Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Binge Project Excerpt


These got posted in reverse order, but I wanted to show a little of a book project I am working on. Tomorrow I am submitting "The Binge Project" to blurb so that I get a published book for our class book show next week.
The book started as a scientific study on blackouts and I was trying to measure when they happen in the course of a night of drinking. Somewhere along the way it turned into a memoir project instead.
The photos are taken every ten minutes an there are about 25 of them total. The pages of the book contain hand written notes discussing various nights I blacked out in the past...there are a lot of them!
Overall, I am happy with the results. I think I have been reading too much Tucker Max and Chelsea Handler, which is why the end result was memoir-esque. I think it will be something fun to read when I am old and grey. Although, I don't know when I'd let my children read it.
There is also going to be a small flip book on the lower left page corner of a drink that starts full and ends empty. Hopefully it works out right when the book is printed.