Memories

 

This morning Facebook showed me a 'memory' - the arrival of the actual hard copy books for the pre-orders of The Intentional Weaver,

Six years.  My how time flies!

But the memories are not just of the arrival of the completed books, but go back, at least 4 years beyond that because I actually started writing it that long ago.

A technical book doesn't always go quickly, especially when you are fitting Life in as well.  I needed the money to produce it, weave the samples, hire an editor, then pay for the printing - all before money from the actual books started coming in.

There were many times when I shut the file and walked away, wondering why on earth I was writing (another) book on weaving.  Weren't there enough already?

But my students had asked where to find the information I was giving them, and I could not point to a single volume where they could find that information.   And so, I would go back and open the file after the latest deadline crunches were over and poke away at it.

Ultimately I wrote the book I wish I had when I was learning how to weave.  Although it really isn't a 'simple' how to weave book, but hopefully, how to weave 'better'.

Did I succeed?  Dunno.  But copies still sell, albeit slowly.

Will I write another book?  I won't say 'never' this time, just 'it isn't likely'.  Instead I am focusing on writing articles.  They take less time (sort of), but also are less intense, in the way a book winds up being.

Not that I'm not bringing everything I can to the articles.  I am trying to stretch beyond what I know, see if I can wring more understanding out of the topic.  And even bringing more to my own weaving.  

Seems I'm not 'done' with learning about weaving - yet.