My 25 Planets Have Aligned

So, big news, again :)

On Monday night as we stayed up to watch the eclipse of the blood moon (the alignment of sun, moon, and earth) my wife and I were also celebrating a rare day of our own. I have signed a contract with a new publisher for 25 new books. This is the culmination of an idea I have been working on for more than a year. “Books” in this case is a bit of a misnomer, because what me and Familius Publishing are doing is creating an imprint of natural living guides, tentatively titled “Backyard Renaissance Guides”. These will be booklets that focus deeply on a single topic, such as thermal oven baking, Swedish yogurt making, no-till gardening, etc. I am so excited (!). The intention is to grow this line into several hundred books in the coming years, all authored or co-authored by me.

I will also be doing a full-scale stevia cookbook with Familius. In addition, the publisher will be creating a mobile app of Backyard Renaissance content. The new contract is extremely fair to me -- the publisher gave me every single thing I asked for. This is the stuff of dreams.

All added up, I have seven more manuscripts due before December. My company, SeedRenaissance.com, has grown tremendously. And I will soon begin giving live nationwide classes. All of this will require my full-time attention. Because of this, on Monday I resigned my position at the Provo Daily Herald. I have loved being a journalist. But newspapers are on an uncharted course, and my future is at SeedRenaissance.com and Familius Publishing. I already miss writing for the newspaper. What a ride!

Huge thanks to my wife for believing in me. And to all of you, my readers and students. My goal is to be a useful person. Thank you for making this possible for me and my family. -Caleb


13 comments:

  1. I am SO happy for you! Congratulations!!

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  2. Yay! I'm so excited for you. Can't wait to see the first one in print!!

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  3. You are so talented!! So thanks for being willing to share your gifts with all of us! Your wisdom and classes and books have helped heal many!

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  4. That is magnificent. Congratulations! I will be watching for your publications for sure!

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  5. So happy for you! That is wonderful news! Congratulations! :)

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  6. Congratulations Caleb, so deserved.

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  7. Awesome! So excited for you. We loved the class on the 12th.

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  8. Hooray! So glad for you, Caleb! I knew you could do it.

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  9. Congrats Caleb! I knew this day would come!

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  10. Yes! This is so awesome!! I have always hoped you would be able to do this full time!

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  11. You will be missed =( Who is our environmental reporter now? Then again - self employed vs. reporting hmmm ... congrats Caleb! When's lunch?

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