The project’s become difficult again – so it goes – and America is breaking my heart, so this milestone feels hollow, and yet: For the first time, I sent the book in its entirety for someone to read and give me feedback. Egads!
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Also, I made this modern web reading environment for it, and it was exciting to see the book in a different livery for the first time. I’ve so far only known it in Scrivener, typeset in Tisa Pro… but here it is in the beloved Mercury Text (and some Maison Neue strewn around).pic.twitter.com/Zma1RSFTRb
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(I also set up my first virtual server and wrote my first Node server app in the process, which was a classic “use something you have to do as an excuse to learn something new” scenario.)
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Also, this numero is so, so gorgeous. I like that its presence tells a story: there in all the early chapters, talking about typewriters like Remington №2 and Underwood №5; gone later, since we stopped using it. But tell me that “iPhone №10” doesn’t have a nice ring to it.pic.twitter.com/eJ3CAD9QkC
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Discouraging to send an editor specific documents saying why there is no book like this one, and comparing it to all the existing books about typewriters… only to hear her say “I took a look at Amazon, there are a million books that try to do the same thing.” *A million books.*
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BTW hilariously that numero above is not from the font I chose for text… but from Times. Times! It’s awesome to know even an old, worn down typeface still can hold a few surprises.
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Preparing example spreads for a potential publisher, imagining this book as a full-colour 8"×10" volume. This is starting to feel rather real!pic.twitter.com/fjctlNSvPT
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Update on the book piles! One is really trying to make a run for it.pic.twitter.com/L2qbgAfEUM
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Not going to lie: making mock-ups like these where I know the text is real, and photos will be, is SUPER fun.pic.twitter.com/Ra4nrwyWBS
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