An Opportunity to Publish Our Writing

I have my best, and worst ideas at about 4:00 in the morning. The trouble is: I sometimes think that my worst idea is my best idea, and vice versa.

Here's a 4:00 idea from this week that I truly think is a good idea. So, I present it here, for your review and comment.

One of my New Years resolutions for 2021 is to publish some of my writing. My 10 year old son said that it would be nice if I would publish my writing so he could read it when he's older. He never fails to melt my heart.

So, my primary goal is to publish some writing for my children. But, it would be nice to sell a few books too.

Based on my limited experience in retail I know that sales are best at Christmas. But, there are also spikes in sales just before Mother's Day and Father's Day.

What if I, what if we were to publish a compilation of stories, essays, and poetry about parents and parenthood just before mothers Day? I'm thinking that the book could be a mixture of fiction and non-fiction about mothers, fathers, grandparents; about mother figures, father figures; about being a parent; or being a son or daughter? The theme is parenting / parenthood in general.

I'm thinking that this would be a self-published book, and that there would be an agreed upon system for sharing of profits (based on the extent to which each author contributes).

I'm blasting this idea out to a bunch of my followees and followers to determine whether this idea is worth pursuing.

Please comment with:

A Good luck but I'll pass

B - I'm interested, but I need more information before considering further.

C - I'm in! I have some writing ready to submit for consideration. Please message me and we'll discuss.

D - I'm in! I would like to submit some new writing for consideration. Let's discuss your ideas. Please nessage me.

E - You are mistaken. Bad idea.

F - Other (please include your thoughts / comments)

Writing submitted for consideration will be reviewed by myself and a small group of co-editors (yet to be named). I'm sorry but It's likely that we won't be able to include all submissions.

Please note that I'm hoping that the book will represent a wide range of families from "perfect" to completely disfunctional; traditional to non-traditional.

Thanks for considering this idea, and for your responses. Feel free to invite your fellow authors / repost if you like.

Let's see what happens over the next 5-7 days. I'll make a decision whether to proceed with the project by Friday January 22nd, based on responses received.

Thanks!

Chris