Present times are still the best times (so far)

I freaking love the internet. In addition to it letting me whine about grief to anyone in the world, it houses resources that generations before me would've happily traded their polio legs for (mm...too soon?). As a side project for the novel I'm working on, I am also pursuing self-publishing a collection of short stories online. And 50 years ago, that sentence would've sounded completely cray-cray.

But with that there internet, I found a site that introduces authors to freelance writing professionals, and after filling out a few online forms and clicking a few buttons, I can request quotes from up to 5 cover art designers or content editors - just like that! Boy I'm glad it stopped being The Not-Information Age. So I did. I've already heard back from 3 of the graphic designers, and one of them, who works at a major publishing house, said my title is great! Me! But for the price of a professional book cover design, I could also go to Best Buy and get around 55 inches of flat screen TV. Totally worth it! I've been buzzing all day!

What actually motivated me to come and share all this in blog form is the realization, just a few moments ago, that I haven't actually accomplished shit yet. I still need to finish editing the short stories! The graphic designers are freelancers, they'll take money from anyone they want. In fact, I should get to work on that stuff now, what am I doing wasting time blogging, when I-