Early peek at big book announcement.

​By Zach Hively

Early peek at big book announcement.If you can *bear* it!Zach Hively

Okay okay okay, I have some big news a long time coming, and I don’t want to bury the lede, except to say that I appreciate you all SO MUCH for subscribing to my writings here that I want you to be the VERY FIRST to know:

I have a new book coming out.It’s called Call Me Zach Hively Because That Is My Name. It will come out in September of this year. And it looks beautiful, thanks to designer supreme Hayley Kirkman.

Call Me Zach Hively is a collection of Fool’s Gold columns, edited (yes, the columns are really edited! if you can believe it!) to fix all the things I realized I could have done better the first time. These have never all appeared in one place before, so if you have always read me exclusively in the Durango Telegraph or the New Mexico Mercury or the Four Corners Free Press or in the john, you’ll find new things here.\

My publisher, Casa Urraca Press, and I are also trying something new (for us) with this book. We’re going to be launching it on Kickstarter, which means a lot of things for you: you’ll have a chance at early advance reader copies (ARCs) of the book, exclusive hardcover editions, and getting your name ruined celebrated in the book itself.

I’m going to announce this book & the Kickstarter launch to the general public soon. But like I said, I want to let you know first, because you care enough to subscribe. (Thank you, mil gracias, and dankeschön — endlessly.)
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What can I do to get my copy & support your awesomeness?Great question! You can:

• Check out the Kickstarter page. Click on the “Notify me on launch” button and log into (or sign up for) Kickstarter. (It’s free, and I’ve found Kickstarter is really good at sending you only the emails you ask for.) This helps tell the algorithm that Call Me Zach Hively is a popular project that should be amplified. And this is a MASSIVE help in connecting with new readers.
• Tell your friends how much you enjoy my writing (if you do) (and even if you don’t) and point them to this here Substack. You can do this on social media, but it’s far more meaningful if you do it in person or with a personal text.
• Be one of the first to pledge support when the project launches at the beginning of April. Backers get to choose their tier of support, along with what they receive for it — including ebooks, printed books, signed books, and other exceptional goodies. Early support can help boost exposure and find other supporters.
• Keep reading your emails from me. I will share excerpts from the book and updates on how & when to get involved. (Including the general public announcement, which will be a lot like this email, only later.)

A little slice o’ historyEvery book is a journey. This one, no less so. Some of you have been pestering me for literal years, asking when this book will come out. “Soon!” I say, which, in cosmic time, has been very true.

But frankly, it has been a while. I finished the first complete draft of this book more than six years ago. I holed up with my dog Wally in an Airbnb in Albuquerque between Christmas and New Year’s Eve to finish it off. And then I printed it. And then I awaited my fame, fortune, and riches.

But it turns out, you have to actually get the book published to have even a SHOT at fame, fortune, and riches. So even though it’s taken more than 15% of my life to get from draft to book, we’re here.

And frankly, I wouldn’t be here without those of you who let me know you laughed, or that you barfed, or that you thought I gave it a good effort. Especially those of you who kept asking when this book was coming.

This exists because of — and for — all of you.
And for that, you have my gratitude.

Zach
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Check out the Kickstarter here!
© 2024 Zach Hively
PO Box 1119, Abiquiú, NM 87510
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