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Welcome to rmack: bookmakerA Storytelling & Bookmaking Project
Now, underway, the process of transforming a manuscript into a hand-held book. The manuscript is available to read, chapter by chapter, each Thursday here on the blog. Today is the second installment. Companion book-building posts are also available on Thursdays on storm row studio's Patreon page. They feature art, illustration, design, and sometimes audio chapters. To view, click here and you'll be redirected to stor...

rmack: bookmaker - night flyer 1

Welcome to rmack: bookmakerA Storytelling & Bookmaking Project
Beginning March 5, 2018, I'm sharing the process of transforming a manuscript into a hand-held book. The story is available to read, chapter by chapter, here on the storm row studio blog. Companion book-building posts featuring art, illustration, design, and audio chapters are available on storm row studio's Patreon page. Posts go up on both sites every Thursday. For the first installment of the story, read on. To vie...

rmack: bookmaker, the backstory

"The night I learned to fly I was running for my life. Not to save myself from being killed, just to save myself from Terry. I was eleven, living in that dingy trailer park with my mom. We were deep into spring at that point and most of the adult tenants of the park were out around rusting barbeques and vinyl-strapped lawn chairs. Lots of smoking, drinking, but laughing, too. I should have stayed with them, with Mom, but Terry’s daughter convinced me to go on an adventure with her."
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rmack: bookmaker, the backstory

Art is personal. And no matter the type of art, work isn’t created in a vacuum. Each day craftspeople of all kinds come into contact with hundreds of process-affecting, idea-shaping things. What we do with those things matters. Use what inspires. Discard what distracts. Trust that the system works.
So, let's go back about ten years. To the day I read five quickly-written pages to a critique group. If I remember correctly, the pages got mixed reviews, but after reading aloud, I knew these not-a...

rmack: bookmaker, the backstory

Every Book Starts with a Box
What’s rmack: bookmaker?
rmack: bookmaker is a storytelling meets book-building feature where I share a story online while also creating a handheld zine or book.




What to expect from this first edition?
An experiment. With my contemporary but fantastical illustrated novel Night Flyer.
Why is this experimental? In 2012, I independently published a YA novel (wildflowers), but now I want to test out the quality, formatting, and other design elements of a new print-on-deman...

rainbows: everywhere

kitchen
towels
soaked
in
color,
yes.

rmack: bookmaker

Throughout history women have stood up, stepped out, and raised voices in the name of dignity, equity, and equality. Sometimes a woman must speak for one, often she chooses to speak for many. In the end, she does what needs doing. She starts something.
Today it's my turn to begin something new. I do this in the midst of a world upended by frustrating, sad, or scary daily news events. But I must go ahead. Why? Because in 2016, after a woman finally won the presidential nomination of a major pol...

haiku book review

#HaikuBookReview
Dana, called to heal.An ancestor, pushing herTo limits unknown.
a graphic novel adaptation of octavia butler's kindredby damian duffy & john jennings

to read a longer review, please visit:storm row studio on Patreon

Dear storm row studio blog Readers,Season's Greetings. It...

Dear storm row studio blog Readers,

Season's Greetings. It's nearly 2018. Can we even believe it? Well, ready or not, here it comes and I hope you have loads of wonderful plans for the new year. As for me, I've already put 2018 projects in motion and I thought I'd drop into the old blog and fill you in on the latest creative developments.
The big news is...
I've joined Patreon! (hooray, hooray, hooray)
What's Patreon? Patreon is an online art community where artists and craftspeople of all k...