Duos Pocket Edition Complete

March 14, 2010 at 10:31 am | In Deux, Duos, Duos (book), News | Leave a Comment

And here’s the new cover:

You can buy a copy over at that lulu site… but I definitely do not recommend it. So much so that I won’t even provide you a link. Soon I will be selling individual signed copies over on my new eBay store,  Extra Special Foundry (pre-announcement) though.

Of course, you can also reserve a copy of this new pocket edition bundled with a copy of the new book over at deuxbook.com which will ship together mid-April.

Stay tuned for even more exciting cool news!

You know what’s awesome?

March 12, 2010 at 1:26 am | In Deux, Duos, News | Leave a Comment

A Deux update!

Justin Eddings has done a fine job photographing the sculpture I made for the cover of the book. Here’s a somewhat low res preview of the photos!

Don’t forget to visit deuxbook.com to pre-order your copy of Deux (shipping mid-April, e-book delivered April 4th!) as well as a copy of Duos in brand-spanking new handy dandy pocket size!

Pre-Order Deux NOW!

March 4, 2010 at 12:57 am | In Deux, News | Leave a Comment

Yes, I’m straight up taking pre-orders through paypal (credit cards also accepted). So reserve your copy now. It’s gonna be awesome and three quarters.

In short: 5 bucks gets you the e-book on April 4th.
20 gets you the e-book on April 4th and a signed paperback on it’s way to you mid-April.
50 gets you the e-book and 3 paperbacks. Sweet deal huh?

Yeah, shipping is included. Canadian? Yeah I’ll send you a copy for 5 dollars more to cover shipping (that’s US dollars, eh?)

Just head over to http://deuxbook.com and place your order. Tell everyone you know, and at least 10 people you don’t know.

This isn’t on the website, but order at least one paperback before April 4th and I’ll put your name or website in the book. All buyers ($5 and up) will get a shoutout here on the website!

And for those of you wanting to get credit as part of the street team (contact me for more info), here’s a brand-spankin’ new flyer for you to litter your town/city/municipality with:

deuxbook.comThanks!

Deux Cover Design Complete!

February 25, 2010 at 7:54 pm | In Deux, News | Leave a Comment

EDIT: This is not the cover I will be using, but instead something completely different and much much cooler. Stay tuned!

Well, the front cover anyway. I’m nowhere finished writing the book but I like to jump around on getting different aspects done  throughout the process.

Here’s a really lo-res preview:

You’ll just have to wait and see what makes the dark areas special. I also haven’t decided on this version or inverting the black and white. I think the white pops more though.

More updates to come as even more progress is made.

Penmanship 360

February 23, 2010 at 6:55 pm | In Fun, Writing | Leave a Comment

Here’s a fun little exercise I came up with today that works your brain, hands and paper. Something like that.

Basically, there are four main orientations text can be written with two directions for each (“forwards” and “backwards”*) as shown in this diagram:

A: “upright” left to right and right to left
B: “upside down” left to right and right to left
C: 90 degree CCW bottom to top and top to bottom
D: 90 degrees CW bottom to top and top to bottom

The exercise is basically to pick any phrase and write them in all 8 orientation/direction combinations and try to get the most legible result possible. I suggest doing the entire exercise for a single phrase multiple times. The first time focus on accuracy, and later attempts go for efficiency and speed.

I find it interesting how similar some motions are similar to different letters just in different orientations. The best examples of this are “c,n, and u” and “w,m, E and 3.” What are some other similar shapes you can find in rotated letters?

*Note: the “backwards” directions are only backwards in the order that the letters are written, they are NOT mirror images. That can be a whole other layer to add to the exercise upping the permutations to 16 possibilities.

So that’s my penmanship exercise, Penmanship 360. Let’s call the advanced exercise with mirror text Penmanship OdE.

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