All morning, I kept listening for the tell-tale drone of the UPS truck. False alarms made me all jittery, then crushed my spirit. Finally, mid-day, these arrived:
Books! Not a mere idea, not a bunch of InDesign files, but real, live, don’t-stub-your-toe-on-the-boxes books! Charts Made Simple was so long in the making, I wasn’t sure I’d ever see this day.
Still, it took a few moments to screw up the courage to actually open one of the books. What if I immediately found errors? What if I didn’t like what I saw?
Nope. I like them. I like the feel of the paper. I like the way the fonts look, all nice and sharp on the top-notch paper. I like the rounded corners, and the sturdy binding – I suspect the books will hold up well, even when jostled around in knitting bags.
Now, to start shipping books. Soon enough, they ought to be in yarn shops around the country. And when online ordering becomes a reality, I’ll announce it here on the blog.
Eventually, someday, I might even find the courage to sit down and read the book myself.
Congratulations! Will you be selling them in your classes at Stitches West?
» Janet
XRX frowns on teachers selling anything in classrooms, but I will be signing books. And I’ll make sure a number of vendors in the Market have the book for sale!
» JC
So happy for you! Can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this! GOOD FOR YOU!
» cockeyed
Yay! Yay! Yay! A thousand likes! How very exciting! :-)
» Janet Szabo
Congratulations! Amazing how giving birth to a book take so much longer than giving birth to a human. Can't wait to see it.
» Sandi Rosner
Too true, Sandi! :-D
» JC
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I'm so happy and excited for you!!!
» Karen Frisa
Congratulations, JC!
» Mona P
Hieper de piep HOERA! ("Hip hip hooray!" in Dutch) Will you have a few copies at Friday Harbor?
» Betty Salpekar
Oh, yeah. I’ll have copies at Friday Harbor. (Lately I’ve been toting a few extra copies around just about everywhere I go!)
» JC
Congratulations JC! So exciting! I can't wait to get my copy at Stitches West!!
» irishgirlieknits
YAY JC!!!! I am so thrilled for you that you baby has finally arrived!!! I will be in line at West to buy one. Can't wait!
Beth
» Beth Brown-Reinsel