More writing on
Foxglove Broadsides, more making of journals. And what's fun is that as I explore the plot line and my protagonist, Cecile gets embroiled in more and more rather off the wall experiences, they all serve as fodder for creating art.
At first when she's more involved in her duties with the bookstore and steam press (with odd moments of participating in rebellions) I was only doing research on presses, printing, inks, etc. But as the botany came into it - lots of research there, and as I realized I could use my personal background as a student balloon pilot,
and staff writer for a ballooning magazine), well that came naturally.
The research leads to many photos and stories and they're all so interesting I want to capture them to - so I do with art - and go off on tangents like the research on absinthe, which I started years ago for my novella or series of shorts stories,
Two Ruffians and a Rat before it was sold in America. Since I sold more on
ETSY over the weekend, I had to replenish the supplies. That's four journals shipped in the past week, so I have to restock - especially any in the botany/garden variety in time for
Upstate Steampunk Con in November. I'm thrilled to be working with the Steampunk Debutante papers from
Graphic 45, as well as others, such as Tranatlantique and Communique. But I waited along with many others for the Steampunk line to be available.
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