Category: The Intentional Weaver
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It’s Really Real!
There were so many stations along the way when The Book began to feel ‘really real’. But now this – finally – an actual book, hard cover, full colour, ISBN and all. It finally, truly, is…really actually real. When I decided to proceed with this project it was because I would not have to do…
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Lift Off!
What a roller coaster ride! Poor Ruth finally managed to wrestle the website to the ground and get the PDF version of the book up and running and lo! Here ’tis! Both versions are now officially available from blurb.ca. You can also get Magic in the Water – just scroll all the way down the…
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The Going and the Coming of the Light
I was born and raised here near the 54th parallel and as such I have spent my life watching the sun come and go in the sky. Over the years the winter solstice has become a much more important day in the year to me than any other. The winter solstice is when the sun…
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Community
The sample print copy of the book should be ready tomorrow (be still my heart!) and hopefully it will arrive in a few days. In the meantime, members of the weaving community are beginning to read their PDF files and write reviews, sharing on their social media (cockles of my heart most definitely warmed!) Tien…
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Figuring It Out
Confession time. I’m a wee bit of a Luddite and don’t really know or understand the technology, even though I think it’s great – it’s still a bit ‘magical’ to me! However I have been told that some people have not downloaded the complimentary PDF for the introductory offer of The Intentional Weaver but have…
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Forward March!
After being stuck in technology ‘hell’ for the better part of a week, we seem to have battled our way through the ‘worst’ of it. This quote from Churchill helped me carry on, because there was simply no point to flinging myself to the ground and flailing. The only way was forward, even if it…
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One Step Forward…
Seems like with every step forward, I either slide one back, or at least to the side. I came home with a copy of the PDF version of The Intentional Weaver loaded on my iPad, thinking that all was well and I would be able to start sharing the link immediately with people. It hasn’t…
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The Next Step
This photo shows the difference between an ‘ordinary’ 2 ply cotton yarn and seine twine. They are both yarn. They are both cotton. But they are – quite obviously – not the same. Writing a book is one thing. Selling it is quite another. A couple of people have asked me if I’m happy now…
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Precipice
Over the past couple of days I have been going through my inbox, deleting some of the +7000 emails that have been living in there. I would watch the number count grow and think to myself that I really needed to deal with it because a lot of them are ‘spam’ or lists I’m subscribed…
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Marking Time
“Oh you’re a weaver! You must be sooooo patient!” Um, no. No, I’m not. So when I run into times like these where I’m waiting for the clock to tick, the calendar to turn, I have to remind myself to keep going. This too shall pass. Doesn’t mean I’m liking it or taking it with…