Who knew?!?
My new mattress is made from fishing line! Yes, fishing line. Check it out!
Our mattress looks like a collection of scrubby pads. Why anyone thought to make mattresses out of fishing line in the first place is beyond me, but hey, that’s innovation for you!
I know you’re thinking: not only does this sound weird, could it possibly be comfortable? The answer after three nights is: sort of. This is a very firm mattress, so while it’s fine for sleeping on, it doesn’t feel very cozy. When I wake up in the middle of the night, instead of snuggling under the covers and feeling all warm and snug, I think: “Well, I guess I’m supposed to go back to sleep now.” Sleep feels a bit more perfunctory than enjoyable. We’re going to buy an extra padding layer, which I think will fix this issue.
I haven’t done any writing recently, as I’ve been working on getting the anthologies I’ve edited into print. Yes, finally! This requires creating full covers, which include the front, back, and spine, and the interior of the book is formatted slightly differently. For example, I’ve added blank pages in a few cases so that each story begins on the right-hand side of the page. Most of my time is spent designing the cover, and I’ve spent a ludicrous amount of time figuring out how to save the cover in the right format. I’m using Photoshop, so I export the cover as a jpg, then open it and save it again as a Photoshop PDF. Sounds super easy, right? Wrong! I’m doing something wrong, but I haven’t figured out exactly what yet. Mysteriously, I did manage to successfully create and upload one cover that worked, but I have no idea why it worked. Fortunately I’m stubborn and have a sense of humor…