Eternity's Irys

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News and updates for “Eternity’s Irys” as well as some personal opinion pieces.

  • The Stickering

    I’ve been sitting on a Cricut Explore 3 for about 2 years now. With the book happening, I decided I wanted to start making use of it for in-house merch. Which resulted in trading my laserjet (for printing manuscripts) for an inkjet and learning how to print images. Anyway, here’s my process, which I’m putting Read more

  • Cover Elements

    Rhett’s been hard at work ironing out some of the more iconic details of the cover. The results are fantastic! He started with the spine. I requested this as out of everything we discussed the spine was the most eye-catching and honestly surprising part of the whole rough design we put together. This is the Read more

  • It’s Back! In Paperback!

    Finally onto the next (and hopefully last) stage of editing! Read more

  • Eternity’s Irys and AI: A Full Disclosure

    Since I’ve begun actively posting anti-AI content, I think it’s time I made this statement. Read more

  • Cover WIP!

    Big update! After two meetings with my illustrator, Rhett (@fire_locket on Instagram), we concocted a rough draft of the cover! Behold! The beginnings of an original cover! Zero AI! All hard work and collaboration between humans! So, were did all this come from considering the only element from the original AI design that carried over Read more

  • Progress Report!

    “Final” Stats:48 Chapters99,591 Words426 Pages (with two extra reserved for special features) As of today, my first physical pass of Eternity’s Irys is now complete. I intend to do one more with a softcover copy before calling it 100% complete. I would say we are at the 80% mark. Things still in the works:-Mandala artist’s Read more