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Angie Maher's avatar

Hey Henny…I’m not sure what kind of book you are writing, but have you considered self-publishing? I went to a writing workshop in Philly, pitched my book to an agent, learned a lot, and ultimately decided self-publishing was the best route for me. Happy to share what I learned with you.

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Thanks Angie! For a variety of reasons that’s not the best avenue for this particular project. But I’m not ruling it out in the future!

Where in Philly was your workshop?

Angie Maher's avatar

Downtown, at the convention center. In 2023. It travels around the country, I think.

Rosa Maria's avatar

May you add Darla, Garnet, and Maverick as subscribers?

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Alas, the are all illiterate 🤣 🐾

Rosa Maria's avatar

Oh, crumbs!

Rosa Maria's avatar

Good afternoon, Maverick. Your opinion about this book?

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

He says 4 paws up!!!!

Rosa Maria's avatar

In this case, I shall look for it at the library. Thank you very much!

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

You probably won’t find it there yet. But his other two should definitely be there. Range and The Sports Gene.

Rosa Maria's avatar

Thank you very much for your recommendation.

Rick Lewis's avatar

If you take Angie up on this offer you could bring 30 copies of your self-published book with you on every flight and take advantage of the sales constraints of a captive audience and walk down the aisle selling your book to everyone who forgot that's a thing that people used to do on planes. That way you don't need a bigger audience, you just need a smaller one that can't escape.

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

I will 100% do this. I have no shame and am perfectly willing to subjugate myself (as evidenced by 20+ years of marriage 🤣🤣).

Also, was that really a thing???

Rick Lewis's avatar

ha ha, reading books I mean was a thing people used to do. not selling them, at least that I ever saw

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Ah, gotcha. That makes more sense. I’m a little slow on the uptake occasionally.

Reading a physical book on an airplane, with noise canceling headphones on, is one of my great joys in life.

Jason Botts's avatar

I thoroughly enjoyed this, Henny. And I pretended to be working (from my wife's viewpoint) while reading it. But I also do have to call you out: Epstein's first book was The Sports Gene. If you haven't read that one, and knowing you a bit now, I promise you'll love it.

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Dammit! You’re right…I shoulda known that. And yes, I definitely still need to read that.

And if you haven’t read Range yet move it up your list. I think it would be particularly beneficial to what you’re working towards.

Jason Botts's avatar

Man, I’ve read Range five-six times, at least, lol. But I’ll be honest, I got stuck half-way through Inside The Box and still have yet to get back to it. I think I needed more sports examples to hold my interest, lol. Both my sons read it though, I suppose I can lean on them for the cliff notes, haha

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Yeah that’s honestly what I think held my attention so much, just all of the football thinking I was doing as I was reading it. And also this writing thing…we’ve got a ton of constraints stacked up against us.

Linda Blatnik's avatar

May the Force be with you,

Henny (Stars Wars fan and Taoist) 💙🦋🙏

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

And also with you Linda 😉

Anne Jones's avatar

I heard that in my church voice…which is way sweeter than the voice in my head😂😇

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Hahaha, took me back to my days as a Catholic 😀

Bill Southern's avatar

Henny, have you connected with the team at Pendant Publishing yet? They’re bound to jump on your project. Ask for Lippman.

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Great idea! As soon as I get this catalog out for Peterman I’ll get right on that!

Larry Urish's avatar

This was One Wild Ride.

The upshot: I just picked up a copy of Inside the Box. Thanks for the recommendation.

And good luck getting an agent! (You're a go-getter; you'll wind up with a good one.)

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Now there’s a label that’s never been placed on my shoulders before 🤣🤣🤣

Enjoy the book!

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Always enjoy these writings and the photos that go along with them. Hope you get some good feedback on your search for a publisher.

Diane Roth's avatar

You got this, Henny! Rooting for you out there in the query jungle!!

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Thanks Diane!!!

Matt Cyr's avatar

Ahhh Henny, this was fun. I did not remember Seth by name but your recap and the image helped. I remember Kenny Rogers Roasters. That place wasn’t bad. Was like a Boston Market for the rest of the country who didn’t want to say they ate at a place with “Boston” in the name. The Family Man is such an underrated movie. 25 years later, I still can’t believe Brett Ratner directed it.

Best of luck on the agent search. If I run across anyone out here I’ll hit you up, give you another reason to fly out, wander around with me as I look for my car. 😎

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

🤣🤣🤣, appreciate that.

I didn’t realize he directed that! That movie hit right about the time I was deciding what type of life I wanted to lead. So it’ll always be special for me.

Tamara Casey's avatar

Hang in there. Restacking now.

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Appreciate you 👊🏼

The Transom's avatar

I too am an artifact of the monoculture. I used the phrase "Don't get all bunged up man" recently and young folks around me thought I was having a stroke.

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

I am coaching teenagers currently and at least once a day I say something that gets only blank stares in response. Then I’m like, oh yeah, they have no clue what that means.

Mike Bryskier's avatar

I was going to wish you luck finding an agent, but then I got to the part where 43% of your subscribers open your emails and the other 67% don’t.

You may want to find an accountant first.

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

You didn’t see my joke then. Or you didn’t think it was funny.

I’m going with you didn’t see it. My fragile ego can’t handle much more disappointment 🤣

Mike Bryskier's avatar

My humble apologies. Let's go with "didn't see."

I learned speed reading decades ago with Evelyn Wood. I could get the gist and save all kinds of time.

Apparently with age, the gist is no longer sufficient. I now have to read the actual words.

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Ha, no worries! And to be fair, I don’t usually have to pretend to make math mistakes…they usually happen all on their own!!!

Brandi Wiatrak's avatar

You crack me up! 😂

And I subscribe to so many people and I neverrrrr get any Substack emails beyond the new subscriber alerts or the confirmations I get subscribing to others. It’s so weird. So, it makes sense to me that your open rates are lower. But luckily enough, you’re always in my feed.

Good luck on sourcing a publisher! 🙌

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

That is so weird. I have people who are not on the app tell me that too. I think they must get caught in some junk folders.

And, thanks!!!

Paul Horton's avatar

Looking forward to reading your book, meanwhile I will be looking for you in my inbox

Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Appreciate it friend 👊🏼