Category: The Intentional Weaver
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Shoulders of Giants
As a new weaver, I was keenly aware of how little I knew so I bought books. Lots of books. Books held knowledge and I wanted to learn. Even though I had an in-person class in weaving, it soon became apparent that it was going to take a very long time to even begin…
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Spring Sale!
This morning I had a bit of a surprise in my inbox: Blurb announced that it was having a rare public sale where they would give a discount of 25% on books. So from March 4-6, you can use the code BOOKFAN and get 25% off. I’m not sure the code will work for…
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Book Birthday
Today is December 1. Tomorrow would have been my brother’s 65th birthday. When I had to choose a launch date for The Intentional Weaver, I decided to choose Dec. 2 in honour of my brother for more reasons than I care to share in this space, today. The book was conceived at the behest…
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Six Months
Every six months I get checked at the cancer clinic. I am incredibly fortunate in so many ways but I must say, the days leading up to the appointment get stressful because I never really know what the verdict will be. The bottom line is that I am living with cancer. It’s just really…
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Challenges
I have never been one to shrink from a challenge. I like puzzles. I enjoy learning things. I like sharing my passion with other like minded folk. I’ve been called a story teller and I’m happy with that label. But I have had a lifetime of it. One of the questions I ask myself…
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Of Legacies
One of the things we – or at least I – tend to think about at some point is…what are we leaving behind? For some people this legacy leaving centres around material goods. How much money (stocks/bonds/whatever) will be passed on to the family. For me the question is not so much about money,…
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Of Legacies
One of the things we – or at least I – tend to think about at some point is…what are we leaving behind? For some people this legacy leaving centres around material goods. How much money (stocks/bonds/whatever) will be passed on to the family. For me the question is not so much about money,…
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Of Legacies
One of the things we – or at least I – tend to think about at some point is…what are we leaving behind? For some people this legacy leaving centres around material goods. How much money (stocks/bonds/whatever) will be passed on to the family. For me the question is not so much about money,…
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Copyright
There has been an on-going thread on Twitter about book copyright, how long it should last, why authors should get copyright protection in the first place. Some pundits say that copyright protection should last 5 years or 30 years, but no longer! It has taken me a while to consider this argument. I have…
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Books and Information
From time to time I get to talk to other weaver-authors about books. A recurring theme is what happens when a book goes out of print? We talk about ‘traditional’ publishing and the advantages/disadvantages in going that route. We talk about self-publishing and the advantages/disadvantages of choosing that route. But when the hard copies…