The Arty Writing Thread Book

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ISBN: Global Overview for this book
Registered by discoverylover of Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on 3/1/2008
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7 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by discoverylover from Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Saturday, March 1, 2008
WingedMan's 'you are hosting a writing party' thread inspired me to start a book of the same description. And then Scoobs asked if we could do art as well, so its an arty writing book!

I will create something, and send it on to the next person, who will then create something based on what the previous person created.

There are no rules. Feel free to take as much space as you want. If you think you are going to take longer than a month year or so, please post in the thread and do a journal entry so we know it hasn't been lost! Feel free to add things by other people, it doesn't have to be original!! When you are done, pmail the next person for their address.

Any questions, pmail me :D

Thanks for participating!!

The order (as at 26/1/11) is as follows:

Me (DL) (NZ)
Carrie1 (US)
Cafekat (US)
CreativeMGE (US)
Scoobs-buddy (US)
WingedMan (US)
Scoobs-buddy
Non BC friend of WMan (okayed by me)
Scoobs-buddy (US)
CreativeMGE (US) (yes, again, this book is really taking the roundabout way!) <----------- book is currently here until April at least :-)
SerenityBlue (CA)
Folde (US)
JoolsW (UK)
Misterteapot (AU)
Sujie (AU)
back to me (DL) (NZ)

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please add to the cover page! I can't draw to save myself, but I'm sure at least one person can (yes I'm looking at you!)!! (please see below before you do this! Make sure there will be enough room for everyone to sign)

also if you could sign the front page then that would be awesome too! After all, you are one of the authors!

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Sent to Carrie1!

Journal Entry 3 by carrie1 from Crossville, Tennessee USA on Monday, March 24, 2008
Yay, it arrived at my house today! Nice artwork, DL! Very cute & colorful. And your creative descriptions of Bookcrossing are great!

I'll get busy & put my thinking cap on to come up with something right away.

PS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DELICIOUS NEW ZEALAND CHOCOLATE!! WOOHOO, I FEEL SO SPECIAL! :D

Journal Entry 4 by carrie1 from Crossville, Tennessee USA on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Ok, I'm taking this to the Post Office today to send on to cafekat.... :)

Journal Entry 5 by cafekat from Rotonda West, Florida USA on Sunday, April 6, 2008
Wow! I made an entry on this book yesterday and it's disappeared???? Anyway, whatever made me sign up for this one? I'm feeling a little unworthy of this right now. I'll put my thinking cap on and hope my creative juices start to flow. Love the entries so far. Great idea, DL!

Journal Entry 6 by cafekat at on Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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Off to visit creativeMGE!

Thanks for the great idea and the opportunity to participate.
dl, you're gonna be so lucky to see what all of our friends have contributed. You'll have to tell us all about it when it comes home to you!


Journal Entry 7 by discoverylover from Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Re: dl, you're gonna be so lucky to see what all of our friends have contributed. You'll have to tell us all about it when it comes home to you!

A couple of people have asked about this and so I figured when it gets back to me we can get a list of people who want to see what everyone else did and send it around again? Just an idea, if anyone else has a better one, feel free to do another entry or pmail me or something!

Journal Entry 8 by creativeMGE from Kensington, Maryland USA on Friday, May 23, 2008

Just arrived - yay : ) This looks awesome, what you guys have done so far! I love how diverse and creative each person's entries have been - it's just plain cool, like F&G. : )

Going out of town for a meeting next week; will plan to take this with me and work on my contribution, so it can move forward.

Thanks for letting me participate : )

Journal Entry 9 by creativeMGE at on Monday, September 22, 2008

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You are NOT going to believe this... this book is en route to Scoobs-buddy!
Thanks everyone (especially DL!), for your patience and letting me participate... it's a lovely journal to be a part of : )


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Journal Entry 10 by rem_XDP-320934 on Friday, September 26, 2008
HEY DISCOVERYLOVER---ITS HERE!!!!!!!!!! **evil laugh**
are ya nervous?


it looks really great so far!!!! :- )

Journal Entry 11 by discoverylover from Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Friday, September 26, 2008
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH Do I need to hire a bookguard for it or something? I am SOO happy it arrived!!

And yes, I am nervous, but not really because of this....ok maybe a little because of this. You better treat this like you treat your own daughter (but feel free to skip the whole not knowing about it for 16 years :p) You do that, I come and tickle you to death muahahahaha!!

Journal Entry 12 by rem_XDP-320934 on Friday, November 21, 2008
The time has come to set it free-- still in one piece even!!! on to Wingedman

Journal Entry 13 by rem_XDP-320934 at by hand, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, November 21, 2008

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its officially in wingedman's hands now :- D

Journal Entry 14 by discoverylover from Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Do you think if we yell loud enough WMan will journal the book? :p

Journal Entry 15 by wingrem_NON-938592wing at By hand, by hand -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, March 19, 2009

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Finally.... yes finally, I am finished. Scoobs-buddy asked to have this back "for just a few minutes" so it is back with him. I'm sorry I took so long with it.

Journal Entry 16 by rem_XDP-320934 on Wednesday, April 1, 2009
I'm done!!!! ---giving it to a non-bc friend so she can add something (wm said dl said its ok so it better be!)

Journal Entry 17 by discoverylover from Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Saturday, January 16, 2010
I've uploaded some pics to flickr - they can be found here

Thanks *mumble mumble* for sending them to me ;)

Journal Entry 18 by discoverylover from Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Saturday, May 8, 2010
Any idea what's happening with this?

Journal Entry 19 by rem_XDP-320934 on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
*cautiously stepping in* -- don't throw anything at me!!!! I forgot about it but will get it gone ASAP- sorry!

Journal Entry 20 by discoverylover at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Friday, June 25, 2010
Well I didn't throw anything at you, but I might have had someone else throw something at you ;) (Did you send it yet?)

Journal Entry 21 by creativeMGE at Kensington, Maryland USA on Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Yes, that's right... this journal is back with me!! : D

It was such a lovely surprise to see it again!! I think I had made a comment that I would love to see what had happened in the interim after leaving my hands... and Scoobs and WM with DL's consent conspired to make that happen! You all are lovely, thank you so much : )


I love the new additions. There's a lot of heart in this journal, and a lot of soul : ) ... Thanks for sharing it with me - and thanks DL for letting it take the loooong route around! ; )

Per DL's instructions, I am to keep this here until she arrives in April.


Journal Entry 22 by carrie1 at Crossville, Tennessee USA on Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I would love to see the journal as well. I believe the idea was to send it around again so we could take a look at the other entries, wasn't it? Thank you

Journal Entry 23 by cafekat at Pawleys Island, South Carolina USA on Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I would like to see it again as well. In fact maybe, I'll get to see it next week. The bad weather kept me in SC this week but I plan to travel north next Wed. Call me, Creative!

Journal Entry 24 by discoverylover at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Thursday, January 27, 2011
Ummmmmm *gathering thoughts together* ok so Cafekat that would be awesome if you could see it next week, if not let me know and I'll sort something out.

It hasn't actually been around everyone yet, I can't remember why it got sent to MGE (not that I wasn't ok with it, because I obviously okayed it at some point!).

Carrie did you want to wait till it's finished its rounds or see it now? My plans were to grab it while I'm in DC for the con in a few months, and then take it with me cos there's a few other people I wanna give the opportunity to have a go, and then get it back on its way when I get home, or something (which will be the end of May/beginning of June. If anyone has any problems with that let me know and I'll work something out :-)

Sorry if none of this makes sense, it's been an awfully long week, and I am ridiculously tired, and in need of my own space!

Journal Entry 25 by carrie1 at Crossville, Tennessee USA on Thursday, January 27, 2011
I am fine with however you'd like to arrange it. Just saying I'd like to see it again at some point. Waiting until it's all finished is fine with me. Sorry to hear you're having a rough time....hopefully things will improve for you soon! Love you :D

Journal Entry 26 by discoverylover at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Friday, January 28, 2011
Coolio, feeling much better now I'm home and watching August Rush :D I'll keep it going on its journey and then send it around again :-)

Journal Entry 27 by discoverylover at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Thursday, April 21, 2011
I've got this back in my hot little hands and I'm BLOWN AWAY at how awesome all you guys are!! I'm gonna keep it with me for a bit longer, maybe add a little bit more, and then pass it on to Folde.

Journal Entry 28 by Phoenix-Flight at - Ergens in de provincie, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, May 15, 2011
Discoverylover showed this book to me yesterday while she's staying here for a few days and asked me to make some art. AAH! On the spot? Like, now? Or at least in the 36 hours you'll still be here? Oy, there's a challenge for someone who's no more than a creative-wannabe..

Anyway, got lucky and some inspiration tackled me and my hands were willing to create the image in my mind for a change. Fairly pleased with it, hope you like it. You know who was part of the inspiration. The awesomeness that is AFP :)

Signed and dated, if I ever become an artist you can put it on e-bay for lots of money :P

Handed the book back to discoverylover.

Journal Entry 29 by discoverylover at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Apparently I put this book in storage while I was living in Scotland, but I got it back out last week and I may have cried a little seeing it again. I have such lovely memories of you all from my early twenties or so. I feel like I owe you all so much because I was really just trying to work out what kind of person I wanted to be then (which to be fair I'm still doing, but I feel much closer to who I want to be now than I did then) and you were all so supportive and made me feel like I was absolutely perfect however I wanted to be.

I'm curious how y'all are doing! What's new in your lives? In September last year I got a seriously cool job working as a library assistant and as of two days ago I'm enrolled to go back to university to do a postgraduate diploma in information studies (what you study to become a "proper" librarian!). I haven't announced it on fb yet because I'm waiting to see if I get accepted, but I'm pretty I will (thankfully universities want my money lol!)

If anyone is still reading and has any idea what I should do with this journal now, feel free to weigh in. I'm happy to send it around again if people want to see it, or put pictures online, or anything really (except destroy it!).

Love to you all,
DL x

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