IDEA FARMING.
Yesterday on the blog we announced that I wrote a book, and I'd like to say thank you to everyone who has purchased it so far or who plans to at the fair. At a time when all our farm has to sell is our ideas––be it the t-shirts or the book––we're greatly appreciative of the support. You're helping to plant our farm, so thank you.Hannah and I will be moving onto the farm in a week. For keeps. I've been really excited about this fact, but knew it meant I would not have much access to electricity––or free time––over the next six months or so. Not enough to finish editing an entire book. So I decided to divide and conquer, starting with the first third––Book One––which is available now through print copy (and hopefully digital soon). Book Two will be available in the fall, completed when I can steal some time and sleep from myself, and Book Three will be ready the following winter. The books are practically complete now, they just need extensive editing which, for Book One, was graciously provided by Erin Breeding of The Breedings. It would not be the same book without her guidance (thank you, Erin!).I would also like to add how inspired I've been lately by the self-publishing world which, just five or so years ago, would have probably been a pretty hilarious thing to say. But now the quality is great, and the options limitless. For writers like me who write books about how natural wine introduced them to vegetable farming, which suddenly turns into a love story, it just makes sense. Especially when the writer then decides they want to release it in three parts. Self-publishing is just more flexible in that way.Thank you again for you support––you all are amazing. If you have any questions about the book, please let me know!- Jesse.