#after the storm
“Una goccia di colore può diventare arte se tocca l'anima.”
(R.Sidoli)
Books!!!! I am all out of time order lately, haha. One of these, the one with white-and-gold endpapers, was mostly done before when l posted about After The Storm, but my cricut software had been giving me trouble. Well, I sorted that out, and also sorted out copies for the other coauthors as well!! I’ve been adjacent to these creators for… wow, many years at this point, and it’s so rewarding to be able to put hard copies of their work into their hands :D
Okay!!! A bit of time displacement in this last binderary post, because I made one copy of this book during the month of February, then finished a companion copy… last night. It’s still waiting on some cover decor, but cricut just updated, their program is confused and it just wiped my canvas when i tried to print, and I’ve been impatient to show this book off for weeks
After the Storm!!! I read this ebook when it first came out, I’ve been adjacent online to all the creators involved for… ooh, years by now, and it’s been in the back of my head as a potential bookbinding project for a long time, especially since it can be hard/expensive for self-published creators to get physical copies of their work. And I had this huge panel of gorgeous water fabric where I’d bought it while being pretty positive I had no projects where it would ever make sense, lmao
So…. Do you like post-apocalyptic worldbuilding that’s not all about gloom and despair? Are you intrigued by a society where visitors from other parts of formerly-america refer to it as a boat cult? Do you have a lot of affection for sci fi settings where ships/cities have their own AI and interface with human technicians to keep everything running smoothly? Do you want gene-modified humans of various intriguing flavors mixed in with a more usual baseline population? How do you feel about working through the aftermath of serious trauma and finding a home where you belong and people care about you and maybe incidentally romancing a couple of hot boys along the way? Do you want all this in fantastic prose, seasoned with beautiful illustrations?
Seriously, check this story out, I’m doing a very jumbled job of recommending it, but this whole project was a big reminder of how much I enjoyed all the characters. I remembered Rich was a doll, but I’d forgotten how wonderful Mitch was, I’d forgotten Rich’s sisters, and oh my god, TRIMMER, I love Trimmer so much. This book is so delightful, seriously, I really truly recommend it
So if you need a hero
Just look in the mirror
No one’s gonna save you now
So you better save yourself
And everybody’s hurting
Everybody’s going through it
But you just can’t give up now
Cause you gotta save yourself
Kali Uchis
So, I woke up yesterday to tornado warnings. And I did a little panic because I thought Bean was going to get hit by another Missouri winter tornado. But no!!! It was me!!!
I’m on Sanibel Island this week and the storm on my side wasn’t too bad. The waves turned up a lot of debris. The color of the shells, the sea and the sky was melancholy but beautiful.
