Go now, my little book, to every placeWhere my first pilgrim has but shown his face
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress
It's hard to send one's art out into the world...but there comes a time to be introduced to the public, ready or not. I realized I'm running this prompt the same day as Theme Thursdays, so I may change the day for it in future.
Some of the most exquisite poetry books I know have been written by Laynie Browne, here is a link to an excerpt from her Daily Sonnets
At Drobtinice, pages from an old children's book, a lucky find.
At l'astronave, a short study of the nuts and bolts part of the process.
At eyetrouble, a marvellous new invention for producing books and a sample excerpt from a most unusual novel
At Razored Zen, some helpful rules for those planning to write books (or shorter works)
At Jack and Buddha, scroll for online enlightenment from this virtual book
At Poet in Residence, a prize-winning book
At Stony River, help for those who aspire to make a book some day.
Steve Loya's splotch monsters book available here


21 comments:
DANG! I meant to join in too. Husband's birthday is today and my modem died yesterday -- my only excuses.
Love the picture, meanwhile!
Susan - I put in a link, I think you provide a wonderful service with your links to publishing opportunities.
Wow, thanks a ton for the links here Susan. It's funny, because I was actually reading a book about getting a book published yesterday. In the meantime, excellent drawing!
You have such a wonderful hatching technique, it reminds me of Maurice Sendak.
Hi, I just wrote a little post about books. Not my own book, because I'm still waiting for that one to be published, but old books - my weakness :o)
Thank you for giving me an excuse for writing about books again.
I don't know what happened. Cyberspace gremlins?
I was saying I'm a bargain hunter, a real bananboxbookfreak.
Long live books!
now these links could keep me going all day...
Grrrl - Heh, I know one of these folks is already known to you...
Love the illustration - words about to step onto the world's stage - and I so wanted to join in on this one but just too hectic a day. Anyhow, I have a lot of links to peruse at leisure, so thanks.
Titus - living in hope re Valentine's Day, then - Your contributions are quite wonderful.
i've heard of book worms, but a book head?! whoa.
i like splotch monsters
Thanks for this, Susan!
Your prompt truly prompted me to make a piece of art I wouldn't have otherwise.
How cool is that?
Of the making of books, there is no end.
I could take the theme of "book" and do something every day for a month. (Hey... there's an idea...)
Your book head reminds me of the Brussels sprout head--perhaps they are related?
A cabbage is a kind of book of leaves...
I enjoyed all the links!
Your drawing of an "anxious" book before the opening of the curtains gave me food for thought. Why we tend to feel we are never ready? What are we waiting for after all?
Great post, Susan!
Thanks for linking to me. I'm going to check out some of the other links.
Ah! Now, one can now find an appendix in the head too :)
That's my head.
I was planning to join in, but life (and a short story) got in the way.
Clowncar - if it's the one I read on your blog, it was worth it.
great links, interesting indeed. the first one really caught me.
Aleph - Laynie is sort of a post-modern emily Dickinson.
It was.
I'm now inspired to go work on books...you always find such cool art stuff I might not ever have seen otherwise.
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