Distant Memories (Ace Jet 170)

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I know, I shouldn't knock it. Getting anything published in my world is pretty cool. It can be surprisingly useful too. A considerable number of years ago I had a notion I wanted to work in New York and with a little help from two periodicals of the day that had printed my name alongside some bits of work I was (amazingly) awarded a visa. Not your usual common-or-garden visa either; one for "an artist of outstanding ability" or something like that. Don't ask me how I managed it but I did and having work in print helped.

So, like I said, I shouldn't knock it. And in fact, even though it's been a long time coming, the new book about blogs has turned out well. Only problem is, and I know from Twitter that at least a few bloggers have also acknowledged this, it's taken so long and the blogosphere moves so fast that the book seems somewhat contrary to the nature of the blog, highlighting a flaw in the idea of publishing a book about blogs. The grabs on my spread, for example, are almost exactly two years old and some bloggers have completely re-skinned their pages (a number of times) since the call for entries.

But I really shouldn't knock it. It's still very flattering to appear in print. Even if you're in amongst another 200, it really is still nice and at least for me, Ace Jet's not changed that much and the entries featured are good ones. That Neon entry is one of my favourites and those big Clarendon letters are still up on the restaurant around the corner from us and that atlas is still brought out regularly at home to show the boys which cloud formations are floating about.

So no, I'm not knocking it. I'm in print. Cool. Whoo Hoo!