gillpolack @ 2015-05-06T19:13:00
I'm hoping to get loads more recipes, but the ones I have been given for the cookbook already are terrific. Filkers are better represented than writers, just out of interest.
Last night in class I had my students envisage three very different views of the Middle Ages and to mind map them. Next week they get the fourth, alongside translation techniques for writing thereof.
And this morning I took a backpack full of paper and other goodies into class and my students said "We don't want tea-break - we're too busy." This was the revision of cover-design principles from last week, and how to translate mockups into the real book. Next week we finish with chapbooks and start moving to life writing. I have to admit, though, that bringing A3 paper in and having students move from A4 to A6 made it much easier for them to understand whitespace and margins. When we were working on the very tiny books (A7?) they were trying to fit their story into the page and hadn't worked out that the two could interact. They're not there yet, but we made vast amounts of progress this week, both for the artists and the non-artists.
Everyone's favourite element was the stickers. Do not ask. Please.
This afternoon Harry Hartog and I started talking about an event for the Beast. Watch this space, Canberrans and people who can get to Canberra, for it looks as if I'll be making medieval snacks for it, and the bookshop may be tempted (they're thinking about it, but with enthusiasm) into providing Hypocras. And this is my way of telling you that the Beast is at the printer. It will be released in the UK in mid-June, and here when the slow boat arrives with copies.
And now I have a crit group session. Maybe next week will slow down.
Last night in class I had my students envisage three very different views of the Middle Ages and to mind map them. Next week they get the fourth, alongside translation techniques for writing thereof.
And this morning I took a backpack full of paper and other goodies into class and my students said "We don't want tea-break - we're too busy." This was the revision of cover-design principles from last week, and how to translate mockups into the real book. Next week we finish with chapbooks and start moving to life writing. I have to admit, though, that bringing A3 paper in and having students move from A4 to A6 made it much easier for them to understand whitespace and margins. When we were working on the very tiny books (A7?) they were trying to fit their story into the page and hadn't worked out that the two could interact. They're not there yet, but we made vast amounts of progress this week, both for the artists and the non-artists.
Everyone's favourite element was the stickers. Do not ask. Please.
This afternoon Harry Hartog and I started talking about an event for the Beast. Watch this space, Canberrans and people who can get to Canberra, for it looks as if I'll be making medieval snacks for it, and the bookshop may be tempted (they're thinking about it, but with enthusiasm) into providing Hypocras. And this is my way of telling you that the Beast is at the printer. It will be released in the UK in mid-June, and here when the slow boat arrives with copies.
And now I have a crit group session. Maybe next week will slow down.
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