Writing a Craft Book

Posted on | July 14, 2010 | No Comments

write a craft book

I’ve dreamed about writing a craft book for most of my adult life. That’s why I sooo enjoyed reading a short, first person account of one blogger’s adventures in preparing samples for her craft book.

The timeline was very tight. I spent my days writing, designing, shopping for paper and tools, and learning more about how to use Adobe Illustrator for the book’s illustrations. Evenings were spent cutting, scoring, folding, gluing. I re-started every time my scissors slipped, because I was not going to have an imperfect sample in my book. I cried in frustration when my hands were too painful to hold the scissors any more, and I had to stop for the evening. I gritted my teeth and went paper shopping yet again when my editor told me that one of my colour schemes wasn’t going to work (when I’d already cut and folded over 100 pieces for the original sample!).

If you are anything like me, this narrative will do nothing to discourage you from trying your hand at book writing. In fact, it will probably just encourage you more!

Finish reading the rest of the article at Planet June.

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