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Book details!

OK so as many of you know, I have a book already published through blurb.  Which is grossly over-priced and VERY inconsistent with their printing so needless to say, I\’m NOT happy!

I found a fabulous independent, not  for profit publisher through a co-worker in North Bay ON.  Who\’s offering me a MUCH better book at a FAR more reasonable price!  So here\’s the details that your all dying to know:

It\’s 8.5 x11\” (my old one was 6.25×6.25)

It\’s spiral bound so it will lay flat and co-operate more then my old book which was perfect bound (as in all the pages are glued into the spine, not ideal for a cook book)

It has over 200, yes that\’s TWO hundred plus recipes inside.  Including: Appetizers & finger foods, soups, salads, comfort food & mains, desserts, cakes, cookies, Darcy\’s delectables, drinks, marinades, dressings, vinaigrette\’s, biscuits, dough and more!

Lots of full color images

It\’s printed on premium, card stock paper so it\’s far more durable!

It\’s for charity!  My foundation at that in case you were wondering.

Fun food facts, substitutions, definitions, conversion charts and related things.

It\’s practical!  Everything in the book you can find at most local grocery stores without having to go to some gourmet store and pay out the ass for some foreign spice you\’ve never heard of let alone tasted or something narsty like squid ink.  (No thanks!)

Some delightful smart-ass commentary from yours truly!

All copies will be autographed (which can be personalized for you) and each book is a numbered, limited edition book!

I\’m not going with a huge publishing company that will sell on my behalf or anything like that.  So this book will NOT be sold in stores, if there\’s copies left over, I might try and sell them on Amazon since I will have an ISBN number.

The cost for each book is $25.00 CAD.  Plus the cost of shipping should you require it.  As much as I would love to hand out free copies to everyone *I* pay for this book too, hell even I don\’t get a free copy and while she\’s VERY reasonable it\’s not feasible or affordable enough for me to do so.  Trust me when I say that I\’m not making a killing off of them, because I assure you I am not.

I would have to sell them for considerably more ($30-35.00 each) to make any real money.  This is just a side project I did because I could and I don\’t feel that it\’s right to ass rape people for a crappy book full of pretty pictures and little to no use-able content.  I would sell it for cost, however it\’s for my charity to raise money for our not for profit status and some of it will be going directly to suicide related not for profit foundations as well.

Here\’s a shot of the cover!

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So if you don\’t live in Montreal and would like a copy, please e-mail ASAP so we can work out payment details and I will have it shipped in time for Christmas!  I Do have a pay-pal account, accept money transfers and if those methods don\’t work, we can discuss it!

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Random updates!

I\’m too stressed out and far too distracted to write a \”real\” entry.  Although I have been a bit of a slacker so let me fill you in super quick!

I\’m still fighting with the post office.

I went to CHOM\’S uber exclusive, invitation only Hell-O-Ween party which was freaking awesome!  I\’ll add some of my own images in a minute.

I got my butt tattooed!  A super cute Halloween themed Dracula type bat on my right cheek.  I WILL have pictures when it\’s healed.  Because I know you all want to see it.

My friend Paul is getting MARRIED!  To a super hot cop none the less!  YAY for gay marriages being legal in Canada!  I bought him this book that Tracy mentioned and as Paul pointed out, it didn\’t work 😉  We got a pretty good laugh out of that one!

Although in not so happy news, I feel like I\’m playing where\’s Pete?  You know the real life version of Where\’s Waldo? Except the person your searching for isn\’t named Waldo.  I\’m getting kind of worried…  We had dinner plans on Friday that were canceled out due to Pete having some personal distress.  So we settled on Sunday instead, I said I would text him while I was getting my butt tattooed and we would settle on a time.  Except I haven\’t heard from him since. 🙁

Which is rather un-usual since it\’s not like him to miss dinner, least of all one of my dinners.

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It\’s not like I keep tabs on him, because I don\’t.  We each have our own lives.  Except that it\’s like he\’s dropped off the face of the planet and you know the thought of filling a missing persons report actually has crossed my mind.  As neurotic as that sounds, I am starting to worry about him. A lot.  It\’s making me break out in hives 🙁

Halloween was pretty epic!  Check it out:

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TATTOO MANIA!

Oh before I get on with the whole tattoo thing…

In case anyone wants to purchase my book, I advise you to wait 🙂  I\’m trying to get in touch with a publishing company based out of North Bay, ON and they\’re FAR more reasonable then blurb is.  I like blurb, it gave me total creative control, but when I got my book I was a little dissapointed in the total overall execution of it all.  So I\’ll keep you all posted when I get that all worked out my dear friends and foundation supporters!

Anyway, here\’s a quick pictorial of my slightly scabby tattoos.  I\’ve been waiting for decent weather to get outdoor shots because my camera is a piece of crap from being dropped too many times and just not so new anymore.  I\’m curious to see what everyone\’s thoughts on them are before I go and explain them all 🙂

I would now, but the family is leaving tomorrow (Thank you God!) I love them, but I really, really want MY space back all to myself you know?  I live in a small-ish one bedroom apt so space is at a premium and I would give my left leg & arm to have a guest room when company is here!