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Dear Subscribers, I know I promised you paintings with Volume 4, but we're going with drawings instead. Sorry! Hugs and kisses, Ella.
So when I wrote down my ideas for Volume 4, I underlined PAINTINGS!! twice because I was so excited about digging out my brushes and getting all artistic. After Volume 2’s full-page stippled illust… more »
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Dear Subscribers, I know I promised you paintings with Volume 4, but we're going with drawings instead. Sorry! Hugs and kisses, Ella.
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boxofbooks wrote 1 day ago: So when I wrote down my ideas for Volume 4, I underlined PAINTINGS!! twice because I was so excited … more »
On getting paid in books
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boxofbooks wrote 5 days ago: It really bugs my husband that I sell my beautiful handmade books by bartering for other books ins … more »
Now with extra oiliness!
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boxofbooks wrote 2 weeks ago: I know if you’ve seen some of my Blog Illustrations you’re not going to really believe this, bu … more »
Fun in the Sweatshop, Part 2
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boxofbooks wrote 1 month ago: This week I am making text blocks for my new batch of books. The text begins with pages, which come … more »
Fun in the sweatshop, Part 1
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boxofbooks wrote 1 month ago: When I say sweatshop, that’s exactly what I mean – it’s rapidly approaching 50 C outside and i … more »
I like to imagine people standing around their bookshelves thinking, "I need more fake books."
boxofbooks wrote 1 month ago: The price of my favorite paper has just come down, and at the same time my production techniques are … more »
King Arthur would be proud.
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boxofbooks wrote 2 months ago: Now that Volume 3 is in its third draft (and it has a title!) I am feeling much better about it. The … more »
There's a reason why "first draft" rhymes with "worst draft"
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boxofbooks wrote 2 months ago: This morning, I finished the rough draft of the text for Volume 3 of The Absent Classic. It took me … more »
The Art of the Idiotic Proverb
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boxofbooks wrote 2 months ago: So in Absent Classic news, I am working on Volume Number Three, which I think will be the best one, … more »
Sweet, sweet vacation.
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boxofbooks wrote 4 months ago: Don’t you hate it when someone takes a break for two weeks, then pops back up to say, “H … more »
Progress report on the Echwell project: almost done!
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boxofbooks wrote 4 months ago: You know that part in The Unstrung Harp where Mr. Earbrass is making the ninth draft of his novel w … more »
Still slogging, but happily.
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boxofbooks wrote 5 months ago: [For all you Concerned Readers who are interested in the latest Absent Classic book, the following i … more »
This just in:
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boxofbooks wrote 5 months ago: Update on Echwell: First draft is done, done, done. Ten thousand words, most of them adjectives, awa … more »
I know that, secretly, you were longing to hear more about Echwell.
boxofbooks wrote 5 months ago: Closed inside the bay as we were, the silence was absolute and somehow heavy, unbroken by the sound … more »
The Absent Classic, Volume 2
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boxofbooks wrote 6 months ago: For the past few weeks I’ve been researching all kinds of nineteenth-century popular literat … more »
The Saints are done!
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boxofbooks wrote 8 months ago: So I made four copies. Here they all are together. That is four months of my life you’re look … more »
It's funny to read a book on bookmaking
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boxofbooks wrote 8 months ago: I like to work on the Imaginary Saints late at night, after everyone is in bed. Most nights, Henry w … more »
The Imaginary Saints: Words and Pictures
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boxofbooks wrote 9 months ago: My research on saints was, to put it nicely, half-assed: disorganized, noteless, frustrating. I coul … more »
How hagiologists are born
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boxofbooks wrote 9 months ago: I can trace my interest in both saints and fancy books to a precise year: fifth grade. That was the … more »
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