the foreword is writ
Written by Candy Tothill on March 18, 2008 – 11:03 am -"I wish to announce that a miracle has just been performed. Yesterday I finished editing "As Such…" and I have, just this instant, completed the Foreword." - Candy Tothill
I hijacked this draft message from Candy (she didn’t know I was going to…but I saw it and went…what the hell…), as she is currently suffering under one of those patented "load shedding" events that Eskom likes to inconvenience people with. They regularly shut down power to entire cities, as South Africa has a problem generating enough power for their developing infrastructure.
I have gone over Candy’s edits: Excellent. She was thorough, even brutal. But I loved it. I can get lazy and sloppy, but she was willing to go toe to toe with me.
And the Foreword? I have told her that if she wishes to post it here or to her blog Inside Candy she is more than welcome. It is a beautiful piece of writing by a woman who takes my breath away with her talent.
I am honored by her words and her affections.
Over the next few days a select group of ninja wordsmiths will fan out around the world with eBook editions of the volume, for the express purpose of writing blurbs for the jacket.
Then, at 6 pm, EDT, on Sunday, March 23rd, which is the stroke of midnight into March 24th in Johannesburg, South Africa, I will activate links in several places that will make the eBook edition available as a free download to any and all who want it.
For 24 hours.
Yes, I know there will be those who will be content with the eBook and not hustle to buy the hardcopy, which will be available initially from the City of Legends, but eventually (it takes a few weeks if you don’t want to buy access like the major houses of mediocrity do) the book will be available through Barnes and Noble, Amazon, et alia. But this is something I want to share. Something I need to share. And while money is nice and would solve a few logistical problems in my life, the spiritual rewards of affirming that love is alive to the world are far greater.
Look to the skies for some surprises over the next few days. I’m just getting warmed up.
Tags: As Such, candy, Eskom
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March 20th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Good morning, William.
I found you this morning in my routine returning of entrecard drops. I’m starting to think it has been predestined that I learn more about you.
You may be puzzled that, although you (or Candy) dropped a card on my other blog, BritSpeak, this little missive is coming to you from the “original” Relax Max of NetMax Systems. There is no real mystery in that: I just felt a comment from that more sober personality would be more fitting for the subject of this blog, and that that particular blog of mine (netmaxsys.blogspot.com) would be a more appropriate place for you to place your entrecard advert than the considerably less relevant BritSpeak or YummyB would be.
Accordingly, I offer you 3 days of gratis entrecard adverts on that blog. I will, sometime today, transfer enough entre credits (as a coupon) to your entre account, which I hope you will use to “buy” a few days worth of ads on netmaxsys.blogspot.com. Of course, if you don’t feel that blog is appropriate, feel free to use the coupon for an advert on some other blog.
I do this because your current project seems rather intriguing. Have a good day, William.
March 20th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
What a generous gesture Max. While William ponders your kind offer, I have bought an ad on Netmaxsys… which does look interesting indeed.