Signed, Sealed Delivered!!
So, we've done it gang! My little graphic novel has FINALLY been sent off to the Copyright Office and shipped off with 2 day shipping! Why the rush you ask? Well, I can't print any more books until I can officially add the copyright page to my book--I realized this in the middle of printing my second--official copy. You see, so far I have printed four books, all to varying degrees of faultlessness, I'll show you what I mean later....but oops kind of went on off on a tangent there lets head back to our main point of today's discussion--therefore, I threw my long coat over my glue stricken pajamas, hopped in a cab, and sent off my stuff to the Copyright Office!
The only thing I'm slightly concerned about is the address to which I mailed my book to. You see after registering my work electronically, I received a shipping slip that told me to mail my book to:
U.S. Copyright Office- Materials Control and Analysis Division-VA
101 Independence Avenue SE Washington, DC 20540
But when I was haphazardly trying to confirm the address, just to calm the anxious thoughts, the address I saw on the homepage was a little different:
Library of Congress
Copyright Office-VA
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20559-6000
See my need for concern?
THE WHOLE ZIPCODE IS DIFFERENT!! AND THE ADRESSEE IS DIFFERENT AS WELL!
EGAD!!!
AND! I do have a receipt, it's supposed to arrive on Monday. I'm good, I'm good. Also, me being the me that I am, you can best believe that I will be checking the status of my copyright application every so often (perhaps every hour on the hour). Hey! Can you blame me, this is my baby. I started working on this project 3 years ago, and so shipping it off today kind of feels like I'm sending my kid off to college....
****I currently do not have any children, but one day I hope to!****
With all that said, I am moving on, this is supposed to be a happy post :) and I am extremely happy. As I told my uber driver today, it really is a series of baby steps that is leading up to a brighter tomorrow. Truly, I don't know what the future holds, or if anyone will want to buy my book, especially since after much discussion with it will be priced at a whopping $40.00. And that's not being negative it's just me being realistic. Nonetheless, I'm working on being optimistic, and now that the copyright aspect is handled, I can start thinking of making Apples, Bananas, and Neurons merchandise to promote and accompany the book!
Until Next Time!
