As November approaches and it finally begins to feel more like autumn, at least a little, I figured it was time to post a little update of all that has been, is, and will be going on.

For the most part, I have been working on getting things ready for the book release. I feel like I need to apologize to people for the seemingly constant updates on it. Still, just like the rest of the world, the book is being affected by supply chain delays. The good news, though, is that all copies have been printed and made ready to ship. The bad news is that the release date has been pushed back from 26 October to 30 November. As I mentioned in a previous update, copies are still available for presale if you click here. However, I encourage you to order them from me directly, as you won’t get them cheaper elsewhere. Also, most of the proceeds won’t go to Amazon or another outside vendor. If you have already ordered a book through me, I have been told I’ll have copies to send out by the middle of November.

Speaking of the middle of November, that leads into the next update. If any of you will by chance be in Venice, Italy, the weekend of 20-21 November, I will be doing a book talk. As you may or may not know, I have pieces in the European Cultural Centre’s “Time, Space, Existence” exhibition during the Venice Architectural Biennale. For the final weekend of the show, they are hosting me for a book talk. I can guarantee that it will, in some way, be entertaining, as it will be the first talk that I give about the book. It wasn’t meant to be, but again, this will be the first due to delays outside our control. Wish me luck! I hope to have all the rough edges polished by then, though.

Outside of things going on with the book, I have been trying to create new work. It bothers me a little that I’m not able to go shoot as much right now, but I know that will come back around as things ease up with the book. I have to constantly remind myself that shooting doesn’t just begin; there is brainstorming that goes along with it. I prefer to do some of that while actually out shooting, but we’ll get to that point. The process is what it is, and we just have to keep moving forward.

In case I forgot to mention, those of you who ordered books from me already or intend to, I will notify you as soon as they ship. However, since the books will probably get here right before we leave for Italy, it might be right before or after Thanksgiving that I actually get them shipped. So, again, I’m sorry for the delay, but I think we’re all coming to understand that’s how it may be for a bit. However, if you live in the CSRA (if you don’t know what that is, you don’t live there), I might be able to bring it to you, or you can pick it up from me. Also, some of you were waiting to just buy one with cash, if that is the case, send me an email, and I will set one aside for you.

Alright, well, hopefully, I’ll have some exciting things to expound upon in the next few weeks. If nothing else, I hope to have some images to share from the show (finally) and more of Venice.

-Cheers!