{"id":185,"date":"2008-06-10T19:55:10","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T00:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heroesinrehab.ca\/blog\/2008\/06\/10\/let-the-pimping-begin\/"},"modified":"2008-06-11T20:43:36","modified_gmt":"2008-06-12T01:43:36","slug":"let-the-pimping-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heroesinrehab.ca\/blog\/2008\/06\/10\/let-the-pimping-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the Pimping Begin."},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back, you may remember that I posted<\/a> about a project that peach<\/a> was putting \"you're<\/a>together. It’s a book called “You’re Not the Only One<\/em><\/a>“, and it was put together for a UK – based charity called War Child<\/a> (though there is also a Canadian arm<\/a> of the organization). War Child is a charity that works with children affected by war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. War Child works with former child soldiers, children in prison and children living and working on the streets, giving them support, protection and opportunities. The book – proceeds of which are being donated to the charity – contains content written entirely by bloggers. It’s being published through lulu.com<\/a>, an internet publishing house that does not require payment of any upfront fees (and, incidentally, is one of the enterprises of a certain Bob Young, owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a>, a CFL football team (arguably) about whose exploits you may have occasionally read about here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. See how the Universe is circular, or possibly just slightly warped?).<\/p>\n

Today, I learned that my submission has been chosen for inclusion in the book!<\/p>\n

First, a bit of business: I promised, when I submitted my piece that I would purchase the book (done: two hard copies ordered, one already downloaded), link to peach’s post<\/a> about the book (done: back eyes up four words, please) and pimp the book herein upon publication. Consider it pimped; I have written to peach and hope to shortly get from her some code to put up on the site that makes ordering it easier than going wide on Andy Wozniewski<\/a>; until then, you may order the book by clicking on this link<\/a> and following the instructions that the nice people at lulu have written out for you on their website. Oh, and far be it from me to lay a guilt trip on members of my family to buy the book – just because it’s for such a good cause, and it represents the first demonstrable (albeit limited) proof of literacy within our tribe, I would never….ever….play the guilt trip card and suggest that if they really<\/em> loved me, they’d buy a copy. That would be wrong.<\/p>\n

Now, I recognize that my published legacy to date is not an oeuvre<\/em> whose heft quite approaches the breadth of the collected works of Tolstoy, but it seems to me that – as a published author now – I’ll be needing to make some changes in my life:<\/p>\n