http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/ The debut novel by Kevin D. Hendricks, written in a month and published as a literary demo. Copyright 2008 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:06:24 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.31 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This weekend I received my first ever income from my first ever book, Downtown Dandelions. The royalty check came in the mail from CafePress, a whopping $44.60. While my first sale came way back in January, this is the true... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/03/first_paycheck.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/03/first_paycheck.html Buy My Novel! Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:06:24 -0600 The first few chapters and even the opening pages and lines of a novel are incredibly important. You have to hook people and keep them reading. At the same time you need to be sure the rest of the book... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/02/questions_about_1.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/02/questions_about_1.html Editing Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:31:28 -0600 For those who've read my book, I'd love to get some insight into what you think about my characters. Are they working? Are they believable? Are they too stock? Let's get at it.... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/02/questions_about.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/02/questions_about.html Editing Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:00:30 -0600 Elvis Presley just scored the 1,000th #1 single in the U.K., selling only 25,000 copies. A Yorkshire Post article (which loads with a big ad over the text in my browser) explores the history of the singles chart and its... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/5000_copies_to.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/5000_copies_to.html The Book Industry Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:43:27 -0600 While editing Downtown Dandelions I came up against a little moral quandary: I wanted to reference some of my favorite pop culture inspirations, but I wasn’t sure when I was plagiarizing and when I was just alluding. (examples follow after... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/plagiarism_vs_h.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/plagiarism_vs_h.html Editing Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:02:07 -0600 BEANSMUTTON (thanks to another one of my heroes, Jeremy Keillor, for sharing the love)... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/cafepress_coupo_1.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/cafepress_coupo_1.html Buy My Novel! Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:18:59 -0600 "Remember, even a book that's a best-seller still is only read by less than 1% of the American public." -Malcolm Gladwell, author of the bestselling The Tipping Point and the newly released Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, brushing... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/success_does_no.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/success_does_no.html The Book Industry Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:13:53 -0600 The economics of writing is really rather depressing. When you do the math it becomes quite clear that you don't become a writer to get rich. Let's look at my potential haul from this attempt at self-publishing.... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/first_weekend_s.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/first_weekend_s.html Buy My Novel! Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:51:46 -0600 If anyone is considering buying a copy of Downtown Dandelions from Cafepress, I'd encourage you to share the coupons. When I bought my copy they gave me a chance to send $5 off coupons to five friends. I'd encourage you... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/cafepress_coupo.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/cafepress_coupo.html Buy My Novel! Sat, 08 Jan 2005 16:41:53 -0600 Check out this rather appropriate Non-Sequitur comic. (thanks to Josh Lewis!) Self-publishing, especially in the Internet age is very much like that. Though I suppose it is rather easy to tell what's worthwhile and what should never have been published.... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/absolutely_asto.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/absolutely_asto.html Publishing Sat, 08 Jan 2005 16:28:05 -0600 You can consider this the official announcement: Downtown Dandelions is now available for purchase. You can choose from two paperback versions and a PDF preview. The cheaper paperback is $12.99 and comes from Lulu.com. The nicer version is $17.99 and... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/buy_my_novel.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2005/01/buy_my_novel.html Buy My Novel! Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:01:16 -0600 I'm working on creating a new site and blog for my novel, Downtown Dandelions. As you can see, it's in process. The book is now available from two different publishers, though I'm hoping to fix a few typos, add a... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2004/12/new_site.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2004/12/new_site.html Site News Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:17:33 -0600 "Stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when it feels like all... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2004/10/more_motivation.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2004/10/more_motivation.html Original Blog Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:47:11 -0600 "I can’t write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me." - Sir Walter Raleigh "Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." - William Faulkner... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2004/10/encouragement_o.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2004/10/encouragement_o.html Original Blog Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:45:50 -0600 Downtown Dandelions is going to be my first novel. It will be written in the month of November as a part of National Novel Writing Month. I expect it to suck. Big time. It's a first draft, written in 30... http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2004/10/what_is_this.html http://www.monkeyouttanowhere.com/dandelions/archives/2004/10/what_is_this.html Original Blog Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:43:04 -0600