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      <image:title>Blog - 14. Out In The Wild! - We also stopped by a bunch of bookstores during our travels, asking if they might consider stocking a novel that was based around the region. While there was some promising interest, most stores required that I work with a specific UK distributor so there is one more challenge for the To Do list. One store however came through for me, American Dreams Comics in Bath. Owner Steve was kind enough to take five copies off my hands and made a dream of being stocked in a physical store come true!</image:title>
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      <image:caption>It’s been ten years of research, eight months of writing, eighteen months of editing and fifteen months of prepping for publishing. After such a massive adventure it is with HUGE excitement that I can say The World That Was is here! It is finally a real book and is now available for the general public to purchase!!! A massive thank you to everyone who has joined me along the journey. The friends and family who weathered years of story ideas, historical tidbits and travels to obscure locations. The test-readers who provided vital guidance on early drafts. The internet strangers I have met along the way. The feedback I have received at all stages of the project has been instrumental to shaping the final narrative that is now being sent out to all corners of the globe. Copies can be purchased through Amazon or directly through my web-store – all physical copies purchased through my website will be signed and there are still twenty of the 100 limited-run Early Adopter Editions available. I will be travelling to the UK this Easter weekend to try getting the book stocked in some Somerset bookstores (one of my long-time goals) and I will spend the coming weeks working to further expand distribution and create the next batch of hand-bound copies. I am still awaiting confirmation from the winner of my mailing list contest (who will receive a copy of the hand-bound edition) so there is still a chance to go in the running. I will start preparing the hand-bound versions after I return from sunny UK. It is a massive relief to get this project over the line (I tamed the hummingbird Matt! For real life!) and yet, this is not the end of the adventure… I am in the process of getting an audiobook recorded and already have ideas bouncing around for my next writing project. Sequel? Prequel? Spin off? Something completely different… Let me know what you think I should work on next and help spread the word about The World That Was. Every rating, review or social media post goes a long way to making my next project a reality. Woooooooooo!!!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It is so surreal seeing the book in the same place that my characters once truly walked!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Inside the NIF target chamber. Matilda’s Time Machine is a similar size.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The tunnel opens up to an area the size of what I’d imagined for Matilda’s cave</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Flying the drone around the ruins of Nether Stowey castle. I hope to use Blender to reimagine how the castle may have looked</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Steve Pratt showed me the remains of medieval Bath, massive bag of references in hand!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Statistics for another comprehensive round of edits while awaiting feedback from the second round of test readers. I managed to save 2691 words (2.2% of the full novel), even with an expanded prologue and significantly changed ending.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The pages were all folded crisply in half in 32 page booklets (known as signatures)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The pages were pressed in a makeshift bookpress and five equally-spaced holes were measured before being pierced with an awl.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The book's thirteen signatures were sewn together using a kettle stitch. Polyester thread provided a more robust bind and a curved needle made the task less fiddly.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gluing the spine and a size comparison to some other books</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Several thick layers of PVA glue was applied to the spine in my makeshift book press to ensure that it wouldn't crack after repeated bending. Cardboard end pages were also added to the text block.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Attempting to make a stencil for the cover art. A stamp might be the way to go...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The covers were made next, using thick cardboard for the cover and thin cardboard for a curved spine. Green linen was chosen for the cover, a common cover material.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A more advanced cover design, including a customised font to enable easier stencil making</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tissue paper backing was applied to the back of the linen cover using an iron-on adhesive so that the cardboard could be glued onto the fabric. The cardboard was spaced to allow for a 20.2cm by 13.5cm book. An even layer of PVA was spread across the cover with a brush, though the edges were thinner to avoid seepage.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The finished products – review copy on top and test copy below</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The wet glue made the covers warp so weight needed to be applied as they dried. Creating so many copies at once required some creative solutions...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The finished products – straight-spine test copy and curved-spine review copy</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A box of large floor tiles was used to press all of the covers and ensure that they didn't warp as the glue dried</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My desk became a different type of painting station after my cover stamps were laser cut by Happy Lab Wien</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gold and copper coloured paints were used to trial the stamps on the different coloured fabrics</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A scrap of linen was used for the first trial of the large stamp for the cover art</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The large stamp was then used for my first two covers. The art represents a wormhole, used to drop my main character on a way one journey through time</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I got the pages trimmed at a local copy shop (19.8cm by 13cm) and I finished the text blocks by gluing ribbons for a bookmark and to cover the glue on the spine</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The stamped covers were attached to the text blocks using PVA glue</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My existing book presses were used for the first copies...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>...but the tiles came in handy for pressing the remaining copies all at once!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I couldn't help but see how they all looked on the bookshelf</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A short questionnaire was prepared to prompt the test readers' comments upon finishing the book</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The books all packed up and ready for shipping. Unfortunately most needed to be unpacked and shipped in a single box to make it back to Australia!</image:caption>
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