![]() (But they wouldn’t taste good unless your tastebuds are dialed in to cardstock) Let me put on my author hat for a second: You probably saw in my newsletter that there are now adorable little bookmark characters for my Out of Time Series! They were made my Happy Hello on Etsy and today the entire set has been revealed!įrom left to right: Parvin, Reid, Solomon, Jude, Skelley Chase, Willow, Elm So if I have real cutesy ones I won’t dare to use them in a book, which totally defeats the purpose.īUT. And then all the creatives out there were like, “Let’s decorate them!” And thus, the amazing bookmark art was made. Okay, someone out there decided that a long rectangular piece of paper would be the official “bookmark” of the world. (Let’s face it, we always suddenly have to eat Oreos.) *am guilty of this* This bookmarking technique is especially useful if you realize you left the oven on, or if you have to rush to answer the door (FOR BOOKMAIL!!) or if you suddenly need to eat an Oreo. They just plop the book, spine up, anywhere they please and expect the poor thing to retain its shape later. I’ve experienced that only a handful of times and I was a gravel-eating zombie for the days that followed. what? Can I have that superpower, please?) Or, on an even more super-bookworm level. (Gross, right?) They just magically remember everything about the story and can simply find their place when they need to. These are the people who bookmark with their brains. But to bring awareness to the fairy cause, I’m abstaining from such a practice of dog-earing.) The Non-Bookmarker It’s an art.) Anyway, I don’t dog-ear anymore because I find out that a fairy dies every time a child dog-ears a book. When you dog-ear one side and then have to dog-ear the other. (No, not double dog dare, double dog ear. *shifty eyes.* Aaaaanyway.Īs a kid, I’d dog-ear all my favorite scenes and sometimes even double-dog-ear. dog-earing. There are even some people who will dog ear a book solely for the sake of taking a picture for her blog. There is this thing that villainous monsters do to books called. I used a $20 bill once in a book I DNFed and then found it eons later. ![]() Usually because I had crumpled little dollars in my purse and I knew that I’d never misplace the book, therefore the dollar was safe. Now I have giant stacks of A Time to Die bookmarks sitting around with font too small for anyone to read (because I had no idea what I was doing when I first made them.)īut at one time, I’d use money. ![]() (Actually, I never think that.) I used to do this all the time until I became an author. Sometimes I think I should start an Etsy shop to sell my spare receipts as bookmarks. Toothpicks, cell phone, hair ties, butter knives, receipts. Let’s examine them, shall we? The “Random Item” Bookmarker Many bookventurers have their own bookmarking style. There are many ways to accomplish the deed. you are probably like me and have to use bookmarks. So I want to know. Unless you’re a rabid bookworm with spare time sitting in bottles on your bookshelves who reads all books in one sitting. ![]()
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