Books, books, books...

I mentioned before that in lieu of my dreams to start a bookstore, I would start slow, real slow. My first thought was that I could start buying books at yard sales and such. Friday, my wife and I went to a church sale. They said that the story was that one of their parishioners died, and left behind his mystery book collection. Well, I bought the whole thing. I mean, this guy was serious. As far as I can tell, he has(d) the complete Agatha Christie. She wrote over one hundred books. If I remember right it is closer to two hundred, but that might not be right either.

Anyway, I paid $1.50 a box, and bought 18 boxes, all of it. This gentleman really kept his books in good shape. Carla and I discussed it, and some of the sets will sell on e-bay. And what doesn’t sell on e-bay will go to the book/yard sale. If you want a mystery book pre 2000, I just might have it. It is pretty cool. There are a few more books other than mystery books. There are some reference books that will make a great addition to my own collection. That is one of the bonus’ of book buying, other than the prophet we will be making off of them.

Now I need some romance books. The good news is that the Boyd County Library is selling a used romance paperback collection of 12 books for a $1.00. I can sell them at my yard sale for $.25 each, or 5 for $1.00. That is doubling my money (or near to there). I know that this is a slow start, but you need to start somewhere sometime.

Meanwhile, I’m still working on finishing J&tM16. I’m doing three, maybe four, short shorts for it. They will be sequential in order; meaning that each section will have on of these short shorts, and they will be telling a continuing story. So, perhaps sequential wasn’t the right word, but I’m pretty sure it is. Perhaps you know one better (rsvp)? One of my illustrations is Jesus (or the worldly image of Christ made by artist in the early millennia) holding a 9MM pointing off canvas. In the back ground is the three crosses of Calvary, and the center one is empty with a ladder on it. Do I want to put this on the front cover, or opposite to the “Hate on the Run” IN the book? Obviously with the title and this illustration I want to make an impact first impression, but I also don’t want it to really make many people mad. Is the illustration too much for the cover? Oh, you know what, I just had a new image pop in my head. I am going to go get it out now before it gets away. Till next time!