Another question for you

Above is a shot of some Luminobeads taken before I packed them up and sent them off to their new homes.

Big thanks to all of you who have been so wonderfully encouraging about my book idea and thank you very much for all the suggestions you've made about what you'd like to see in the book.

A couple of you have mentioned videos in your comments and emails and you'd like some more bead movies.  That's great and I'm happy to oblige but I'm stuck for ideas so once more I turn to you, lovely readers, and ask you - what you would like to see me demonstrate in my next lampworking video?  Answers on a postcard, please ..... or in the comments section.

Have a good afternoon,

Beads, She Wrote

Earlier today I threw an idea into the Twitterverse to see if it was a good one.  It turns out that lots of people thought it was (either that or they were just being polite) so I'm now going to share my idea with you.

I'm going to write a book.

Yes, a book.

A book that contains everything I know about beadmaking.

I'm think I'm going to write it with the intention of self-publishing it as an eBook.  Once I've got a couple of chapters done I might approach a publisher but I'm fully aware of how hard it is to get someone to publish a book (especially when you've never written one before) and particularly one that is on a niche subject like beadmaking.  There are wonderful American books aplenty about lampwork but not many British ones.

I'm thinking that if I don't get it published (very likely) I will sell the book as a PDF or eBook.  It will contain all the things I know about lampwork along with my advice and some useful tips.  It will also be full of colourful photographs and step-by-step tutorials.

So, lovely readers, do you have any suggestions for things that you'd like to see in the book?  Are there any particular techniques or topics you'd like me to cover?  If you could give me any suggestions in the comments section or by email I'd be most grateful.  All ideas are welcome.

As I say, I will research and work out the publishing side of things as I write the book.  This is all new to me so I'll be learning as I go.

Me writing a book.  I'm a little bit excited .....