9th November 2006

Tarzan’s Knife

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Tarzan's Knife

Currently, I am working on the Tarzan chapter. That’s the Lord of the Apes’ knife above.

I’m listening to Blue Rodeo. Great band… a Canadian Folk/ Rock/Alt-Country outfit. If you haven’t checked them out, you really should. I think there have been about a hundred different dudes in that band over the years, but they’re all amazing musicians. I especially love the tracks that feature fellow Canuck Sarah McLachlan doing background vocals. Just… sweet.

Tonight I built a miniature version of the book. I’m stressing out about those parts of the book that I have yet to begin. I decided that making a little ash-can might give me back some control. I plan to use it for sketching and blocking out pages.

I took a huge stack of letter-size printer paper and sliced them along the width, creating 5.5”x8.5” inch pages. Then I hole-punched the whole lot and used the “Brass Plated Fasteners” that screenwriters use to bind their screenplays. I used an old Mego Book Postcard for the cover. It’s kind of cute.

“Cute” in a daunting, horrific, what-have-I-gotten-myself-into? kind of way. But cute.

Actually, I’m excited to finally start fleshing it out more thoroughly. This book has owned my ass for over three years; it’s about time I turned the tables and exerted some control over it.

Benjamin

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