Paper Copy

If you're like me, and you like to collect physical copies of books and display them on shelves to pretend like you're way smarter than you are, then you'll be excited to know that Rish Outfield now has a new book available in a physical copy. It's going to be so great to get one. People will think I'm smart enough to actually understand the intricacies and themes in these fancy story books. You can get them in paperback, hardcover, and eBook. I'm sure they will also eventually be available in audio, but that's always a big and difficult process, so it'll be a little in the future.

I mention Rish's book on my blog because...well, we're friends, but also, I had a big hand in creating the book. I helped him get the thing formatted, designed, edited, and so forth. So, the better it does, the better I feel about myself. And trust me, I could use a reason to feel good about myself. 

The book is a collection of the first five stories in the Lara and the Witch series, namely:

• "Like a Good Neighbor"
• "You're in Good Hands"
• "Made Just for You"
• "The People We Touch"
• "Here to Help"
  

It also includes a short little piece of flash fiction Rish wrote in which Widow Holcomb goes to a parent-teacher conference with Lara's teacher. That one is called:

• "A Short Interlude"

He also wrote author's notes for all the stories and a new introduction that starts the book off. It's really just too much. The guy is a prince to give you so much, amiright? For a little preview of what you get, here's the cover it comes with:

The book also has several illustrations inside, which is a new thing that we haven't tried in any of our books yet. I was thinking of doing it for my short story collections, but I never did pull the trigger on it, so this is the big debut! Here's a couple of the pictures you get.

Wouldn't you love to own a book with snazzy pictures like that inside? That's right. I said snazzy. I bet you haven't heard that word in twenty years.

Anyway, I figured I'd come on here and trumpet a little about Rish's book, because I know that he won't. Not that my added voice does a lot to amplify the message, but maybe one person that wouldn't have known about his book otherwise will, and that should be good enough, shouldn't it?