The Story Behind the Story

Last summer, my Grandpa put together a story and asked me to do the cover for it.  I've already shared the cover in a different post.  You can find it here.

So anyways, he was 92 years old and wanted to publish a children's book before he passed away.  If you've been following my blog, then you've already read the post where I shared about him passing away and showed some of my artwork which used to hang in my grandparent's house.
It was only a couple of months after he got the book published that he passed away (-a little over a month ago, to be exact).

It was due to the marvels of modern technology that my Grandpa was able to get his book published as quickly as he did.  He did this through a print-on-demand self-publishing company by the name of CreateSpace.  Maybe you've heard of it already.  Now, his book is pretty easy to find in many established online markets.

My Grandpa's story is a funny little one, but in some respects is sort of an auto-biography.  This, he confided in me as we worked on it together.  As he finished proofing his script and getting the book laid out, he asked for several interior illustrations, which I could quickly finish, to be included throughout the book before he submitted it.

You can see a few of these below.

Finally, after the funeral was squared away and things had settled down (but only in the loosest sense), my Mom decided to help publicize her father's book, and set up an interview about me with her local newspaper.  This is what I shared in the previous post.

I've heard some confusion from several sources about where this book came from and what my involvement was in bringing it to print.  It's unfortunately (and ridiculously)  been a source of major stress for me lately.  I thought it would be helpful to put it all in one post for easy reading.