Ep. 261: Finished! Giveaways!

Bookbinder of the Week:

Don Etherington is a British bookbinder and conservator who did an apprenticeship and journeyman work in England, waded through the floods of Venice in 1966 to rescue old manuscripts and books, has created conservation programs in Texas and North Carolina, influenced both Bookbinders and Conservators on at least two continents, and has influenced the fields of bookbinding and conservation. Here is his website: Etherington

Bookbinding

Busy week.

• The 1/2 Accordion. And the Video
I started (and badly) an accordion book. I made a video of it and plastered it on YouTube for your viewing pleasure here. I started two more for the practice.

• I have four A6-sized blank notebooks to give away.
Last last week I made two softcover A6-size blank notebooks with page numbers using thick orange paper as covers. Previously I made two softcover A6-size blank notebooks without page numbers using purple book cloth as covers. For those who reside in the inch bubble A6 is about 4" x 6".

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yours for free!

Send me an email!

Put “Blank Notebook” in the subject line.

Request color (Orange or Purple).

One Notebook per customer; but First Come, First Serve.

If the Notebook you requested is already gone, sorry. 

My only request is If you get a notebook and use it, tell me how it holds up. 

Fiction

I finished Growing Slurry. Yeah! The last three chapters were written Simultaneously! Why? When I got stuck in one chapter, I slipped into another chapter. When I ran into a road block there, I escaped into another chapter. Eventually, by sitting and typing until I was finished, I finished! Yeah! 

Now, the editing and rearranging begins.

The ending is less than conventional on the one hand but is sort of conventional on the other. It ends. With a question. And it is neither happy nor sad. On the other hand, it leads nicely into a sequel, except this isn’t a movie; it’s a book.

Next week, perhaps I shall give you more information — A Plot Summary‽ Perhaps? — about this novel including Including! The current title.