My second book, The Great American Dirtbags is now available in the printed form, and as an e-book.
by Luke Mehall, publisher of The Climbing Zine
This book, which I am proud of, is a collection of eighteen stories and a couple poems, and the pieces range from my depressed teenage years to my current happy mid-thirty-something “born again dirtbag” days.
As a self published author you learn to hate your words, and love them again. You spend so much time editing and revising them they take on a life of their own. The only real thing that truly keeps me going are my friends, my community, the climbing and greater outdoors community. It’s a crazy realization to have, but all I ever need in life is under the sun and stars. Sure, there are times to have a roof over your head, to shower, to write, to make love, to eat, to rest, but in the end I would not want to live a life without adventures in the outdoors.
So many people have supported this project, and I promise to pay it back in karma points, but maybe that’s not how this whole thing works. Some people just send their time and energy and love without asking for anything return, and that’s the greatest lesson I’ve learned through this process. And now there is this book of dirtbag stories, for you, because they happened to me, but the stories themselves are nothing without someone reading them, then they take on a life of their own, they are yours.
The Great American Dirtbags was published by Benighted Publications, and retails at $13.99.
It is now also available on Kindle for $4.99
For media review copies please contact me directly at luke@climbingzine.com. word!
About us: The Climbing Zine was started in 2010 by Al Smith III and Luke Mehall. It continues to the day with the mission of representing the true essence of climbing. Our crown jewel is our printed version, but we also do the interweb thing, and Kindle. You can now subscribe to The Climbing Zine as well!
We have also published two books: The Great American Dirtbags and Climbing Out of Bed, both written by publisher, Luke Mehall.
Congrats on the new book. Looks great, but no digital copy?
Tristan,
Thanks! The digital copy should be available by the end of the week. Just working out some technical issues. I’ll have it up on the Kindle at the latest by Monday, May 5th. -Luke
Tristan, here’s the link to the book on Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JEWGTQY