Idol Musings

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I am holding the book in my hand right now.

Well, OK, it is actually sitting slightly to my left.

I'll be honest with you, I wasn't sure what the end product was going to look like. For all of my "this is going to be great", I was probably holding my breath more than anyone else and just trusting that it would be.

Now I have it. Now I can hold it in my hand, or put it down slightly to my left. Now I don't have to hope. Now I know.

I've only just started to read it. But I promised that I would let people know when I had it. When I could say "this is something real and this is something worth having".

It's gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.

I'll freely admit to weeping like a baby when I saw it. Granted, other people's reactions might not be as strong. :)

Pre-orders are going out first and somewhere in there are the author's copies. But if you still want to own a copy of this - the place to go is

http://fey-publishing.com/joomla15/index.php/buy-a-book/buy-idol-musings

Thank you so much to everyone who has been involved with this.

"The Idol Book" is a reality.

Comments

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

YAY! Congrats to everyone, especially theafaye!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Awwwww-some!!!

And did you get another package too? It went out priority. Related of course.

[sra33.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEeeeee! I want to check that out, I've heard about it even before I knew much about this comm. :)

[callistahogan.livejournal.com]

Woo! I'd like to eventually purchase a copy of this book, but not right now. I don't have fifty dollars on me, unfortunately. :(

Congratulations to everyone who got in the book!

[connie]

Aww, that's wonderful! I'm so glad it's out! Looking forward to getting my copy! :D

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to get my copy. Of course I won't be able to read it but holding it in my hands will be a thrill. Maybe Gary needs to learn Braille so he can Braille it for me? hahaha

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Nope. That was it.

[onda-bianca.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to everyone involved...that's awesome!:)

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Ok. Hopefully tomorrow. It is big, and white, and hard to miss in the dark.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

psst. I think you can get it at a discount if you buy it sooner rather than later.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should talk to Sophie about an audio version?

*grin*

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I know there's an online purchase discount when/if you want to get one. (I wanted to let people who had been asking know but what people can and can't afford to get and when is entirely between themselves and their wallet!!! :D I'm constantly broke personally so I normally wouldn't be able to get one even at a severely reduced rate!)

But it is still a small press publisher. As anyone who deals with them (especially with small press textbooks) knows, without the overhead the big guys have, it's going to cost more. :( But man does it look pretty.

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

imafarmgirl and I were trying to come up with a way to get it in audio. I think she has talked to Sophie. I still think Gary struggling with Braille is a fun way to torture him. Don't you?

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I am very VERY leery of teasing the bear *grin*

But yes, yes it is.

[callistahogan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat you would be in if you had to buy one. The most money I have right now is about forty cents. If that. I doubt that's enough. :P

Ah, well. I'm sure that eventually I'll be able to get my grubby little hands on one, if I bother my father enough.

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

I'll take the blame. hahaha. All those pretty little dots!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Learn English!!!

[connie]

I am suddenly imagining the book coming with a CD with authors reading their own work aloud...!

[nannerz2cool.livejournal.com]

It is a brilliant book. I can't tell a lie. And in case anyone is wondering who might be commenting randomly on this post, I am pricelessone's twin sister. I've read the first 100 or so pages, and they are incredible! I love rediscovering entries that I remember reading and loving, like Kimberly Dillon's Cracking Up (which I read again AS SOON AS I flipped past it) and rm's entry about how she doesn't know how to talk, but also finding new brilliant pieces that I had never seen, like Charlie Johnson's Trauma, Alex Lane's much-talked-about chess piece, or R. Jennifer Aillen's poignant Size of My Ass piece (I swear, she HAS to be just as beautiful as whatever kitten is in her icon, because her writing sure is). Can't wait to read more. You all are SO incredibly talented - not just those included in the book either! Keep pursuing your dreams and passions - I know you will do great things!

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

I like this idea. Idol Musings: The Audio Version!

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

I was going to say something about the price, but then I saw the page count. 644 pages? Wow, you lot really were hard at work.

Hmm, I wonder how many pages all the entries of Idol would take up.

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

Ah my dear Gary. I didn't say French Braille. I didn't say Spanish Braille. It's perfectly ok if you write in English Braille. We'll understand that just fine. haha

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't that be too much fun?

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited!

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

We should have an Idol Book Launch Party!