Writer who stumbled into typesetting and the occasional cover wrap. Founder of King Shot Press, a micropublisher of radical literature. Currently in Portland, but also sometimes Athens and elsewhere.
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NOV 25 2022: Busy Business
If you’re someone like me who struggles to internalize accomplishments, then I think it’s important, especially when you’re feeling unproductive, to audit your output going back a year. There will always be months where it feels like nothing happened, and there will be months where it feels like everything happened. I spent much of 2022 working on independently-published books, doing my best to make them better.
January: MUSIC IS OVER! by Ben Arzate (typesetting), SMALL MOODS by Shane Kowalski (typesetting)
February: YOU PRAY FOR DRY WEATHER AT THE SIGHT OF THE SUN by J David Osborne (typesetting)
March: LETTING OUT THE DEVILS by Kelby Losack (typesetting, bathroom graffiti)
April: JESUS CHRIST JOE by Selby (typesetting, cover wrap)
May: THE VACATION by Garth Miró (typesetting), CORNUCOPIA by Lindsay Amaris Temple (typesetting, cover wrap), AURA by Hillary Leftwich (typesetting, image correction)
June: ISLAND TIME by Olivia Kan-Sperling (typesetting, cover wrap/spot UV outline from existing design)
July: Worked on novel
August: Worked on novel
September: DONALD GOINES by Calvin Westra (typesetting, cover wrap, charcoals, audiobook censorship)
October: Moved into a house, built some things
November: POLO by Jinnwoo (typesetting, cover wrap using existing design)
December: EXPVT (Expat litjournal #5)
Seeing this all laid out makes me feel pretty good.
If you’re someone like me who struggles to internalize accomplishments, then I think it’s important, especially when you’re feeling unproductive, to audit your output going back a year. There will always be months where it feels like nothing happened, and there will be months where it feels like everything happened. I spent much of 2022 working on independently-published books, doing my best to make them better.
January: MUSIC IS OVER! by Ben Arzate (typesetting), SMALL MOODS by Shane Kowalski (typesetting)
February: YOU PRAY FOR DRY WEATHER AT THE SIGHT OF THE SUN by J David Osborne (typesetting)
March: LETTING OUT THE DEVILS by Kelby Losack (typesetting, bathroom graffiti)
April: JESUS CHRIST JOE by Selby (typesetting, cover wrap)
May: THE VACATION by Garth Miró (typesetting), CORNUCOPIA by Lindsay Amaris Temple (typesetting, cover wrap), AURA by Hillary Leftwich (typesetting, image correction)
June: ISLAND TIME by Olivia Kan-Sperling (typesetting, cover wrap/spot UV outline from existing design)
July: Worked on novel
August: Worked on novel
September: DONALD GOINES by Calvin Westra (typesetting, cover wrap, charcoals, audiobook censorship)
October: Moved into a house, built some things
November: POLO by Jinnwoo (typesetting, cover wrap using existing design)
December: EXPVT (Expat litjournal #5)
Seeing this all laid out makes me feel pretty good.
