As basketball legend, Michael Jordan once said, "“Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

At the mo the obstacles, or boulders in my way, involve trying to work out how to raise the money to publish the book affordably and to the high standard I know is an important part of communicating the hope and help mid-lifers need. This means full colour......a very, very expensive option. Hence the mass production of primarily wordy, black and white text books. Personally these do my head in...not enough visual communication. Did you know that 70% of people are visual learners?

The cost to print in New Zealand is huge....55,000 approx for 2000 copies...

so thinking, thinking...how can I afford to do this? Should I strip out images like other books do and just have text...it's not what I want......but one needs to be solution focused before one "accepts defeat"

Spent most of last night trying to figure out how to get over this latest hurdle to publication. Instead of wasting time tossing and turning I got up, turned on the PC checked for emails to see if a contact in China I emailed re a quote to print had emailed me back. Not sure if it was my intuition or my insomnia talking to me but I was thrilled to find a reply.

I was even more thrilled when he told me he can print for $16,000 USD...this is more doable but still a stretch..but doable...

In a moment of added flow Denis Robinson, the author of the New Zealand's Favourite Artists series of books called me last night (which was quite a surprise and very, very generous of him) and shared some helpful tips and contacts I will follow up on. Re a USD edition Max Gimblett has emailed me a helpful contact..so flow is still there...just a few boulders to get around

But where there's a will there's a way. Besides who said it was supposed to be easy? Would be nice if it was but then more people would be threading the same path. Check out the Powerful Creativity Blog to see how important encouraging feedback is during the creative process

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