UNBLOGGED

I distilled 24-months of my s n a p p e r h e a d writings and art—with a dash of comics and a splash of personal perspectives (2004–May 2009) into a book: UNBLOGGED the flesh and starch of snapperhead.

I did this because my mother is 70-years-youngish-oldish, and—like many of the generation that begat the baby boomers (the WWII generation?)—she's built her own Maginal Line against technology (which she doesn't cross, and regards those who do with a measurable quantity of disdain). Accordingly, cell phones, computers, the Internet, high-def TV, DVRs, and things of that ‘ilk’ will never be invited within the glow of her campfire.

In order to permit her to read and view snapperhead, I created a soft-bound book, 205 pages long, made of high-quality 8½" x 11" paper, with full-color artwork/photos. I did not include housekeeping posts, dated posts, comments, meme’s, or 98% of the hypertext effluvium.

The front cover:


The back cover:


The index pages:
  • 5 Driving Anozira Style [ Creative non-fiction essay]
  • 8 Shrimp-cheese [Comic strip]
  • 9 Armbytrarie and Snapperhead History [Art & non-fiction article]
  • 10 Field Notes [Creative non-fiction essay]
  • 14 Locality of Fear [Art]
  • 15 Decision Waffling [Writing Challenge]
  • 17 Entranced Exit [Art]
  • 18 Rhymen Standard Pennant & Love Note [Art & Message]
  • 19 TYPE 4 Remnant [Speculative Fiction ‘grabber’ page]
  • 19 Six and Seventy [Art]
  • 20 Seven and Seventy [Art]
  • 20 Lotto Luck [First pages of a fiction story]
  • 22 All Fun and Games [Non-fiction story]
  • 32 Sarah in the Pity [Art]
  • 33 Jorge with a Cat [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 1&2)]
  • 39 Vestige of Course [Art]
  • 40 The Tobbo Shop (Agent Veach) [Science Fiction (Chapter 1)]
  • 43 The Tobbo Shop (Agent Veach) [Science Fiction (Chapter 2)]
  • 48 Anger, Angst and a Jalopy & 10 Things [Art & List]
  • 49 Urgrund and Self Portrait [Art (2)]
  • 50 Patrol Cap Years [Creative non-fiction (Chapter 1)]
  • 54 Monoscholastic Sex [Art]
  • 55 Vacation Drug [Plot Treatment & Sketch]
  • 56 Illicit Has Three Eyes [Art]
  • 57 Film Code (thru my eyes first) [Opinion Article]
  • 66 Sidore Kuroneko [Art]
  • 67 Allow Me to Introduce Myself [List]
  • 73 One Station Eighteen [Art]
  • 73 Some Films are Bad, mmmkay? [Opinion Article]
  • 76 Asta Right [Art]
  • 76 The Invisible Underpinnings [Creative non-fiction story]
  • 78 BFM (zip overseer mix) [Art]
  • 79 Can You Canoe? [Opinion Article]
  • 82 Keep Fingers Clear [Art]
  • 82 Dawn Begins at Zero Dark-Thirty [Speculative fiction & non-fiction essay]
  • 85 Sample Fourteen [Art]
  • 86 Book Meme [Q&A]
  • 87 The Architect of Sleep & Berserk Helix [Book Opinion & Art]
  • 88 Q on Next Generation can do it right? [Non-fiction Conversation]
  • 90 Natunatch 19 [Art]
  • 90 Interview [Q&A]
  • 91 Cicatrize It [Art]
  • 92 PAPA’s Auto Opinion [Fiction Article]
  • 94 Quill Cog Native [Art]
  • 95 Knotted Picayune [Art]
  • 96 The Seven Shades of Love [Opinion Essay]
  • 101 Vaca-Enn-We [Art]
  • 102 Xjer-Catch & Tomah Relatives [Art & Poem]
  • 103 Prudence Afore, Ian, snap & Paramour [Art (2) & Poem (2)]
  • 104 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 1)]
  • 106 Misplaced Scorn, Who has it? [Opinion Essay]
  • 108 Surreptitious & Paramours Birthday [Art & Prose]
  • 109 Didn’t say it was right, just that it was [Art]
  • 109 Perfect breast & Breach Cesarean [100-word challenge (2)]
  • 110 Dor-man-t-of-fer-ing [Art]
  • 110 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 2)]
  • 113 Neosporin [Art]
  • 113 PP-BOATS are different than B.P. BOATS [Opinion Article]
  • 116 Public Service Homicide [Art]
  • 117 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 3)]
  • 120 Dreamline & Exactly What You Need [Art (2)]
  • 121 100-word challenges [Opinion & Other ‘snippits’ (6)]
  • 123 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 4)]
  • 126 Chasing Svelte [Opinion Article]
  • 129 Lightbox - Nightlight [Photograph]
  • 130 Flippers and Floppers [Opinion Article]
  • 131 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 5)]
  • 134 Vet, Single . . . cash [Opinion Article]
  • 136 All Saints & Year One of my Sabbatical [Art & Creative non-fiction story]
  • 138 Fortunate Fortnight [Art]
  • 138 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 6)]
  • 142 Scathing Elves [Personal Observation]
  • 143 Sketch of Portland & Reason #12 [Art & Opinion Article]
  • 144 Electoral College Opinion [Opinion Article]
  • 145 Reason #11 & Greypopcorn [Opinion Article & Art]
  • 146 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 7)]
  • 149 The Story Behind the Sign [Creative non-fiction story]
  • 150 Sharp Edges & Reason #10 [Art & Opinion Article]
  • 150 Portrait of Monti Lee [Explanation Article/Photo]
  • 151 Portrait of Monti Lee [Art]
  • 152 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 8)]
  • 155 Reason #9 & Why do you live there? [Opinion Article (2)]
  • 156 Breakfast [Art]
  • 157 Reason #8 [Opinion Article]
  • 157 TITLE UNKNOWN [Speculative Fiction (Chapter 9)]
  • 160 Reason #7 [Opinion Article]
  • 161 Jobs [List]
  • 162 Harvest Festival & Reason #6 [Opinion Article (2)]
  • 163 Phredd’s Pengwynne & Altrusitic Evil [Art & Opinion Essay]
  • 165 21 December 2012 [Creative non-fiction Article]
  • 166 Reason #5 [Opinion Article]
  • 167 NIGHTMARE [Non-fiction story]
  • 168 Wholw & Review of Public Enemies [Art & Opinion Essay]
  • 170 ...dogs begin to smell her... [Creative non-fiction story]
  • 171 Reason #4 [Opinion Article]
  • 172 Finally Caught Me [Creative non-fiction story]
  • 175 Reason #3 [Opinion Article]
  • 175 Gus 1998-2008 [Creative non-fiction story]
  • 179 Finate [Art]
  • 180 Giggle Bone & Continuing Nonsense [Non-fiction story (2)]
  • 181 Ingrate Portrait & Reason #2 [Art & Opinion Article]
  • 182 Hapse Knot [Art]
  • 183 Conversation with a Ditz [Comic Strip]
  • 183 War Story (that’s not a real war story) [Creative non-fiction story]
  • 188 Ingrate Legal [Art]
  • 189 Le-Ge-Ec & Reason #1 [Art & Opinion Article]
  • 190 Stegasaur to Sauropod [Comic Strip]
  • 191 Sometimes it is all ahead of you [Q&A Opinion Essay]
  • 192 Spoof Radially [Art]
  • 193 Conversation Santa and Bunny [Comic Strip]
  • 194 Pareidolia-Apophenia [Art]
  • 195 Zeal 4 Real [Comic Strip]
  • 196 Two not-much-discussed Failures [Creative non-fiction story]
  • 199 ESP Explained [Comic Strip]
  • 200 Boswell–Seasons & Puffy Writing [Art & Opinion Essay]
  • 201 Black and White Stuffed Convention [Comic Strip]
  • 201 Fear = Survival Mechanism [Opinion Essay]
  • 203 Fourth Dehydrated Hyena [Art]

Interested in purchasing a copy of UNBLOGGED? Email me at veachglines@gmail.com and I'll provide you with my address or a paypal account. Once I receive US$20.00 + shipping (at the rate of your choosing) I'll send one to you.

Interested in having your blog turned into a book? I can, and will, do it for you. Obviously, the cost will depend on which (and how many) of your posts/photos/art you want used, as well as how many pages are created.

Email me. I’ll examine your archives and discuss the project with you prior to providing you with a cost (I estimate about US$1.00 for each sheet-and-a-half of paper—so my 205 page book would have cost about $75 to create—add about $12 for the 11" x 17 3/4" cover and binding, add shipping costs). I suspect most blogs could become a 200-page book for less than $100.00. All you'd have to do is pick the posts!

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