The Gnomes of New Hope

I recently did a Google search of The Gnomes of New Hope. One of the results was a post on this blog. A post created in 2013. Gadzooks! I forgot I had even written that post. I scanned it briefly and it does appear to touch all the bases, of course, the thinking in that post may be outdated... But then again, it may not. I had no idea that preparing the books for publication would take so many years to achieve. I am about ready to print the final prototype run. Part of that process has also included setting up the production line requirements for in-house publication. So that has added to the time frame. In any event, I can recommend that any of what I have, or will say on these pages is valid, if even somewhat dated. In regard to this older post, from what I saw, it was a good overview. Maybe I'll transfer it over to www.thegnomesofnewhope.blogspot.com and then update it. AG

Santa and his Elves

I've moved this post up, since it is the Christmas Season.

I may work on this project some more, because interestingly, 

I'm looking at doing The Garden Gnomes in much the same manner.

This is a Christmas Project that I never got around to pursuing. I had investors lined up to foot the fifty grand I needed to publish as 4' x 8' sheets and distribute these as Lawn Displays to lawn centers, either as a "Do-It-Yourself" kit or Turnkey finished product. I found a very high degree of interest from numerous Lawn Centers, but when it came down to push vs shove, the investors chickened out. 

So that, and other changing circumstances, put the kabash on my effort at the time.  

But I am still very interested in pursuing the entire line of designs.

   This was put on hold when I got wrapped up in The Gnomes of New Hope. Now I'm thinking of doing the Gnome characters as lawn displays. I did move forward to do Garden Gnomes, 18" cultures cast in cement, but I think that doing this flat lawn displays would work well, so I'll be constructing some prototypes. 

   Certainly I'd be interested to hear from anyone with a marketing/sales/partnership interest. Now that Image of the Mind Studios is more stabilized and set up in an excellent facility, this Lawn Display project could be readdressed, but to do so, I would need a Project Manager, funding and guaranteed sales. I am simply too busy with The Gnomes of New Hope producing activities.

  I'm posting this image here so anyone who wants to can print it out and use it for a Christmas Card. I will produce them (cards, table or lawn displays ) if you want to give me an order for quantities more than 100. Just let me know. I think I have an email link in the sidebar of this blog.  AG

Telephone Calls

For those of you calling me via the number ending in 87, that number is my personal cell phone. I simply answer it with "Hello". I do not answer " Image of the Mind Studios". I realize that a number of people expect otherwise, because I get a lot of hangups or no responses. That is either my fault, or it is because people are ignorant. If I get a robo call or an aggressive solicitation I do hang up.

 For unrecognizable numbers, I most often let it go to voice mail. If you want me to answer your call, you will need to give me a heads up via messenger. 

I generally avoid solicitations and cannot afford the time with salesman pitching me, so don't waste your time. I seek what I need, not what someone wants to sell me.

I prefer communicatimg via email, text, or Messenger. 

That's the way it is for now. I'm considering hiring a receptionist, but that isn't an immediate priority, simply because the work taking place is mostly internal and IMS is not a service agency. The focus of attention is on building IMS Publishing and setting up numerous other operations.

AG