So what could keep a dedicated blogger like me from updating my blog for several weeks? Oh, nothing much. Just trying to buy a house (getting pre-approved, house searching, making an offer, having that offer rejected) and then deciding not to buy a house at all... AND I'm starting a new job. Actually I'm creating a new job. I'm the new multimedia director for Thinking Machine (yes, my brother's computer store) but now we're doing classes, book creation and marketing and video editing. So I've been advertising, interviewing teachers, writing press releases, designing classes, evaluating texts, etc. But wait, there's more! We're (my wife and I) are still working full time taking care of a man with disabilities who lives in our home. This is 24/7 care folks! Then there is the ever active toddler and a pregnant wife to boot! Plus we all got sick.

So finding time (and actually remembering to) update this blog is just as impossible as it is to sit down and write. Which seems to be an on going theme in my blog. I shold have started this thing when I was pumping out 15 pages a day and you would have thought, "Ohh, he's so prolific." Now you're just thinking, "Quit your whining, Robinson!"

So I will. I do have writing related news after all. My new book POD People - Beating the Print-On-Demand Stigma, is available on a limited basis from Lulu.com. I have not, however, released it globally yet so I can attempt to get pre-release reviews...one of which I have already recieved! Here's the blurb from POD-DY MOUTH (one of few authorities on POD books):

"Robinson has penned the essential guide to self-publishing success in today's market. If you're looking for a way to traverse the challenging world of print-on-demand, consider this book a Hummer with a full tank of gas." - POD-DY MOUTH

Not too shabby, eh? Repeat readers may also remember that POD-DY MOUTH also nominated The Didymus Contingency for their Needle Award. Alas, I did not win, but to be nominated out of 1400 books was really a treat. I can say that out of the ten books nominated, I am, hands down, the best seller of the bunch. That and the fact that I already have an agent (the two winners have just signed with agents) makes me feel a tad better. **Secretly wringing hands together and laughing evily.**

I've managed to plot some more of the From The Deep so it will still be fresh in my mind when I can sit down and actually work on it again. I would guess once we're done with our current live-in position (17 days!) that life should slow down and I'll have time to write. Of course, 30 days after that our lease is up and we'll have to move...so who knows.

So now that you're up to speed I need to go finish class sign up sheets, merge a mass of teacher pieces into an empty class schedule and create a marketing campiegn that will bring the computer illiterate to our doors to be trained.

-- Jeremy Robinson
www.jeremyrobinsononline.com

AND if you want to check out the early release of POD People at Lulu.com, here's the link: http://www.lulu.com/content/233689