Blog: Ramblings and Rants

I have to call my mother and tell her she wasn’t full of it.

I just got an e-mail from a magazine editor complimenting my ability to write humorously in a how-to article to appear in her publication. Humor, she notes, is a very difficult writing style to pull off.

As I told the editor in response, I’m always worried that my mother lied to me and that I’m really not funny. So, now that I’ve gotten this independent validation, I have to call my mom and begrudgingly admit that she really wasn’t full of it all these years.

I wonder what else she was right about. I wonder if this also means I really am the most handsome boy in the world…

This entire evening and well into the night I’ve been playing international detective, trying to track down a Polish girl.

Here’s what I know so far:

While cruising Amazon.com I ran across this interesting little book entitled Adobe Illustrator CS2 At Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job. The author is Pariah S. Burke.

My first book—on Amazon now!

I was floored! I’m still a little speechless. Do all authors go through this the first time they see their books in a bookstore?

Yes, this is my book. Sam’s Publishing didn’t get the author’s name wrong, nor is there another Pariah S. Burke out there (I’ve never met another Pariah, let alone one that shares my middle initial and last name). I’m just… speechless.

The most interesting part, is that I found the Amazon listing while taking a break from actually writing that book. I’m not finished with it yet, but it’s for sale on Amazon! Holy timewarps, Batman! I recognize that the book industry, like the software and many other industries, pre-sell their products. But, well, it’s my name up there—and I had no warning that it was there for sale. Holy cow!

So, now that it’s officially announced, I suppose I can officially talk about it. And I will, just not at the moment ’cause I’m not making much sense right now.