Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: jcassity on December 02, 2008, 07:46:51 PM
About the Book On a beautiful spring evening a strangely colored walnut cracks open and two little emerald green eyes take their first peek at the big world. Named by the wind, Fiddlebug's adventures begin with a hungry tummy and a lot of questions about what he might be. Finding the answers brings the little creature parents who love him, two best friends and more than enough fun to keep them all happy through the warm months.
About the Author Brittney Cassity lives in West Virginia where she and her husband homeschool their two sons. After years of writing for fun and family, she has decided to jump into the professional writing and illustrating waters by sending Fiddlebug, her favorite character, out into the world in print.
Free Preview Once upon a time, when the world was younger (with not so many roads and a whole lot more trees) there was a fairy named Sophie who had allergies. Daffodil pollen always made her sneeze so hard that her little fairy toes almost touched her tiny fairy nose and pixy dust flew through the air like a cloud of rainbow sparkles.
This story isn’t really about this pretty little fairy, but it’s all about the adventures that happened because of one of her sneezes.
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: massCougarxr7 on December 02, 2008, 08:58:23 PM
thats awesome man... i never knew she was an author? how long has she been "public?"
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Post by: 20th anny 5.o on December 02, 2008, 09:11:11 PM
That is cool man my great aunt wrote a book about Chow dogs at one point. My grand father on my moms side also wrote a book about debate i believe.
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: jcassity on December 02, 2008, 10:26:09 PM
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thats awesome man... i never knew she was an author? how long has she been "public?"
ohh,, about 5 hours!!
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: *MAYHEM* on December 03, 2008, 05:01:53 PM
Doesn't look like a fiddlebug on the cover. Looks more like a dragon. That alone scores points in my book. Tell her I said Congrats and welcome to the club.;)
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Post by: vinnietbird on December 03, 2008, 05:24:42 PM
SPAM !!! SPAM !!!! Just kidding.LOL.I'm proud for you and your wife.Mostly her for doing all the work.I hope she gets uber rich one day.Maybe if she does,she'll give you an allowance for the cars.Congrats.
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Post by: shame302 on December 03, 2008, 06:05:07 PM
Wow! Thats really awesome. I think im going to pick up a copy for our kids.
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Post by: EricCoolCats on December 03, 2008, 07:05:57 PM
Awesome, Scott! Just ordered a copy...that will be the perfect Christmas gift for someone I know. After I read it, of course. ;)
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Post by: massCougarxr7 on December 03, 2008, 09:38:27 PM
lmfao sry should have read more closely... congrats!!!!!!
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Post by: mjbtbrd on December 03, 2008, 10:57:14 PM
That is cool....................congrats to her
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Post by: jcassity on December 04, 2008, 12:43:55 AM
Hey everyone,, thanks for all the props for the wife. I wasnt trying to sell it or anything,, i am just so happy for her. she told me to tell people that she hasnt gotten her copy yet so if anyone beats her to it, if there are problems, she will take care of you.
her email is.. revisedelf@yahoo.com or call the phone on my diy link.
Actually, last night I talked to her while i was in Ft Wayne and asked if she can edit the intro to include alittle more of the beginning of the book.
Just so you guys know, fiddlebug was an orfan so to speak born from a tree who got adopted and had many different types of friends.
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Post by: jcassity on December 04, 2008, 12:47:55 AM
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Awesome, Scott! Just ordered a copy...that will be the perfect Christmas gift for someone I know. After I read it, of course. ;)
Thank you Eric, please let her know what you think. The book is sort of addicting though, it was an on going bed time story for us boys over the past 3 years. Brit would read us up to where she had written and it was almost like the show "LOST",,,,,,,when will there be more!!!
Finally,
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Post by: oldraven on December 04, 2008, 06:54:02 AM
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Thank you Eric, please let her know what you think. The book is sort of addicting though, it was an on going bed time story for us boys over the past 3 years. Brit would read us up to where she had written and it was almost like the show "LOST",,,,,,,when will there be more!!!
Finally,
That's great! I've been wanting to do the same thing for Coira and Seamus. I even planned to name two of my kids after characters from a book I started writing when I was 14, but that was voted out by the Reeves family Parliament. :hick: Coira loves books, and dragons, and even more, books about dragons, so Santa might bring her a copy this Christmas. ;) It's funny, but Angela was trying to convince me to start writing for real, this morning. If I channelled the number of words I type online in a day into one place, I would probably have a novel written by the summer. :p
Tell the wife that I like what I see in that snippet. It naturally rolls off of the tongue when reading it out loud, and looks to be pretty quirky too. Something for the parents. (not so many roads and a lot more trees)
Congratulations Brittney.
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Post by: irv on December 04, 2008, 07:38:19 AM
dreams do come true. congratulations to yourwife.
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Post by: jcassity on December 04, 2008, 10:25:51 AM
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That's great! I've been wanting to do the same thing for Coira and Seamus. I even planned to name two of my kids after characters from a book I started writing when I was 14, but that was voted out by the Reeves family Parliament. :hick: Coira loves books, and dragons, and even more, books about dragons, so Santa might bring her a copy this Christmas. ;) It's funny, but Angela was trying to convince me to start writing for real, this morning. If I channelled the number of words I type online in a day into one place, I would probably have a novel written by the summer. :p
Tell the wife that I like what I see in that snippet. It naturally rolls off of the tongue when reading it out loud, and looks to be pretty quirky too. Something for the parents. (not so many roads and a lot more trees)
Congratulations Brittney.
its odd how things work out,, you were just discussing writting a book and along comes this. Author house is a great deal so far. We have 850 dollars into it. for that you get 20 copies Boarders listing Amazon listing another big name listing 19% royalty ISBN number a project manager
and a buch of other things to get it out to the public.
Authorhouse does a whole lot more and has several packages. I would give it a shot if i were you. Thank you for the kind words,, i can post up a bigger intro if anyone likes,, I have the txt file on my computer.
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Post by: V8Demon on December 04, 2008, 10:29:51 AM
Ordered ;)
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: jcassity on December 04, 2008, 01:05:54 PM
wow,, i am humbled. Thanks everyone,
sneak preview..... the words following the intro
On an especially warm and sunny spring day, Sophie the fairy was fluttering through the woods looking for something to do. She was chasing sunbeams through a walnut grove and not paying much attention to where she was going when she happened upon a beautiful meadow filled with lovely yellow daffodils. Quick as a flash her nose started twitching and her eyes began itching and way deep down in her middle she felt the biggest sneeze you can imagine beginning to take shape. She rushed as fast as she could back into the trees trying to escape the horrible feeling, but it was too late. She tried with all her might to hold it back with a finger under her nose. She even held her breath until her eyes started to water, but sneezes have a way of finding their way out no matter what we do, and out hers came. She sneezed so hard that her feet went right over her head and she did six or seven back flips in the air, fairy dust flying in sparkling clouds all around her. Once she recovered enough to fly again she brushed herself off in a rather pouty way and stuck her tongue out at the sneaky sunbeams that had tricked her into going so close to her most dreaded flower. Then off she went without another thought in search of some new game to play. However, her fairy dust was still floating gently towards the ground and one tiny grain found it’s way to a walnut tree where it settled and tricked the plant into forming a walnut around it. As the walnut grew, strange things began to happen with it. To begin with, it was never brown. Instead it was colored lime green with deep emerald creases. It also moved slightly every now and again even when there was no breeze to help it. All in all it was a very strange nut and the tree was a little worried about it. As soon as it could the tree shook it off and the strange thing fell to the ground with a PLOP! Through a day and a night the nut lay where it had fallen. When the sun grew warm again it began to quiver. As the day went on the quivering turned into a jittering and finally as the last sunbeams slid away for the night, it cracked.
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: jcassity on December 06, 2008, 12:18:36 AM
ahhh,,,
and she decides to get her site up and running with a ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,FREE PREVIEW OF CHAPTER ONE:bowdown: http://authortree.com/fiddlebugsforest/Preview%20Book/2377254
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: shame302 on December 06, 2008, 02:40:20 AM
cant wait for it to get here! i had it sent in my 2 daughters names, i know they will love it. they love books.
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Post by: CustomT on December 07, 2008, 12:47:20 PM
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ahhh,,,
and she decides to get her site up and running with a ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,FREE PREVIEW OF CHAPTER ONE:bowdown: http://authortree.com/fiddlebugsforest/Preview%20Book/2377254
That's great!!! Congragts to your wife. I just let my grandaughter read the preview and she wants a copy of the book, so I will get her one. She also wants to know if the author will sign it for her? I said I would ask.
This is awesome, I am very happy for your wife, I hope she continues to write more books and more Fiddlebug adventures.
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: oldraven on December 07, 2008, 05:54:30 PM
I'm very interested in that signed copy as well. I just went through the checkout and saw shipping was $17.44. I wonder what the shipping would be, if I had it shipped to you guys, signed, then you ship it to us. I want a copy, but $31.39 is a big number. ;)
How expensive is shipping to Goshen, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, B0H 1M0?
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Post by: cougarcragar on December 07, 2008, 07:25:08 PM
Very cool. Any plans for a series of books?
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Post by: jcassity on December 08, 2008, 12:40:40 AM
Im gonna let brit jump in on the next post. Any of you can call us about this at 304 772 4082 and dont worry about time zone stuff either.
Brit wants to thank everyone and pass along some information about the complications of how we get around shipping.
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: jcassity on December 08, 2008, 01:15:57 AM
Hello to All! This is Brittney, Scott's wife. First let me thank everyone for all of your support and well wishes! You are all so wonderful! Scott mentioned that there are some shipping issues going on with a couple of orders. This is most likely because I didn't receive my copy to double check and okay until Saturday and have to wait until Monday (tomorrow) to call the publisher and let them know I'm happy and that they can print for other people. If there is some other reason I'll find out and pass the info on to Scott. I also hear that some of you would be interrested in signed copies. I'm planning on placing a bulk order tomorrow so I can have copies on hand for a couple of signings I have coming up, so if it would work out better for you I would be happy to take your order personally and send from here. If you happen to be out of country, we will be happy to cover any shipping costs above what everyone else on the site has already paid to keep things fair to those who have already purchased and reasonable for anyone wishing to have a copy (plus, you guys here are special;) ). I believe the magic number is $17.95 for book and shipping. Please let Scott know if I'm wrong on that. Probably the best way to place your order with me is to send your request - or any questions you have for me - to my e-mail at revisedelf@yahoo.com so you can let me know the specifics of who I'm signing to. If you'd rather you can also order through the site and have it shipped here to be signed and then we can ship it to you (we will cover shipping from here to your address if you go with that option so you don't have to pay double to the post office.) I'd better turn this back over to him so he doesn't worry that I'm going to try to "steal his people" LOL. Thanks again! Brit p.s. I actually had to split my origional book in half for print cost reasons, so the second book will be out at some point. I'm hoping to start editing and revisions after the new year...so yes, there is a sort of series in the works.
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Post by: jcassity on December 09, 2008, 12:39:47 AM
for mulitiple books ordered from brit directly, she will just weigh them and just price it like that. she wanted me to cover this since there are a couple who want more than one book. Obviously shipping will decrease per capita on more than one book. One book might cost us 2.50 to ship while 3 might only cost 4 dollars.
just fyi to you all, the price for one book is what her site check out says for one book. if you order 2 books, then im sure it wont be 17.95x2. more like 34even or whatever you and her come up with.
OLD RAVEN,, your a special case and we are going to absorb the huge shipping on that one,, no biggie ok? I told brit theres no sense in that shipping,, Besides, you are her first international customer:bowdown: Just get with brit, have her ship you one for 17.95 ,,okdoky?
anyhoo,,,,,, I was also told to let you all know that today she confirmed her book is ready for release. Today is the day authorhouse will accept orders so there should be some movement on line with your orders now. We were told this is the first time they had orders for a book that wasnt actuall up for sale real time ever. They did not expect brit to have her website up that quickly so that was part of the so called problem. Shes just good like that:D
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Post by: oldraven on December 09, 2008, 06:28:35 AM
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OLD RAVEN,, your a special case and we are going to absorb the huge shipping on that one,, no biggie ok? I told brit theres no sense in that shipping,, Besides, you are her first international customer:bowdown: Just get with brit, have her ship you one for 17.95 ,,okdoky?
Wow. Thanks to you both! Are you sure? That shipping is more than the cost of the book. Maybe we can split the difference? I don't want to see you guys lose money on my account.
Either way, I'll email Brittney my shipping info and we can work it out over that exchange.
Thanks again, Brittney and Scott, (she goes first because she wrote the book :hick: ), and Merry Christmas!
Title: Fiddlebug
Post by: jcassity on December 16, 2008, 09:23:15 PM
for those who ordered on line, pls update me or brit with your shipping status / online status.
brit has recieved 150 books and is shipping them out to those of you who emailed her directly for a signed copy.
pls let us know the condition and appearance of yoru book pls.
thank you
V/R
scott
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Post by: jcassity on December 16, 2008, 09:25:09 PM
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That's great!!! Congragts to your wife. I just let my grandaughter read the preview and she wants a copy of the book, so I will get her one. She also wants to know if the author will sign it for her? I said I would ask.
This is awesome, I am very happy for your wife, I hope she continues to write more books and more Fiddlebug adventures.
stephs book can be mailed out when you hook brit up with the ship to address.
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Post by: EricCoolCats on December 16, 2008, 11:35:20 PM
Scott, I just got mine today. Haven't had time to read all of it but it's good so far. :)
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Post by: jcassity on December 18, 2008, 05:43:04 PM
Good news Eric!! does it look good?
Old Raven Your shipping was only $3.61,,, so your good on the $17.95 price. I was amazed.
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Post by: shame302 on December 18, 2008, 09:02:49 PM
Ours arrived tonight. The girls will open it in the morning. they should be stoked!
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Post by: EricCoolCats on December 18, 2008, 10:05:37 PM
Yes, it looks great!
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Post by: oldraven on December 20, 2008, 03:05:33 PM
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Good news Eric!! does it look good?
Old Raven Your shipping was only $3.61,,, so your good on the $17.95 price. I was amazed.
Oh, excellent! I'm glad that worked out. Ange picked up the MO yesterday, and we got your address on our home PC. Coira doesn't know about it yet. It may get here in time to be a stocking stuffer. She's going to be very excited to get her first chapter book. As it is now, she'll bring you three or four to read to her at once. She's way beyond those, if you ask me.
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Post by: jcassity on December 20, 2008, 08:06:47 PM
just so everyone knows,,
Brit said she regrets not putting in an authors note.
She would like everyone to know the book is designed to be read at night as a bed time story. what this means is that everytime fiddle bug takes a nap or goes to sleep, thats the end of when a parent reads.
This is meant to be a short ongoing fiddle bug experience for busy moms and dads who want to read to thier child.
If you get someone else to buy one, please mention this. THe book itself looks to contain a lot of words for a "childrens book", but it is well worth what the price is.
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Post by: jcassity on December 20, 2008, 08:10:35 PM
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Oh, excellent! I'm glad that worked out. Ange picked up the MO yesterday, and we got your address on our home PC. Coira doesn't know about it yet. It may get here in time to be a stocking stuffer. She's going to be very excited to get her first chapter book. As it is now, she'll bring you three or four to read to her at once. She's way beyond those, if you ask me.
Its not a singe chapter but multiple. The book had to be cut in half due to the cost of printing. This makes it a very good opportunity for brit because the second half is already written and most illustrations are done.
so far 40 have been sold.
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Post by: jcassity on March 06, 2010, 02:37:19 PM
I know a lot of you here would like to publish your own book and the wife found another resource for publishing.
http://www.48hrbooks.com Location- Akron Ohio Here they simply print what you supply,, your in total control.
You can also (as suggested in the site), purchase a block of ISBN numbers (10) for 275 bux. Puts you in further control.
http://www.isbn.org
Fiddlebug part 2 is complete but not printed,, illustrations not done.
good stuff, another book should give birth soon called "clyde"
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Post by: oldraven on March 06, 2010, 04:12:46 PM
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I know a lot of you here would like to publish your own book and the wife found another resource for publishing.
http://www.48hrbooks.com Location- Akron Ohio Here they simply print what you supply,, your in total control.
You can also (as suggested in the site), purchase a block of ISBN numbers (10) for 275 bux. Puts you in further control.
http://www.isbn.org
Fiddlebug part 2 is complete but not printed,, illustrations not done.
good stuff, another book should give birth soon called "clyde"
Awesome. Ange wanted me to ask you last week if part 2 was ready yet. Coira really enjoyed it, and it was fun having some sort of continuing story to come back to every night. We started reading The Wind in The Willows awhile back, but the language was so far over Coira's head I had to pause to figure out what they were saying. They spoke a completely different kind of English back then. :D
As for them printing exactly what you supply, I'm not sure I like that idea. It's a lot less work on their part to not have someone editing your books. And trust me, everyone needs an editor. No one knows their bad spelling and grammar until someone shoves it in their face. ;) Is it a lot cheaper, because they're doing a lot less for you?
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Post by: jcassity on March 06, 2010, 04:27:45 PM
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And trust me, everyone needs an editor. No one knows their bad spelling and grammar until someone shoves it in their face. ;) Is it a lot cheaper, because they're doing a lot less for you?
its not that its much cheaper, she paid around 11.90 per book when she bought 150 total plus shipping. the second round of books (50) cost her a lot more per book. Author house is in line with costs , the point here is that you as an author are in more control of all the phases without having to pay more for criteria required by the publisher.
in the case of this new source, its your job to make sure your editing is done and everything is correct prior to thier printing.
i totally get what your saying about grammer though, you pretty much nailed and it is true.
Just yesterday grammer and information flow caused me to spend 5 hours of lost time on a battery monitoring system I was trying to commission (per the manual) just because of the construction of a sentences wording and the mis-use of an adverb.
While on the phone with Phoenix Broadband, i pointed it out without even thinking about what i was actually saying,,,,,,,,as in "your manual is "fugged up". In the Router option of logging in, the manual implied that after step x , i continue to the Telnet access instructions by way of hyperterminal. Yeah, i get it though.
Ill let her know bout part 2. Part 2 will be a small chapter book dealing with one story line called "Craigs Quest for Crysal Cave" where he gets to join in on the treasure / club house. Craig never got to go there because of his dependency to the water. The rest of his friends made sure craig was able to come play to because as you know, a frog will dry out if its not near water.
you can have rough drafts now by emailing revisedelf@yahoo.com.
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Post by: the_intimidator03 on March 06, 2010, 09:14:50 PM
scott. it would be interesting to get the first issue and the 2nd issue when it comes to print. do you still have first issues? the links in the beginning of the post dont exist any more. my girlfriend and I were just talkin about getting the book for her neice. Let me know what stands on that and we can work something out
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Post by: jcassity on March 07, 2010, 12:12:06 AM
the link works,, just click on the authorhouse name,, then enter "fiddlebug" in the box where "titel/auther/isbn" is at.
I just checked it.
or just email brit or call 304 772 4082. she has a few books here still but has a book signing comiing up soon.
this is brits book, so its better to email or call her about it. I just fund it:D
so far,, ive got about 2400 bux into it.
using the 48hr book link will make it about 500bux to get a book in full circulation.