to need a new wardrobe.

Monitoring:
Captain Jack Harkness (ask_captainjack)
Senior Agent PC Gwen Cooper and Executive Husband Rhys Williams (gwen_e_cooper, therant_willask)
Junior Senior Agent Ianto Jones (ask_aboutcoffee)
Senior Junior Agent Doctor Martha Jones (ask_arealdoctor)
Senior Temporary Agent Captain John Hart (oh_doask)
Time Agency liaison "T" (timeagency)
SPACE ADVENTURER Andy Davidson (dontask_pcandy)
Torchwood Former Tennant Tenant The Doctor (askfor_bananas)
HRH Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (inquireof_liz)
Pet Myfanwy (ask_myfanwy)

( The Week, In Review )

Incidentally, Max is four months old today and still Evil.

He really likes my trainers.

Jack, do you think the Maxtini will catch on?

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Nameless is in print!

Christopher, the only bookseller in the small farm town of Low Ferry, lives an uneventful life -- until one day he encounters a shy newcomer named Lucas, and accidentally sells him the wrong book. What follows is a journey for both men, in vastly different ways, set against the strange, ritualistic, magic backdrop of a midwestern winter.

A tale about the masks people wear and a meditation on the power of magic and place, Nameless revels in the simple pleasure of storytelling.

This book was the product of an intense three-draft editing process conducted entirely online.

Buy Nameless Here!

It is available currently for $10.50, and the price will rise to $12 on May 10th. It is also available for free as a PDF download. Those of you who have inquired about ebooks -- I'm in the throes of HTML editing now, so it is coming!

If you are interested in a signed copy, please do not purchase a book! Scroll down to the cut below.

If you know a high school student who will be entering university in the fall, now is a great time to combine your postage and pick up my college guide, Other People Can Smell You, as a gift. If you're a senior yourself and strapped for cash, Other People Can Smell You is also available as a free PDF download.

NOTE: LULU POSTAGE TENDS TO BE EXPENSIVE. If you are overseas and finding postage prohibitive, please leave a comment on this post so people can contact you about workarounds. Likewise, if you are willing to combine postage to lend a friend a hand, please check the comments. It may be cheaper to have someone in the US purchase a copy with theirs and then send it to you, or split postage with someone in your area.

( Signed Copies )

Publicity and Reviews:

I am more than happy for you to publicise this book on your own journal if you want. You are of course welcome to do your own writeup if you like; if you have critical comments I won't be butthurt or anything (believe me, after all that we've done already, a little more crit won't kill me). If you'd rather just copy and paste, you can use the text( behind the cut: )

A Final Note

Thank you. THANK YOU, OH GOD. This book would not be here without you. I had friends who pre-read Nameless, and I know some of you don't think you are part of "The 2500" BUT YOU ARE; I had a cafe who went to town on this thing and made it so much better than it was.

Originally it was dedicated to Dog and Crash, the two canine troublemakers who inspired Nameless-the-dog. Dog, rest his soul, is weeing on the carpet in heaven; I'll bring Crash a lovely treat next time I see him, which I suspect he will appreciate more than lasting literary fame.

Instead, this book is dedicated to you.

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CODE BORK. Fixed now. OMG, way to be stressful, my morning. AS I WAS TYPING THAT SENTENCE:

A woman arrived and wanted me to call BossBoss.
FedEx came to me for eight jillion signatures.
UPS came in behind FedEx.
BOTH PHONES RANG.

So it's going to be one of those days, is it? BRING IT. I will pwn this office if it kills me.

Also, someone is making toast and it smells really good. :D

(ironic tag use is ironic...)

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Ahahahaha *shoots self in foot*

I did think the $30 price tag would limit the number of people who wanted signed copies. :D I think the list just topped fifty...

If you have asked to be on the signed-copy waitlist, you are on it, though some of you may not go into the official Spreadsheet of Doom until Monday and I'll be replying to your comments then.

I...have no clue if I can actually fill the orders for everyone who wants one, is the thing. The process is -- the books ship to me, I sign and repackage and send them out. The issue is mainly that even in small lots it's kind of a constant procession to the post office.

I honestly can't guarantee that everyone who got on the list will get a signed copy. I really, really wish I could, not only to make you guys happy but to raise good money for the charities. But I'm one man working a day job. :D We'll see how I manage with the first lot and go from there (this would be so much easier if you could buy Media Mail postage off the post office website). I will notify people as soon as I can, and make sure that if I can't get you a signed copy you'll get one at the $10.50 price. On a reassuring note: LOGISTICS, I am good at them!

Thanks for being understanding, guys. As with the writing of Nameless, this is new to me and I'm figuring it out as I go along.

Talking of which, I'm getting a better feel for my Extribulum studies now. I think really it will come down to writing a thesis, or at least organising my research that way, but I've been reading up on open and closed software models (iTunes versus Amazon Kindle, for example) and I'm slowly shaping something that could be viable -- a sort of mix of LJ, a fanfic archive, and a review site.

One writer in my Binder Of Thinky Shit mentioned that if pro-publishing does collapse in favour of self-publishing there will still need to be a way to sort out the quality work; if there was a site to facilitate both official and peer-reviews of self-published and e-published books, and foster readerships for new writers coming into that field, I think it could be viable (especially with literary-targeted marketing as a support mechanism). This is a system that really could run on a writer-reader focus rather than a seller-buyer focus, because anyone's book is fair game; you're not telling the readers what will sell, you're telling them what won't entertain.

It could certainly produce something close to the 1000 Fans model -- it wouldn't necessarily kick anyone into literary stardom, but it might make it possible for many smaller-name writers to make a living on their work instead, and give them a platform to garner attention for bigger things like film and television deals.

Okay you know what? I am fucking FINISHED with THINKING for the week. I am going to have that drink I have been putting off for a week and a half, make some bread, and spend the whole weekend being stupid.

God, I haven't played Wii in four months. I'm going to have to start over in Twilight Princess again, just to re-learn what all the weapons do.

I'm...really remarkably tired.