Making a book đ
1 year later
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It has already been a year since I fully embarked on the creation of my new project: Mysterious Faeries.
Voilà 1 an que je me suis lancé dans la construction de mon nouveau livre Mysterious Faeries !
In truth, it is the culmination of more than a decade of research and the creation of new artworks. Last July, I made an important decision: to stop taking on freelance contracts in order to dedicate myself entirely to this book⊠or rather, to this series of books.
Some of you may remember the very first glimpse I shared in a post last February. Since then, the project has evolved considerably. The texts are now taking shape, the layout is progressing, and yesterday we reached a symbolic milestone: the design of the cover. It truly sets the visual identity of the project, and it will also be the foundation for the volumes to come, ensuring a cohesive collection.
Creating a book is never an easy path. When self-publishing, one must be victim, culprit, judge, and executioner all at once: making decisions, accepting them, and sometimes letting go of ideas. Over the past weeks, the hardest step was to abandon the dream of one single large anthology. Printing costs would have been too high, shipping too expensive, and the timeline far too long. And if the project is to be sustainable, it needs to remain viable.
Dividing Mysterious Faeries into several, slimmer volumes became the only reasonable path forward. And in the end, it was the right choice: each book will have its own atmosphere, its own creatures, and its own unique spirit.
To all of you supporting me on Patreon: I am deeply grateful. Your encouragement makes this possible. Thanks to you, I can move forward steadily, and I cannot wait to complete this first volume⊠and immediately dive into the second, which is already well underway.
And if you wish to support our journey even further, donât forget that our online shop is also open : every purchase helps us bring this project to life
Je rassemble du materiel depuis plus dâune dĂ©cennie en crĂ©ant de nouvelles images et en juillet dernier, jâai stoppĂ© net les contrats freelance pour me concentrĂ© sur le nouveau projet de livre, ou plus prĂ©cisĂ©ment âde livreSâ.
Vous aviez pu voir un un petit aperçu du livre sur ce post de fĂ©vrier et depuis ça a bien changĂ© et jâai bien avancĂ©! Aujourdâhui on avance donc tranquillement sur les textes et sur la maquette.
Hier on a passĂ© un milestone : on a vraiment un beau projet de couverture et mine de rien, ça concrĂ©tise vraiment le livre et les livres qui suivront car on gardera la mĂȘme mouture.
Tout nâest pas rose dans la crĂ©ation dâun livre, il faut faire des choix et lorsquâon sâauto-Ă©dite, il faut ĂȘtre victime, coupable, juge et bourreau : il faut faire des choix et sây tenir mĂȘme si ça fait mal. Ces derniĂšres semaines, lâĂ©tape difficile, câĂ©tait de me dire que que je nâaurais pas mon GROS livre, mon anthologie, mais quâil faudrait le diviser.
Cela couterait trop cher Ă imprimer, trop cher Ă envoyer et surtout trop long Ă terminer et si on veut pouvoir vivre il faut des choses Ă vendre et si je mets 10 ans Ă terminer ce GROS livre, ce nâest pas viable. Des faits bien terre Ă terre mais non nĂ©gligeables. Jâai mis de cĂŽtĂ© mon caprice et au final câĂ©tait la bonne chose Ă faire car chaque volume aura son ambiance, ses spĂ©cificitĂ©s et ses crĂ©atures.
Ă toutes celles et ceux qui me soutiennent sur Patreon : Câest une bĂ©nĂ©diction car je peux vraiment avancer sur le projet et jâai hĂąte de terminer ce premier volume pour avancer sur le 2e volet qui est du coup fort bien avancĂ©.
Et si vous souhaitez soutenir encore davantage notre aventure, nâoubliez pas que notre boutique en ligne est Ă©galement ouverte : chaque achat contribue directement Ă donner vie Ă ce projet.



