OUR CHARACTERS

Introducing some of our main characters for Remy and the Heart of Gold!

All art designed and illustrated by Travis Hymel, a professional comic book artist. Travis has worked on a wide range of books, including the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures and the official Trailer Park Boys comic book. In addition, he is currently working on his own comic book.

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Ever since I launched this website, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the book. I’m sorry I haven’t been able to answer them. 2023 was kind of a crazy year for me and it took me a long time to get things together. Longer than I expected. Now I’m ready to answer your questions. Here goes.

What is the book about?

Remy and the Heart of Gold is the story of a boy from a medieval kingdom called Nola. Remy’s heart is Down and he must go on a journey and face a mighty dragon to retrieve the heart of gold.

Why are you announcing this now?

Later this week, I will be releasing the key character sketches for the book. You’ll have an idea of what the book will look like as well as get to know the characters. I got the last important character design sketch right before Christmas, but I wanted to wait until the holidays were over to release them.

What comes next?

The book is already written. It has yet to be illustrated because I need to pay my artist. It is a lot of work. To that end, I am now searching for a publisher. Make no mistake though, Remy and the Heart of Gold will be published this year.

What’s your timetable?

There isn’t one. It will happen this year, but how soon depends on if I find a publisher sooner. My goal is to try to get the book made before the Summer.

How can I help?

If you know any publishers that might be interested or if you know of anyone who works in News media that would be willing to talk to me, let me know. You can email me at adam (at) remybook.com. This story has a great message and my goal is both to entertain children and to help make people more aware of Down Syndrome. This can be something special.

Also, if you have experience in filmmaking, please contact me. There’s a special project for the book that I will be trying to make very soon and could use some help.

But even if you don’t know anyone, you can help by subscribing to our email newsletter (just add your email into the form below where it says sign up) and like the facebook page. This will allow me to keep you informed when there is news.

Thank you for your kindness, your patience and your assistance. Together, we will do something amazing.

-Adam Relayson

Getting the book published

First of all, I want to thank everyone who liked and shared the website when it launched.

Remy’s Mom, Stephanie asked me how people can help get the book published. So I wanted to walk everyone through how this will work.

Step one was getting the website launched. This site will be the primary source of information for the book.
Step two is getting everyone signed up for the email list. I want to reiterate that I will not be misusing this information. You will only be emailed when there are updates on the book.

You can sign up by adding your email at the bottom of this post, where is says “Subscribe”.

Step three will be getting the character sketches. My artist, Travis Hymel, is currently working on a comic book mini-series. Once he’s done, he’ll work on the character designs.

Step four. Once we have the character designs, I’m going to advertise the book. I want to talk to newspapers, podcasts and even news shows if they’ll have me. This will increase exposure for the book and make it more likely to find a publisher. If you know someone who can help in this regard, please email me adam (at) remybook.com.

If the book doesn’t get a publisher, I will crowdfund it. This is why the email list is so important. I’ll be able to tell you how to get a copy.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks so much. -Adam