The book is done. I just sent the manuscript for Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things that Piss Off the Godless to the formatters (the folks who format manuscripts for ebook and print-on-demand self-publishing).
I still have a shit-ton of work to do on this project: setting up accounts with Kindle, etc., creating promo cards, registering the title, some legal stuff with the city, etc. Most of which has to be done in time for the Reason Rally. And, in classically awesome timing, I’m leaving Friday for a week-long speaking tour of Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, and Chicago. (I’ll post tour details soon.) So I won’t be back to my full-on regular blogging and snorking schedule right away. But the actual creation of the book — the writing/ revising/ copy editing/ proofreading/ HTML/ endnotes stuff — that’s done. I will soon have my head out of this bubble, and will have at least one foot back in the land of the living. And I should be back to some sort of blogging by Monday or Tuesday.
Thanks to everyone for your patience. I can’t wait to get back to it.
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Donovanable
February 19, 2012 at 1:13 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Looking forward to it already! Missing out on your posts for a few weeks is going to be totally worth it.
Sam Salerno
February 19, 2012 at 1:41 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Awesome. Your angry Atheist talks are my favorite. Mostly because you are absolutely right about all of it. My guess is that I wont be able to put this book down until I am finished reading it.
Thomas Lawson
February 19, 2012 at 2:58 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Congratulations, Greta! Looking forward to it.
Nathan
February 19, 2012 at 3:12 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes!! You were talking about it when you were in Fayetteville. This is exciting. Can’t wait to read it and hopefully educate some of my theist friends with “polite anger”
fullyladenswallow
February 19, 2012 at 5:43 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This is great news. Looking forward to seeing the winning entry for the book cover also.
Alethea H. Claw
February 19, 2012 at 6:19 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Have you considered posting some kittie pix? Just to keep us from chewing the furniture while you’re busy, you know.
StevoR
February 19, 2012 at 8:31 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Congratulations!
Steve Bowen
February 19, 2012 at 8:43 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
My kindle is ready and waiting…
llewelly
February 19, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Congratulations.
otrame
February 19, 2012 at 11:02 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
We get you back? Awesome. Looking forward to the book. Don’t forget to provide an ePub format for those of us who have iPads (and I think the Nook uses that too). I expect to be able to use the book in the “why does it matter to you, since you don’t believe in god” arguments. I already send people to your speach on the subject.
Ani Sharmin
February 19, 2012 at 11:31 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Congratulations, Greta!
Raphael
February 19, 2012 at 2:01 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hooray! Can’t wait to read it.
Logan Ayliffe
February 19, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hooray! Great job! Do let us know where you wil be speaking!
rodriguez
February 19, 2012 at 3:26 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I am going to buy this! Yay!
'Tis Himself, OM
February 19, 2012 at 5:38 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wednesday for sure. Definitely by Thursday. Friday at the latest…unless something happens.
JesseW
February 19, 2012 at 6:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
(yes, this is a mostly content-free comment, and has been said multiple times by others… never the less:)
Congratulations!
sisu
February 19, 2012 at 8:38 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yep, ePub works on the Nook. Can’t wait for it!
Cynthia
February 19, 2012 at 9:00 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Congrats on almost being finished; cannot wait to be able to read you regularly again! And I’ll be buying that book as soon as possible, so please be sure to share that info with us.
James Croft
February 19, 2012 at 9:49 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Congratulations!
Martyn N Hughes
February 20, 2012 at 7:21 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Well done Greta. It seems like you’ve put a lot of work into your book!
I cannot wait to read it.
Sandy Azancot
February 20, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I will be looking for it on Kindle!
Allen C. Dexter
February 20, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Glad to see this announcement! I have your original article on this subject prominently displayed in my “favorites.” Hopefully, your book will supply some badly needed extra income.
ashleybell
February 20, 2012 at 12:12 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oooh, where in virginia? you guys never come here. (BTW, please say Richmond)
Allienne Goddard
February 20, 2012 at 9:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
That’s great! Congratulations!
sabiolantz
February 21, 2012 at 5:29 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
When I started out blogging about Atheism, I was softer. After a while I saw that religious folks need to understand why we are pissed off and that they are usually clueless about what is obvious to us. I look forward to your book. Thank you.
Besomyka
February 21, 2012 at 11:31 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Woo! Congratulations! I’m sure you will, but let us know when it hits the shelves. I’d love to make sure our local book store – Book People in Austin – has a few copies on hand.
andrea
February 21, 2012 at 2:42 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
look the christians are coming to the rally!
http://www.truereason.org/
yes, they’ll be there with apologetics tracts since they have quite a delusion that we’ve never heard any of their nonsense before
Bill Dauphin, avec fromage
February 21, 2012 at 9:00 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Any hope for an audiobook version? (I can dream, can’t I?)
Eric M. Cherry
February 22, 2012 at 2:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’m looking forward to buying this book!
– emc
LaPlace
February 24, 2012 at 5:36 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Add me to the list awaiting the publishing date.