We Interrupt This Broadcast For a Special Announcement

Written by Writer Dad on December 7, 2009 - View Comments
Categories: Writing

My apologies for breaking the flow of Four Seasons. Your emails have been extremely kind and I’m glad you are enjoying the first couple of stories. I’m curious to hear what you think as the narrative grows a bit more complicated and I quite obviously try to bite off more than I can chew.

Tomorrow’s entry, March, is the first of the months where I stumbled. The idea behind the project was to simply start writing and then see where the characters took the story. This tactic seemed to work really well for both January and February, but March was a thematic mess and not much better when it came to the actual writing.

Because part of the project was sharing the drafts as they were written, warts and all, I sent March out in the newsletter as promised. Fortunately, the rest of the stories followed the pattern of the first two, thoughts arriving naturally with a bit of necessary cleanup needed at the end.

With nine months worth of character and backstory behind me, I rewrote March a couple of weeks back. It now seems to mingle with the rest of the story much better, with far fewer of the obvious ums and ah’s which littered the rhythm of the previous try.

The reason for the interruption today, however, is not to make excuses for March tomorrow.

Last Friday, David Wright and I sent out custom holiday cards to our clients. I wrote the rhyme, Dave did the drawing and our clients had the smiles. The response was excellent and Dave wondered out loud, even though it was actually through email, if we should offer the service to our audience as we had last year. Since drawing the holiday cards takes way longer than writing them, I nodded my head yes, though I actually just said it in an email.

David and I would love to help you express your love, gratitude, or happy holiday wishes to those who matter most with something made just for them. We are offering the custom service to the first 20 people to respond. You can email me to get started.

Prices are as follows:
Custom drawn art and words: $60 via Paypal. You tell us what you would like to have drawn, in addition to the message you’d like to send. We will then craft the perfect custom art and words for you. Prices will run slightly higher for complex drawings, but please email us what you have in mind for an exact quote.

We will send the file to you or your loved one in whatever formats you prefer – JPEG, TIFF, PDF or PNG. In addition, we will also send both low resolution copies, perfect for email or sharing on the web and high resolution images which are perfect for printing. For an additional $20, in the U.S. only, we will send you a print of the file in the mail as well.

Thanks, and see you tomorrow!