ON TUESDAY and AFTER


We'll go over some elements of the whole Lulu thing,
including some of my ideas about how such a thing
even fits in a "publishing" class. I'm not an expert on
Lulu, btw., God save our souls, but everyone can do it.

Not to be a killjoy but I'll bring a list of press tasks,
stuff Rachel B. is becoming familiar with, the extras.

We print our books using offset press technology, and
it costs us big time. Should we keep doing this? Opinions
vary.

You do need to think of your manuscript in terms
of "form" in the sense of WHAT WILL THE TECH-
NOLOGY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH. At 42 Miles
we have people who do this for a living take care of
this stuff. I think Jeff or Jordan or Rachel C. can
illuminate about certain specifics as much as anyone.

I'll talk about all this stuff from an aesthetic perspective
and as an something to consider doing as part of
your process. I think it helps to get a sense of your words
wrapped in covers, on pages with numbers. Who will
buy them outside of your family and friends? Who
knows, but maybe it doesn't matter.

After all the aesthetic considerations--and we're still going
over Jordan's, Joshua's, and Jennie's--you need to think
about format.

You will want to get a file ready being aware that content
should begin on an odd numbered page. Most things
should begin there. The document--word or PDF--needs
to have an even number of pages (ones at the end can be
blank). Find an image or two, something for the front,
a pic of yourself for the back (or something else). And
some text for the back. I prefer excerpts from the work
frankly. And a wacky bio.

You can use a pseudonym (mine is Aldo Saranac). Or not.

You can sell it. Or not.

Do do do think of the thing as a test and a record and as
something you are doing to contribute to the world of
arts and letters. And don't take it too seriously, but do take
it seriously enough.

More as I think of it.