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Comment on Argleton: A story of maps, maths and motorways by Suw

Suw — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:18:33 +0000

Hi Romanista. I’m surprised that Amazon charged you $3.44 as that’s not the price that’s set. Can you tell me which store this was in as I’m very, very perplexed by the pricing! Thank you for buying it anyway though!

Comment on Argleton: A story of maps, maths and motorways by romanista

romanista — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:14:56 +0000

hi,

lovely idea,
amazon gave it to me as $3.44, but bought it anyway… can’t wait to get to read it

Comment on Notebooks galore by Suw

Suw — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:01:05 +0000

Thanks, Daniel! I’ll be putting some up on Folksy.com when I get a moment!

Comment on Notebooks galore by Daniel Honigman

Daniel Honigman — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:58:26 +0000

Those notebooks look pretty sweet. You should throw some up on Etsy. Could sell some for a pretty penny.

Comment on Notebooks galore by Nikki Magennis

Nikki Magennis — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:13:19 +0000

Magic, Suw, thank you very much! I’ll look these up. Your notebooks are beautiful.

Comment on Notebooks galore by Suw

Suw — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:26:11 +0000

Laura, I hope to be putting some of the notebooks on Folksy soon, so will email you when they are up!

Nikki, there are some great books out there on bookbinding. I’ve heard people recommend Bookbinding: A Step-by-step Guide by Kathy Abbott, and I myself have used The Bookbinding Handbook by Sue Doggett which is pretty good. There’s another I have which I can’t remember off the top of my head but I’ll check when I get home!

Comment on Notebooks galore by Nikki Magennis

Nikki Magennis — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:15:53 +0000

Hi Suw,

Love the idea of the Queen of May project. I’m also keen to start doing a bit of bookbinding, and was wondering if you could recommend a good book? I did a course years ago but need to prod my memory.

many thanks

Nikki

Comment on Notebooks galore by Laura Pep Wu

Laura Pep Wu — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:54:32 +0000

Suw, I found your site through Taleist – thanks for a super helpful post on Crowdfunding!
I LOVE these notebooks. I lived in Japan for several years and the paper is so familiar and nostalgic. Where can I get my hands on them? I can’t find any links to them but I’d love to know more about purchasing them. – Laura

Comment on Notebooks galore by Suw

Suw — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:19:11 +0000

Thank you! I just added a slideshow at the bottom there so you can see some of the others. Can’t wait to have time to bind the other bookblocks I have sitting, waiting.

Comment on Notebooks galore by Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:04:58 +0000

These are gorgeous!

Comment on Argleton: A story of maps, maths and motorways by Review: Argleton by Suw Charman-Anderson | Russell Phillips' Blog

Review: Argleton by Suw Charman-Anderson | Russell Phillips' Blog — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:54:09 +0000

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Comment on Do faeries have sex? by Suw

Suw — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:43:29 +0000

Derwydd, Ramona, thanks for your comments. In a sense, my questions were rhetorical, as I have to figure out the details of the faerie world in which my faeries live, which might be a little different to someone else’s faeries. But I appreciate the information.

Comment on Do faeries have sex? by Ramona

Ramona — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:43:54 +0000

Faeries are a complicated and cast species. They range from tiny pixies to evil trolls and even magnificent selkies. Faeries, however, aren’t like humans as they do not share complex emotions as we do. This then is the main reason as why faeries are so fascinated by humans, it’s why they break out of their own realm and enter the human one. Changelings are human babies abducted by faeries, replaced by faerie babies. This is mainly due to the fact that faeries are highly entertained by human emotions (as mentioned before). Politics in Faerie is very much similar to those of humans. Like we have different campaigns, faeries have different courts, the main ones being the Seelie and Unseelie Court. Both courts are ruled by royals, Kings or Queens and sometimes both. The Seelie Court is known for homing fae which help and guide humans, much like angels, while the Unseelie Court homes fae that are usually vicious and malevolent towards humans. That being said, most faeries tend to stay their distance from humans. Faeries live in nature, and their magic practised is mainly ‘Glamour’ which is a form of a faerie disguising an object into another i.e. A faerie can change a mushroom into a delicious apple pie. If you need anything else, try reading Tithe by Holly Black. It’s an excellent novel and explains most of the faerie habits.

Comment on Lessons from Kickstarter Part 2: Rewards by Suw

Suw — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:45:31 +0000

Hi Carl! Yeah, it’d be possible to do everything via PayPal, but one would have to ask why? The cost to you in time would easily eat up whatever savings you made in fees.

Whilst it’s true that you have to do your own promo, you can’t rely on just using Kickstarter to get you all the support you need, there’s no doubt in my mind that using KS or other such platforms is a massive advantage to doing it via PayPal on your own site. For one, Kickstarter collates all the pledges in one place so that people can see that others have made the same decision to support a project, and that’s an important signifier for those who are undecided. There’s also a lot admin stuff, like being able to ask supporters to provide information in mini-questionnaires, messaging and whatnot that’s useful in managing the project. Plus you have all your updates and comments in one spot.

So yeah, you could roll your own if you wanted, but it’s be more hassle than it’s worth imho.

Comment on Lessons from Kickstarter Part 2: Rewards by Carl Morris

Carl Morris — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:43:42 +0000

Just wondering, how much value does the Kickstarter service itself add to the process?

As I understand it you as creator have to do all or most of the promotion work anyway. And many fans will be signing up to the service specially for your project because they’ve seen it elsewhere. So in theory isn’t the entire fundraising exercise possible on one’s own blog/site with, say, a Paypal account? And then you avoid the Kickstarter fees.

Comment on Do faeries have sex? by Derwydd

Derwydd — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:57:22 +0000

Have you ever read Lyonesse, by Jack Vance? A big part of that deals with faerie society, in a way that feels ‘just right’.

Comment on Just how long is a piece of string? by Suw

Suw — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:15:48 +0000

Thank you, Ows!

Trust me, I sniff it on a regular basis and wish I had the equipment needed to make a whole litter of brothers and sisters.

Comment on Just how long is a piece of string? by Ows

Ows — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:39:40 +0000

That. Journal. Is. Lush. Beyond.

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:57:48 +0000

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