Hardback copies of Intellectual Morons finally arrived early Wednesday morning. I've been waiting for this since I launched the project about five years ago. Early on, I received rejection letter after rejection letter. I never got a "Dear John" letter at Parris Island, but I surmise that the feeling is somewhat similar. One editor with a prominent publisher even told me that I would never get such a book published at a manstream New York publishing house. What's worse, I believed him.

Times have changed. What happened? Mainly, Ann Coulter happened. The success of her book Slander opened up doors to conservative authors who didn't have the promotional mechanism of a daily radio show or nightly cable news program. Coulter proved that there was a market not being served: conservative readers. Conservative authors whose primary endeavor was writing now had greater prospects than ever to have major book companies publish their work. Steve Ross responded to this change in the market by launching Crown Forum, which is both my publisher and Ann Coulter's. Upon embarking on the venture, Ross observed: "publishers inhabit a very culturally sheltered island called Manhattan. But until we declare ourselves a sovereign state, I think we should publish for the whole country." This attitude serves both the business needs of Random House, Crown Forum's parent company, and the reading desires of the market.

It's been a long journey, but Intellectual Morons has finally arrived--at least at my condo. It arrives in bookstores on September 21. And if you like what you read at FlynnFiles, I hope you will go out and buy the book when it's available in stores.