Publishing Company Pursues Rand!

No joke! Rand submitted a short story for publication due to an assignment last semester. Today, UPS knocked on our door with a contract from Tate Publishing.

This was Rand's reaction

We were slightly skeptical...

The "sealed" contract (which I'm sure we need to respond to in 24hrs or less)

Here's the very personal letter

They read "Amable" (his submitted piece) and told him they "loved the story" and included their "private line," along with a slight disclaimer that we need to pay close to $4,000 (of course refundable, that is if he sells 5,000 copies). However, worried parents of ours, they will invest $20,000 in it! Best of all, we were promised an amazing 15% of all sales - Wow! What a deal!! (Tio, you should really consider establishing a publishing firm) So, unfortunately, Rand's amazing work will remain unpublished, but it was pretty exciting to find that it was publishable (if that's a word?).

Elise's Reaction (filmed several weeks ago, it just fits - I think at some point she says "Eat dirt"?)

Elise burned her hand on the frying pan this morning and was understandably upset (she's fine, there's no mark, don't worry - hmm, that sounds bad). Later on today, we were making BLT's (so good!) and when we were all done, she said, "Bye, hot! Bye!" Yes, she thinks the frying pan is called "hot." We found a wild rabbit outside (in actuality, it was someone's very large pet rabbit) and Elise was so excited! She kept saying "Bunny eat carrot" and now, longingly looks out the window to discover her little friend with the "ears."

Oh, and I'm extremely slow with posting - we're doing better now, just reporting old news :)