jst5150
06-11-2008, 06:20 AM
All,
Update on The Gunfighter Hollis Brown poetry collection.
First, there were better than 70 pieces of poetry submitted by multiple, regular and new authors. What a wonderful collection of work. Over the past three days, I've read through the entire body three times. Each work is great. Each work builds the myth. Hollis, family, friend, enemies and a litany of other things are alive and well within the lines and verse of the poems.
Next, I've started the layout and design of the book that will be published on Lulu.com. Anyone will be able to download a PDF of the book for free. However, if you desire a collectible edition of the book, which will be in full color, you'll need to pay for that. As noted in the opening post, the book is being published under the Creative Commons license. Any monies from the sales will be put back into running the Absolute Write server.
Next, a time line. I'm still deciding on what size to publish the book. However, whatever size it ends up, it will run about 90 pages. So, that takes some time to design well. I'm also doing some of the artwork and scrounging from other places. So, I'm hoping to have the book done by the time my poet laureate-ship runs out (and at the rate I'm going, I'm might be show nthe door sooner rather than later). However, expect the release party around July 15.
Thanks!
Update on The Gunfighter Hollis Brown poetry collection.
First, there were better than 70 pieces of poetry submitted by multiple, regular and new authors. What a wonderful collection of work. Over the past three days, I've read through the entire body three times. Each work is great. Each work builds the myth. Hollis, family, friend, enemies and a litany of other things are alive and well within the lines and verse of the poems.
Next, I've started the layout and design of the book that will be published on Lulu.com. Anyone will be able to download a PDF of the book for free. However, if you desire a collectible edition of the book, which will be in full color, you'll need to pay for that. As noted in the opening post, the book is being published under the Creative Commons license. Any monies from the sales will be put back into running the Absolute Write server.
Next, a time line. I'm still deciding on what size to publish the book. However, whatever size it ends up, it will run about 90 pages. So, that takes some time to design well. I'm also doing some of the artwork and scrounging from other places. So, I'm hoping to have the book done by the time my poet laureate-ship runs out (and at the rate I'm going, I'm might be show nthe door sooner rather than later). However, expect the release party around July 15.
Thanks!