What all of this glosses over is a lie. I’ve been framing up a journey for all of you to join me on—one that hopefully leads all the way from an unpublished work of long-form fiction to a book you can purchase and hold in your hands. The truth, however, is that I’ve already written a book that exists in physical form. It’s been in print for almost 23 years and it’s called The Copiers. It follows a young boy named Riley who is surprised to learn that his entire first grade class (including the teacher) has begun to dress like him, act like him, and even respond to his name. To make amends for misleading you, my dear audience, I’m publishing pictures of it in full below, with some commentary. Unfortunately there’s only one copy, so if you’d like to purchase it, you’ll have to pay up bigtime. Feel free to email me directly with your bid.
Keep in mind that I was not only the writer, but the illustrator here. Multi-talented.
Mrs. Igotagotobafroom. Classic! Also note the first-person plural in the last sentence here. Is the narrator in this class?? (No.)
Mrs. Igo speaks, she pipes, she grunts. She is a very expressive teacher.
Of course. Hadn’t we been sending our trash into space for a while already?
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Is this story about the total lack of awareness children have around the burden parents carry to keep a household running, or a genius scientist with too much time on his hands?
Nobody?
Honestly, Riley got off pretty light for sending a bunch of children to the far reaches of the solar system. But I have to say I’m proud of this for reaching a mostly satisfying conclusion and for generally being a coherent narrative.
This is a real book. You can tell because there’s a bio at the end. Shoutout to the cat I grew up with. That is just some info on my life!
The first review is written on the inside cover. A very positive one, as you can see. And if you really squint, you can make out that the + is actually pencil, not blue pen. I added it myself, because I have my own back.
Anyway. Bidding starts at $1,000,000.
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This is great Victor. It highlights your creativity and humor at an early age. My two cents: work in the names Riley and Igo somewhere in your novel. It will make a great backstory when published.
This is great Victor. It highlights your creativity and humor at an early age. My two cents: work in the names Riley and Igo somewhere in your novel. It will make a great backstory when published.
Cool. Glad that dad scientist was able to deliver !