Yay, yay, yay, yay! I just got back from a meeting with my printer friend. Turns out the cost of binding my book is nowhere near what I thought it was going to be. He said, with copying, printing, and binding, the total cost will probably be around $6 per book! I was expecting around $20. This is so exciting. 🙂 Now the contest can move ahead as planned, no more worries, and it’ll all be fantastico. Woohoo!
😀 And, he also gave me some really awesome paper. You know that stuff that’s sort of translucent and creamy looking? I got a whole stack of it for free. He insisted I shouldn’t pay him for it, so instead I think I’m going to take him some brownies.
Also, more incredibly happy news; I got a piece of snail mail from a fan of the Daily Prophet, begging me to send him a copy of my fan fic. How exciting is that? The letter was so cute! I’m going to email him and send him a snail mail letter back. I may even send him a copy of the book, if I can manage it. I’m glad someone actually wants it.
That’s it for now. I’ve got to quit gushing about all this good news or I’ll just explode, and that wouldn’t be a good thing at all.