In September of 2008 I began work on a book. It’s about a trip I took in 2006 with 4 of my friends.
We took my car, “Katrina,” around the perimeter of the United States over the course of about three weeks. For a rough map of the route we took, here are [Google driving directions](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=livingston,+nj&daddr=niagara+falls,+canada+to:toronto,+canada+to:chicago,+il+to:garretson,+SD+to:Rapid+City,+SD+to:Grand+Loop+Rd%2FUS-14%2FUS-16%2FUS-20+to:Seattle,+WA+to:Portland,+OR+to:US-101+to:San+Francisco,+CA+to:Los+Angeles,+CA+to:36.044658,-112.120972+to:Houston,+TX+to:New+Orleans,+LA+to:Miami,+FL+to:Charleston,+SC+to:Nags+Head,+NC+to:Philadelphia,+PA+to:Livingston,+NJ+to:New+Brunswick,+NJ&hl=en&geocode=%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3BFaCOpwIdCutq-Q%3B%3B%3BFbzOfQIdEJmZ-A%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=11,12&mrsp=12&sz=9&sll=36.494182,-112.645569&sspn=1.289474,2.136841&ie=UTF8&ll=34.957995,-101.25&spn=41.061434,72.949219&z=4) (we used Rand McNally most days).
This website chronicles the process of writing, designing, and self-publishing — a process I like to call “building a book.” You can read it chronologically [from the beginning](http://sunflowers.staticpulse.com/the-whole-story/), or by category if you’d rather read only about [writing](http://sunflowers.staticpulse.com/category/writing/) or [designing](http://sunflowers.staticpulse.com/category/design/). Or maybe only [publishing](http://sunflowers.staticpulse.com/category/publishing/) is of interest to you.