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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 3760273" data-attributes="member: 13892">It was inevitable. Coming off the recent downturn in America's economy, people don't have the money or credit to pay off those adjustable rate mortgages that looked like a great deal ten years back when the economy was booming. Subsequently, my employer (who dealt with refinancing such mortgages) can no longer afford to keep their doors open. While I received a small amount of severance pay, this pretty much has to last until I am gainfully employed again -- and, thus, so do the planned print editions of Simple20 and EZ20. Here is where things stand now: I am still moving forward on art and layout, as these things have already been paid for. That said, since this was an 'out of pocket' project for me, any kind of print run (via Lulu or traditional press) will have to wait until I have incoming funds. I have some irons in the fire that are still hot, so this may be as little as three weeks. It may be indefintely if those irons cool off. Things are really up in the air at this point. If (and this is a big if) things get stalled for too long, I am open to pursuing other options, including but not limited to, selling the rights to both finished products or entering into some other arrangement with an existing small-press publisher to get the projects into your hands. If you find yourself reading this and think &quot;Hey! I enjoyed the free version and would like to have a hand in the print edition!&quot;, feel free to drop me a line here:jdrakeh [at] msn [dot] comAnd, as always, thanks for your feedback and interest for both projects!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 3760273, member: 13892"] It was inevitable. Coming off the recent downturn in America's economy, people don't have the money or credit to pay off those adjustable rate mortgages that looked like a great deal ten years back when the economy was booming. Subsequently, my employer (who dealt with refinancing such mortgages) can no longer afford to keep their doors open. While I received a small amount of severance pay, this pretty much has to last until I am gainfully employed again -- and, thus, so do the planned print editions of Simple20 and EZ20. Here is where things stand now: I am still moving forward on art and layout, as these things have already been paid for. That said, since this was an 'out of pocket' project for me, any kind of print run (via Lulu or traditional press) will have to wait until I have incoming funds. I have some irons in the fire that are still hot, so this may be as little as three weeks. It may be indefintely if those irons cool off. Things are really up in the air at this point. If (and this is a [i]big[/i] if) things get stalled for too long, I am open to pursuing other options, including but not limited to, selling the rights to both finished products [i]or[/i] entering into some other arrangement with an existing small-press publisher to get the projects into your hands. If you find yourself reading this and think "Hey! I enjoyed the free version and would like to have a hand in the print edition!", feel free to drop me a line here: jdrakeh [at] msn [dot] com And, as always, thanks for your feedback and interest for both projects! [/QUOTE]

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