24 Hours

Ok so...wow. Hello outpouring of support! I am completely amazed here. I like to think that I am just the embodiment of everyone's walking, talking Id.

I mean, I act without thinking, I get myself into strange situations, and I am downright quirky. I always thought that I am like everyone else - only a little weirder, and little more passive-aggressive, a little more neurotic. I don't even know really what I am trying to say here. I also feel like I am a 12 year old boy deep down inside (I have a serious thing for body fluids jokes. Have you noticed that? I pee way too much.)

I guess what I am trying to say is...thanks for accepting me. People came out and were like "Yes! You are awesome!" And I was like "You know...I am pretty swell!" Because in my head I still talk to myself like it's the 1940s.

So, onward to the important stuff, you can buy my book in paperback form here.

I was talking to Eric about the book, and I was getting down on myself about self-publishing. And Eric said "Dammit woman, I do not know what is wrong with you. You did something most people can't. You wrote a book and then you put it up for sale. You talked to some publishers, they were shitty, so you did it yourself. BE PROUD OF YOURSELF." And so, yeah, I am. I am actually still in shock.

And just so you know - yes, this book has a compilation of my blog posts, but also some new stories that I never posted here.

I am working on getting the book into audio format so I can sell it on ITunes.

If someone had told me the day I lost my job - hey Anne, all this shit is going to rain down on you for roughly 7 months, and then, you'll start selling paintings, you'll write a book, people will link to your blog like gangbusters, people will be interested in what you have to say and what you can do -  I would have thought you were insane.

But here we are, and here I am.

Also, to my friends, I dedicated the book to your children:

Peter, Paul, Logan, Kira, Christian, Catie, Billy, and Riley.

Matt was the first to discover this - and it occurred to me I never mentioned it. Yeah, I didn't know who to dedicate the book to, so I thought, heck, why not dedicate it to the littest people I love the dearest.