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remember the other day when krad was miffed that more folks didn’t make actual softcover books out of fanfics?

w e l l

i Did A Thing™,  and it came in the mail today. :D 

260 pages of trade paperback goodness. <3  (link to fic)

process / thoughts / deets:

• under $10 (including shipping) for 1 copy through blurb, and about 12 hours total work on my end in indesign/photoshop.  Not bad for investment!   (I had worked with blurb before doing a final project in college, so the general process was somewhat familiar, if a bit rusty.)
• consistently impressed with blurb’s quality, tbh.
• in hindsight i should’ve taken a little more than 4 hours time to put together a janky cover, but i’ve a soft spot for the multiple bits of symbolism here, so it doesn’t bother me too much.
• quietly sobbing multiple times while doing a quick editing pass because goddamnit this fic hits me in all the worst/best spots
• probably will not do another fic in the future just because other projects are starting to be priority-critical again; though I might be working with a hellsing author friend for one long-form fic depending on how our schedules work out.  <3 
• (if it wasn’t obvious, these are not available for the general public/not a service that i do on the side - purely a one-off personal project out of curiosity.)