Can I be down to earth for a moment?

After by being rejected by every other outlet - part of me wishes so hard that we had the finances to simply “astroturf” our Scrapbook Hardcover Kickstarter Campaign and buy the perception of endorsement. Thankfully the other part of me respects true grass roots movements and believes in the utmost honesty. Sure, I may create a lot of crazy banners promoting our project - but when it comes right down to it Scrapbook is more than the story of one artist, or one family of artists, it’s the saga of creative individuals everywhere working together for common goals and a common good.

Please burn this book!?

Years ago I was wandering up the main street of Gore Bay when I was stopped by one of my IT clients. She told me about how she had been searching illicit torrent websites and discovered a copy of "my book" and then seemed a little surprised when I greeted the news with a grin.

"Aren't you upset?" she asked.

"Not in the least!" I replied, smiling secretly on the inside at my client's naiveté in offering unsolicited information about private matters.

She remained incredulous until I explained my take on the circumstance, "It thrills me to know that one of my creations is considered worth sharing - in today's world this means that the title has real value - I'm always hoping my content is worth sharing/stealing/copying/pirating or whatever the latest euphemism is."

I then carried on about my town chores.

Later that evening I conduct a little clandestine searching of my own and discovered a single torrent of Chain Mail Jewelry. I never mentioned to my client that I had numerous books and was intensely curious about which one had made the grade.

Of course it was Chain Mail Jewelry - admittedly my most popular title to date.

Today we offer Scrapbook: a story of art as a no-strings-attached free-to-read publication along with links to the hardcover Kickstarter, PDF digital download, Amazon Kindle, GooglePlay - for those who would like to have a memento for helping to keep the story going

But if I ever discovered that the Scrapbook PDF was popular enough to be "stolen" or ended up on a pirate site - well quite frankly I would think that was out of site!

So ya baby, go ahead and try to burn my books!

Do you ever talk to yourself?

Sorry - Affirmations: Collected Works of Irony by Dylon Whyte is currently out-of-print.