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More Binderary! This A League Of Their Own anthology has a copy for me and one for <user name="zulu">, longtime friend and fandom co-conspirator online and off. (She has written so much smut on our living room couch over the years, guys. SO MUCH.) Her reaction to seeing my first set of books, “Would… you do my fic?” Me: “Yes, that is what I already have planned for your Christmas present!”

The typesetting for this book went just fine. That was almost the only step that did. To start, I printed the wrong copy, and tried reprinting just the chapter headers but the pages were one line off. When I pressed the folded pages, I used a big wooden cutting board, conveniently forgetting that it was oiled wood, and had to reprint the top two signatures. I decided to lean into the vintage paperback vibe due to the Great Paper Fiasco of 2023 where I ended up with four reams of two-shades-more-yellow buff paper instead of cream, which meant my original cardstock endpaper plan didn’t match, and went through four different options to find the right one. I mismeasured the bookcloth for the back of the case, and had to make two more pieces, and there were some minor trimming issues. When I put the stencil on the spine and weeded it, I left it overnight before painting because it was getting late, and then discovered that it had fallen off by morning.

But I persevered! And I put @zulufic’s copy direct into her hands last night. WORTH IT. In the meantime, she has written exponentially more ALOTO fic, and I have some sportsball lesbian reading to catch up on. A few more pics in the post over on Tumblr.