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Just look at this absolutely beautiful fanbinding that @heliotropepajamas-books has done of my Hornblower fic, Midshipman's Malady !! It is just so gorgeous, I can't get over it.

Fanbinding: Midshipman's Malady by Swiftsure

Bind #14

Midshipman’s Malady by Swiftsure (@swiftly-surely)

Date Completed: 02/07/2025

Size: Quarto.  19,837 words, 151 pages.

Copies: 1

5th book of Binderary

This is a Horatio Hornblower story with a really interesting magic system and some unconventional world building.  Since it was an Age of Sail setting it was the perfect excuse to use some fun materials.  I used mystery paper from the local creative reuse store for the textblock and untrimmed edges for a rustic look.  The cover is a bit of printed marble paper I’ve been hoarding for "something good" for 10+ years.  I’m not sure why I thought the gold HTV would have enough contrast with the brown bookcloth for the spine title, but it is readable from certain angles.

Garamond for the body since it’s a historic font, and IM Fell for the titles since it looks aged, plus a cursive font I can't recall.  The margins are a bit wide since I originally planned to trim the edges, but they give it rather luxurious proportions (plenty of room for marginalia and rebinding if it was a period book).  I couldn’t decide between two mock-ups for the title page, so included both - a super simple one for the regular title and over-the-top following the introduction.

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a little birthday gift to our fandom gift, @tosquinha​ ♥ 

I hope you’re having an amazing day, full of great food and the best company around you!!! because you deserve it!!!

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Parajanov, The Colour of Pomegranates

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ant spiral quilt WIP

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When someone Bookmarks your fic but forgets to leave Kudos

(from this video)

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https://www.reddit.com/r/UtterlyInteresting/comments/191izub/when_james_joyce_decided_to_revise_a_manuscript/

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Robert Coutras

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I've always heard you shouldn't make eye contact with animals, and that cats will like the person that ignores them, but that does not apply to Brioche.

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Pinkish pale crescent moon

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(Pseudechis porphyriacus) red-bellied black snake

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Lava tube cave - Mojave National Preserve

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Lu Fusheng（卢甫圣 Chinese, b.1949）

<top>: unknown via <middle>: The Empty Valley 2005 colored ink 190x202cm via <bottom>: unknown via

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青空を泳ぐ1000匹の鯉のぼりが圧巻だった

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The Green Pool - Bullock Creek by Steve Reekie

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Busy at work, drew OCs as floating heads