WE MADE IT!
Tier 2 July 14th, 2021
Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!
The Three Books of 2021 are DONE!
"Terrors of the Evil Eye Exposed" is at press! and we have approved the proofs
"Down Home Sex Magic" got its illo by Grey and is being proofread now!
"How to Use Amulets, Charms, and Talismans in the Hoodoo and Conjure Tradition" has gotten its final text and art!
Now here's a secret ... you, my Patrons, have received EXTRA pages -- pages that were discarded from the final versions of the books.
You also are MISSING pages -- last-minute rewrites consisting of replacements for the discarded pages.
I know that some of you have noticed that all Lucky Mojo books, including those by authors other than me, end every page at the end of a paragraph and start every new page with a header of some sort.
This means than making tear-downs, re-shuffles, and rewrites is easy, because there are never any widows, orphans, or run-overs to account for.
Why do i write and typeset books this way? Because i spent years writing, editing, and typesetting non-sports trading cards, and i fell in love with the format.
When writing and typesetting trading cards, each card is a stand-alone block of information, and each card is numbered. They are like unbound books.
In making books we look at layouts in terms of spreads (facing pages) and chapters. So i see each chapter as a foil-pack of trading cards and each book as a full set of cards.
I know, i am just an oddball, but i like working this way, and book buyers get a lot more information per book because i have to challenge myself to make every page express a thought, and come out even.
Discarded pages, even when fully typeset, represent thoughts that went off-topic or didn't lead cleanly into the next topic. I don't throw them away. I store them in my hard drive. Many times they can be used for web pages ... or even other books.
So that's why you won't be able to take all of the PDFs you have received over the course of the last 15 weeks and assemble the three books. You got the "in-process" galleys, and the actual books will be slightly different.
But don't worry -- if you buy a ticket to the 2021 Virtual Hoodoo Festival (at hoodooheritagefestival.com), you will get all three PRINTED books ... and if you become a Parton at the "Bibliophile" level, you will get the books in about three years, as i am sending ALL of our books to Bibliophiles in chronological order of publication.
Okay, here's the news you've been waiting for:
TWO NEW URLS (and FIVE regular stand-bys) go out on July 14th, 2021 for Tier 2 Patrons and above as a reward for your ongoing support of my writing projects:
This is the group of 32 pdf pages from two upcoming books that will be featured at the September 11th-12th Virtual Hoodoo Heritage Festival and will go on sale to the public in mid-September.
I hope you like these sneak peaks. Your financial help makes it possible to cut out my psychic reading commitments while i write, to get books done more efficiently -- and i hope that all of you who have stuck with me since late April, when "the book project" began will be here to cheer me across the finish line next week.
Thanks again to Papa Gee, Grey, and nagasiva for the graphics. You make my writing look so good!
PRIVATE URLS FOR PATRONS
1 ) 29 pdf pages of "How to Use Amulets, Charms, and Talismans in the Hoodoo and Conjure Tradition" by catherine yronwode and Gregory Lee White:
[THE "SECRET" URL FOR THIS PDF GOES TO PATRONS IN EMAIL]
This link will lead you to a pdf -- 1 Cover Page, 1 Indicia, 10 pages of text, and 17 pages of art -- comprising the remainder of the upcoming 96-page book i am co-writing with Gregory Lee White.
2 ) 3 pdf pages of "Down-Home Sex Magic: Hoodoo Spells of Bodily Love" by catherine yronwode:
[THE "SECRET" URL FOR THIS PDF GOES TO PATRONS IN EMAIL]
This link will lead you to a pdf -- 1 Cover Page, 1 Indicia, 1 graphic image -- comprising Grey Townsend's illustration from the new book i am currently writing on simple, old-school conjure spells for sexuality. Please use the above link to access your Patreon preview, which will be included in the book "Down-Home Sex Magic" in September 2021.
This is a total of 32 pdf pages from two different books in progress.
DISCUSSION FORUMS FOR PATRONS
3 ) "Amulets, Charms, and Talismans" Private Patreon Discussion Forum:
amulets-charms-and-talismans-t94396.html
As a Patron, you have access to our exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum! Signing up takes a few seconds, and each thread allows you to participate in discussions with me about the ongoing Patreon page publications. To comment on this week's new pages, or any of the previous posts, please go to my private Patreon forum at the web address above.
4 ) "Down-Home Sex Magic" Private Patreon Discussion Forum:
down-home-sex-magic-t94335.html
As a Patron, you have access to our exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum! Signing up takes a few seconds, and each thread allows you to participate in discussions with me about the ongoing Patreon page publications. To comment on this week's new pages, or any of the previous posts, please go to my private Patreon forum at the web address above.
PUBLIC-ACCESS PAGES
5 ) And remember, if you have any difficulty reaching any of my PRIVATE Patreon forums, you can post a notice and request for help at the PUBLIC Patreon Forum page here:
support-cat-yronwode-on-patreon-t93993.html
6 ) If your friends ask you how to support me on Patreon, please send them to "It's All Ephemera," where they can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode
7 ) Please follow me on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
Next week -- i am getting back to advance sneak-peak web pages! I love the ability to explore any topic i want, and to give Patrons my web pages one full year before the public sees them, as a "thank you" for your support.
Cordially,
cat yronwode