Perseverance

This is from an email I sent to a lovely lady from the ANZ Book awards a while ago. She gave me advice on book publishing. She then re-shared the post here.

Here is my email:

I don’t know if you remember me. I met you at the @ngvmelbourne art book fair. I was the guy who drew Melbourne coffee shops on Coffee cups…
I thought of sharing what I have been up to since you showed me so much positiveness thought it would be nice to share.

Quick recap I was trying to finish this book with my two little boys (one newborn) and a very supportive wife. I was also packing the house and getting ready to move into the USA for work, so the book is a love letter… now more than ever. So we are in the USA now.

Before coming here I was literally walking all over Melbourne with a market trolley and 25 books in it, selling the book by foot and many got sold to cafes, but it was only the cafes that I personally approach like this that bought the book. So sometimes I feel bad that I am no longer in Melbourne because I could have shared it even more…. I realized social media is never nearly as good as face to face.

Just before I left Australia and after a very little but heartwarming book launch in South Melbourne my book was received at Readings! That was amazing, I saw the book on the shelves just before flying.. so I’ve seen it once… and that was so amazing and humbling… a dream I had that I did not know I had.

Just recently Monsterthreads, the store that sells beautiful cool stuff near Centre Place at the CBD is selling my book too!... I am hoping tourists will pick it up there.

I am hoping I will also find inspiration here in the US to do the next project, maybe a children’s book!...

THE BOOK IS HERE!

Hi Everyone! The Book about cafes sketched on their takeaway coffee cups from Melbourne is available now. Cafe on my coffee is the work of 5 years of sketching, designing and talking to coffee lovers. The book has stories told by coffee drinkers at most cafes in Melbourne. Thank you so much for your support and stay tuned for a book event soon!

Book Progress

Hi Everyone!

The Cafe on my Coffee book continues to develop!  We are still collecting stories from Melbourne coffee drinkers.  Further to that, we are preparing a book launch with a surprise, so stay tuned!  Thank you for your support and interest and don't forget to subscribe!

Enjoy the coffee.

Drawthatout  

Working on a Book!

I believe Melbourne's idiosyncrasy lies in a takeaway coffee.  It has history, culture, love for art and travel, good food... and especially great coffee.  These cafes drawn on coffee cups  are how I see Melbourne.

Stay tuned for more!