The Sun Is Hiding

About a month ago I put together my first attempt at a "dummy" of what will be my first children's book. In the world of children's books, a book dummy is a first draft of sorts, but with the same approximate page dimensions of the final product (or at least, what you hope will be). I have never produced anything even remotely resembling a complete book before, so this is quite a big step. The story started out as a proposal for my creative final project in a "Children's Literature" course that I took last semester (I am a student at Empire State College's "Center for Distance Learning"). From the outset, I figured that since I would be essentially putting together an entire book, there was no reason why I shouldn't do it with publication in mind. So, now I have a complete manuscript (edited by my father, who happens to be the most amazing writer/editor you haven't heard of), 18 illustrations (painted in basic watercolor with the help of my lovely wife Ipek), and a burning desire to get it published. It will happen... I know  it will, and I will keep the good followers of this blog posted on my progress throughout the course of the journey. And believe me...if I can do this, ANYBODY can. ^_^    

First Blog in Life

So this is the thing they call 'blogging'. I have heard so much about you, and yet never before have I attempted to step foot on the earth of your vast territory. This will be the first of a projected 14,736,922 blogs. That number has been carefully calculated, so please take it seriously.

The theme of my blogs will be "Adventures in the Mind of a Soon-to-be-famous Author". I hope that doesn't sound pompous or overly ambitious, but if it does, well...it's probably because it is.

"Oh, great." you say. "Another fame-seeking fool who thinks he's going to be the next Shillington P. Wilcox the third"

First, let me just make clear the fact that there will never be another Shillington P. Wilcox the third, because to my knowledge, there never was a Shillington P. Wilcox the first, and thus it would be illogical to have another of a person that never was. The question then must become: Will I be the first Shillington P. Wilcox? This remains to be seen...but I do remain hopeful.

Thank you for joining me on my journey through the realms of absurdity and obscurity. Please fasten your seat belt, because it's going to be a bumpy ride.

-The Blog's Boy