What It’s Like to Write a Book: Volume 1
This fall, CoolPeopleCare will offer our first book, New Day Revolution: How to Save the World in 24 Hours, published by Xyzzy Press.
As work progresses on the book, I'll be chronicling the process. Writing a book was always a pipe dream, something I hoped would happen one day. I even went so far as to write three chapters for one concept I had, but never did anything past that, mainly because like many of us who have jobs, families, and other responsibilities, things just got in the way.
But now that there's a publisher who wants to print this, a contract that's been signed, and a concept that works, off we go.
Our relationship with Xyzzy is something that has happened randomly, like a lot of things with CoolPeopleCare. Once we began the site and began to tell people about it, it caught on pretty quickly. We thought there were lots of folks who wanted to make a difference, but just needed to be pointed in the right direction. As different entities found us, we offered T-shirts, an idea for Lent, and now, a manual for changing the world.
We like Xyzzy for lots of reasons. They're a start-up, like us. They aim to publish books that make a difference. They want to get the right stories into the hands of the right people and make the world a better place. We have access to the president of the company. We have an equally vested interest in seeing this book succeed. We're equally enthusiastic and equally as eager.
Once contact was made, we began to dream together. What could a book look like? What do people need? What story can we tell? How can we best do it?
And, after a few meetings, we had an idea. Everyday, we all wake up, and each of us gets 24 hours to use as we please. Some of us will use the circumstances and choices of the day to better our own causes and serve our own self-interest. Some of us will selflessly live all 1440 minutes in service to someone else. But most of us will walk a middle ground as we take care of our responsibilities and make a difference in the process. But it's not always something easy to do or that's easily spelled out.
Until now (hopefully).
This book will offer over 100 practical ideas for you to use each moment of each day to save the world. We're not all Jack Bauer, running around, defusing nukes and keeping America safe. We're also not all Mother Teresa, living and dying with the poor all around us. Most of us have utility bills to pay, children to raise, and jobs to do.
But we've all got five minutes. And we all drive somewhere. And we all go shopping. And we all spend time at home. And we all sleep. And we all get dressed and ready for our day.
And now we'll show you how to use those everyday activities to save the world, especially if you do them over and over again, accompanied by a host of revolutionaries around the world.
We really can save the world in 24 hours. And we're writing the book to prove it.
A sample chapter is done and will soon be sent to a designer and editor. Stay tuned here for updates as we progress on this nervously exciting journey.
As work progresses on the book, I'll be chronicling the process. Writing a book was always a pipe dream, something I hoped would happen one day. I even went so far as to write three chapters for one concept I had, but never did anything past that, mainly because like many of us who have jobs, families, and other responsibilities, things just got in the way.
But now that there's a publisher who wants to print this, a contract that's been signed, and a concept that works, off we go.
Our relationship with Xyzzy is something that has happened randomly, like a lot of things with CoolPeopleCare. Once we began the site and began to tell people about it, it caught on pretty quickly. We thought there were lots of folks who wanted to make a difference, but just needed to be pointed in the right direction. As different entities found us, we offered T-shirts, an idea for Lent, and now, a manual for changing the world.
We like Xyzzy for lots of reasons. They're a start-up, like us. They aim to publish books that make a difference. They want to get the right stories into the hands of the right people and make the world a better place. We have access to the president of the company. We have an equally vested interest in seeing this book succeed. We're equally enthusiastic and equally as eager.
Once contact was made, we began to dream together. What could a book look like? What do people need? What story can we tell? How can we best do it?
And, after a few meetings, we had an idea. Everyday, we all wake up, and each of us gets 24 hours to use as we please. Some of us will use the circumstances and choices of the day to better our own causes and serve our own self-interest. Some of us will selflessly live all 1440 minutes in service to someone else. But most of us will walk a middle ground as we take care of our responsibilities and make a difference in the process. But it's not always something easy to do or that's easily spelled out.
Until now (hopefully).
This book will offer over 100 practical ideas for you to use each moment of each day to save the world. We're not all Jack Bauer, running around, defusing nukes and keeping America safe. We're also not all Mother Teresa, living and dying with the poor all around us. Most of us have utility bills to pay, children to raise, and jobs to do.
But we've all got five minutes. And we all drive somewhere. And we all go shopping. And we all spend time at home. And we all sleep. And we all get dressed and ready for our day.
And now we'll show you how to use those everyday activities to save the world, especially if you do them over and over again, accompanied by a host of revolutionaries around the world.
We really can save the world in 24 hours. And we're writing the book to prove it.
A sample chapter is done and will soon be sent to a designer and editor. Stay tuned here for updates as we progress on this nervously exciting journey.
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