Revising "Happy"

For the last few weeks I have been revising my completed manuscript, I Just Want To Be Happy. It is a minor revision--just trimming a few words here and there. Today I saved a new file as "I Just Want to Be Happy, June 2013 and saved it to my hard drive as well as two thumb drives. Tomorrow I will take it to Kinkos and get five copies of the whole manuscript, just in case someone wants one. I will also give one to Glenda, who has agreed to edit it for me.

In a beautiful summer solstice celebration meditation this afternoon it became clear to me that I should discuss the book at the Wildacres conference and listen to Glenda's suggestions and then self-publish the book myself, using Amazon's Create Space, using the name Tom's Run Press. The publication and related digital platform will have to wait until the January break, since the fall semester is starting so quickly, but at least I know what I will do.

When I was young I was in a group that helped maintain a shelter on the Appalachian Trail named Tom's Run. Later in life I had a pet box turtle named Tom. I was very sad when he ran away. Both events lead me to the name Tom's Run. I'll need a good illustrator to make the logo.

I will have a lot of writing time on retreat. That could be for the English text, the mass media book, or the novel. Finishing the English book would be the most responsible choice, I suppose, but my heart is heading toward the mass media.