First Distribution Contract

This weekend marked a monumental event for LittleLDS. On Friday Kim and I went to a party that we had been invited to by Joe and Michelle. It was Michelle’s birthday party. Michelle is the one who told her mother, Marsha, of Wellspring Publishing, about my LittleLDS Coloring CDs. Marsha and I have spoken on the phone on numerous occasions to discuss the possibilities of me doing some cartoon work for their line of greeting cards and also for the sales and distribution of LittleLDS CDs. Marsha even took the first three CDs to the LDS bookseller’s convention last month and got a bunch of orders! Well, this weekend when we went to Michelle’s party, Marsha just happened to be there! She was in town from Salt Lake to surprise Michelle for her birthday and I was finally formally introduced to her. We had a great discussion, and ended up talking a lot more about LittleLDS distribution over dinner on Sunday. By the end of the weekend, I had signed my first distribution contract for LittleLDS. I’m very excited.

Ever since Marsha told me about how interested people at the Bookseller’s convention had been in LittleLDS CD#4 (Scenes from the Plains), I’ve been thinking, and have finally come to a big decision. I’ve decided that I am going to be reducing and perhaps even rejecting logo designs for the next few weeks or even months to focus strictly on the development of LittleLDS. If this is ever going to become as big as I want it to become, then I really need to put some time and effort into it. I need to really buckle down and get moving. I have quite a bit more to do on CD#4, namely finishing sketches, inking, refining in Photoshop & Streamline, and then getting all the files ready for Charles to create the software. After that’s finished I have to get the cover finished for the case, purchase a new bar code, and get the files to Peter at Conduit! Better get to it!