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I don’t know Ms. Rachel personally, but I admire her commitment to doing what is right and bringing positivity into this world. She puts children first and speaks up for what she believes in. Some people are trying to twist the narrative and portray her as being on the wrong side of history. I believe she is on the right side. Ms. Rachel is a much-needed bright light in a dark world. I hope she keeps using her voice to speak up for the voiceless and marginalized. Keep going, Ms. Rachel. We love what you’re doing! We need you! Thank you!
This book is dedicated to you, Ms. Rachel. This book is about happiness and you bring happiness to the world. Thank you, Ms. Rachel. Keep fighting! Don’t change!
NO AI WAS USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PROJECT. Happyland was self-published in 2017.
Happyland is the first book I created with the intention of getting it published. I was younger, naïve, and idealistic. I remember exactly where it began: a creative writing class at Western Washington University more than fifteen years ago. I wrote the first draft and didn’t think much of it. It was an assignment. Something to finish and turn in. But then it grew into something else, and I started believing it could turn into something worthwhile. I didn’t fully understand the rigid traditional publishing process. I created something that I truly believed in. I thought I was being proactive by putting together a fully completed project. I thought I was giving this story its best chance. This was my first book, and I was impatient. I kept getting rejected by publishers and agents. I didn’t want to wait. I was seeking validation, and I kept getting rejected. I thought it was me. It put me in a bad spot. My dream was to walk into a bookstore and see it on a shelf. That never happened.
I hired an editor, Kelli Agodon, and found an awesome illustrator on Craigslist, of all places. His name was Anthony Resto. I went the self-publishing route, and nothing much came of it. Life moved along. Time moved in a hurry, and here we are. I will always have a sentimental attachment to Happyland. It was the first time I took something out of my imagination and watched it come alive on the page. Creativity is the way I try to process the world. Things didn’t turn out the way I wanted, but Happyland still means something to me. It never got what I think it deserved. A lot of that falls on me because my depression didn’t mesh well with promoting a book about happiness.
I don’t know Ms. Rachel personally, but I admire her commitment to doing what is right and bringing positivity into this world. She puts children first and speaks up for what she believes in. Some people are trying to twist the narrative and portray her as being on the wrong side of history. I believe she is on the right side. Ms. Rachel is a much-needed bright light in a dark world. I hope she keeps using her voice to speak up for the voiceless and marginalized. Keep going, Ms. Rachel. We love what you’re doing! We need you! Thank you!
This book is dedicated to you, Ms. Rachel. This book is about happiness and you bring happiness to the world. Thank you, Ms. Rachel. Keep fighting! Don’t change!
NO AI WAS USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PROJECT. Happyland was self-published in 2017.
Happyland is the first book I created with the intention of getting it published. I was younger, naïve, and idealistic. I remember exactly where it began: a creative writing class at Western Washington University more than fifteen years ago. I wrote the first draft and didn’t think much of it. It was an assignment. Something to finish and turn in. But then it grew into something else, and I started believing it could turn into something worthwhile. I didn’t fully understand the rigid traditional publishing process. I created something that I truly believed in. I thought I was being proactive by putting together a fully completed project. I thought I was giving this story its best chance. This was my first book, and I was impatient. I kept getting rejected by publishers and agents. I didn’t want to wait. I was seeking validation, and I kept getting rejected. I thought it was me. It put me in a bad spot. My dream was to walk into a bookstore and see it on a shelf. That never happened.
I hired an editor, Kelli Agodon, and found an awesome illustrator on Craigslist, of all places. His name was Anthony Resto. I went the self-publishing route, and nothing much came of it. Life moved along. Time moved in a hurry, and here we are. I will always have a sentimental attachment to Happyland. It was the first time I took something out of my imagination and watched it come alive on the page. Creativity is the way I try to process the world. Things didn’t turn out the way I wanted, but Happyland still means something to me. It never got what I think it deserved. A lot of that falls on me because my depression didn’t mesh well with promoting a book about happiness.
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