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Post by shangas on Jan 29, 2015 6:56:21 GMT
Magazine is chugging along fine. It's not due for another two weeks or so. I hand it in Feb 10th. Second issue for 2015.
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Post by snacky on Jan 29, 2015 7:01:31 GMT
Magazine is chugging along fine. It's not due for another two weeks or so. I hand it in Feb 10th. Second issue for 2015. This is an excellent thing for your resume/C.V./grad school application/press kit.  Working on a novel yet?  |
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Post by shangas on Jan 29, 2015 7:38:55 GMT
No no, no novels. Not recently, anyway.
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Post by snacky on Jan 29, 2015 10:19:12 GMT
No no, no novels. Not recently, anyway. The good news is, I glance at your post count, and you are approach GODHOOD. Start emitting a divine glow presently. |
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Post by shangas on Jan 29, 2015 20:46:05 GMT
Off to the library this afternoon to find out what I might, about our Mr. James Balfour...hopefully...something definitive.
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Post by snacky on Jan 29, 2015 23:49:39 GMT
Off to the library this afternoon to find out what I might, about our Mr. James Balfour...hopefully...something definitive. I sense a historcal mystery plot brewing a la Nancy Drew (I assume Hardy Boys were similar). You need to find a clue in the lining of the desk! A shadowy figure will try to stop you at the library! |
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Post by shangas on Jan 30, 2015 5:19:52 GMT
You tease  Well I went to the library. Most of the information I found only confirmed what I already knew. To see the manuscript collection, I have to search the archives, write down what I need, and then I have to make an appointment with the archivist to get the stuff out of the vaults or whatever. I'll do that when I get the time for it. |
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Post by snacky on Jan 30, 2015 5:48:45 GMT
You tease Well I went to the library. Most of the information I found only confirmed what I already knew. To see the manuscript collection, I have to search the archives, write down what I need, and then I have to make an appointment with the archivist to get the stuff out of the vaults or whatever. I'll do that when I get the time for it. At least you don't need a letter of recommendation from a recognized scholar - that could be a hassle to get if you're not in academia. Letters like those are needed when doing work at some of the historic libraries in the US. |
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Post by shangas on Jan 31, 2015 8:04:01 GMT
I'm busy restoring the writing-slope at the moment. So far, so good.
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Post by shangas on Jan 31, 2015 9:57:43 GMT
Before...   During...   After...    Not bad, eh? Next steps: Finding a bone folder, or an ivory ruler. And finding a key. |
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Post by snacky on Feb 1, 2015 5:09:18 GMT
I'm busy restoring the writing-slope at the moment. So far, so good. Hey I saw your typewriter porn under The Ghost of Queen's Park~ |
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Post by snacky on Feb 1, 2015 5:18:33 GMT
After... Not bad, eh? Next steps: Finding a bone folder, or an ivory ruler. And finding a key. Are you following any rules of historical restoration there or is this Viollet-le-Duc style (all that matters is that "evokes the period"). Isn't a bone folder a common tool used by book artists? Or did it mean something else in historical usage? Why would someone need that in their writing slope, anyway? I can see the ivory ruler, or maybe some random architect's measurement tools. One of those field notebooks with graph paper? (And where is the secret bottle of poison going to be hidden?) |
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Post by shangas on Feb 1, 2015 7:11:14 GMT
I'm not really following any 'rules' as such. I'm following what I think looks nice. I have seen similar boxes similarly lined. And I DO know that antique writing slopes WERE lined in velvet and suede as well as leather, so it's not inconceivable.
Bone-folders were used by people other than bookbinders. Some people used them to fold letters and envelopes so that they'd stay closed when they were sealed for delivery and such. So it'd be a bone-folder, a ruler or a letter-opener of some kind...I'll have to see what I can find.
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Post by snacky on Feb 1, 2015 17:57:59 GMT
I'm not really following any 'rules' as such. I'm following what I think looks nice. I have seen similar boxes similarly lined. And I DO know that antique writing slopes WERE lined in velvet and suede as well as leather, so it's not inconceivable. Bone-folders were used by people other than bookbinders. Some people used them to fold letters and envelopes so that they'd stay closed when they were sealed for delivery and such. So it'd be a bone-folder, a ruler or a letter-opener of some kind...I'll have to see what I can find. That would make a lot of sense in the days before industrially manufactured envelopes as well! I'm not sure about ivory - but book artistry has been a popular craft in the US. You should be able to find one via mail supply for people who serve those needs. I was looking into that as a hobby at one point, bone folders were the first thing you ac quired. |
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Post by shangas on Feb 2, 2015 0:16:07 GMT
If I get a ruler or a letter-opener for this thing, it'll be ivory, that's for sure.
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