“Wait,” you say, “Bookbinding? You mostly have e-books, isn’t that kind of old-school for that?”
Yes… but.
Everyone who’s read my blog (or knows me) knows that I have written one novel, am working on a second, and have plans for a couple more. But eventually, one of my hopes is to be able to go to a convention and have a table and sell copies. (I also have ideas for buttons and pins, but that’s for later.)
I’ve also had some interest in bookbinding lying dormant for a while. And so, these things collide.
…and what I can do to improve it. I’m going to be talking just financially, not about social things with being transgender, which is a crapshow in the USA right now. No, this is all talking about things that are related to my fictional world, Taeliana.
Yes, that’s the formal uniform of an Imperial Swordmaster.
I never brought it up, because I had no room, but the character of Swordmaster Corin, Jey Corbeau’s sword teacher, was in part based on his portrayal of Aramis in the 1973 film of The Three Musketeers.
Can you believe he’s 78 here? Other than the hair, I’m not sure I can.
He’s also going to be the mentor of another character in a different book, where he plays the Chairman of the High Council of the Organization of Pilferers, Rogues, Enforcers, Assassins, Conmen, and Highwaymen – better known on the streets and back-alleys of the cities as just the Organization or the Business. (For you fantasy readers/gamers, yes, it’s basically the Thieves Guild.) If you’ve watched the show Leverage, you saw Richard Chamberlain as Archie Leach. (That’s the part he plays in that book: a somewhat retired gentleman thief who can still outmaneuver and out-think the younger crew.)
Rest well, kind and noble sir; your gentle humor and smile will be missed.
Do not quote the deep magic to me. I was there when it was written.
