Some jumping up and down was required. This is very exciting. Of course it would be more exciting if I had written a book that an editor thought worthy of paying me for, but sometimes you can't have it all. Instead I will settle for this wonderfully delightful book that I paid someone to print up for me.
Here is the cover of the book. Of course I had to put my screaming face on the cover. I love my title "Paparazzi Pat Perpetuates Pigskin Passion." It combines my love for all things alliteration with my love for BYU football. I think it has a certain ring to it, if I do say so myself. The subtitle says "Documented proof that I belong in an institution for the stalkerly insane." How appropriate is that?
Look how cool it turned out?
Now I have something new to bore all my friends and family with. Wahoo!
This is one of my favorite pages, although I did not get a very good picture of it. I think you can get the general idea of how fun to have all my crazy BYU hat pictures on one page. The whole thing was beyond addicting. Sadly I have already noticed some things I wish I had done differently, but overall it will be a treasure. And since I am the one I made it for, I won't care that much.
I have wondered though about the cycle I am creating. First I wrote a bunch of blog posts about BYU football. Then I took the posts from my blog and put them in a book. Now I am blogging about the book. I am sensing an unending cycle here. Kind of silly, I suppose. But enjoyable none the less.
I made this book using blurb.com. It was really easy, although I would recommend watching the introductory tutorial. I loved the way it sucked all my posts and pictures in from my blog. Now that I have the important stuff published, perhaps I should go back and publish all the stuff about my kids.
So now you must all treat me with the respect a published author deserves, even if I am screaming all the time. He He He.
10 comments:
That is way cool! I can't wait to see it in person.
You're my idol.
(Does that make me stalker-ish?)
See, it would be even cooler if you had a second copy that you could offer in a momentous giveaway! Then I would comment a million times and post it on my blog, all for the slim chance of having you on my coffee table. Or Postum table. But I would settle for a scanned copy of that page of all your screaming faces!
Jen you are very stalkerish.
Sue you are hilarious. I would never imagine that anyone would want one of these books. Hmmmm I may have to take your idea into consideration. I will get to work on the scanning.
Shawna, just wait until tomorrow because you better believe I will have it at church. I might even pass it around during gospel doctrine so no one notices my lack of preparation.
LOLOLOL!!!! You win in the stalking division! And now a book to support it...oh my! hehehe!
I'm so glad it fulfilled all ur dreams and more :-)
I'm excited to see it at church!
what a FUN idea - I want to have a book now... (yep, I'm the copycat... I'm okay with that!)
Wow, I feel unworthy to be the sister of a published author
KRis
Ma looked! Ma liked what she saw! Good job little hampster chick. You gotta teach me how to do it too!
That is so awesome! I can't wait to see it. You are so cool to have your own book. Will you take that with you to the football firesides from now on?
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