"YOU HAVE TO MOVE HERE. It's the best city in the world." I don't remember who said these words to me. Was it the dancefloor brunette with the flower tattoo on her neck? The one who promised to teach me the Spanish lyrics of La Fama by Rosalia, only to fizzle into thin air. Or was it the city itself? Each inch of Her forty square miles finding ways to tickle me delusional. Forgive my naïvety, I'd never been courted by a city before.
wow, lucky you! I'm sure you'll have a great time. Also, it was nice to meet you yesterday! I'm going to explore the chapbook printing idea you suggested. Do you know any good chapbook publishers or is it more a DIY project?
I know that if you can design it yourself they are really cheap to print. Maybe you could use some combination of canva for design and then smartpress for printing?
oooh that's a great idea, i'll check out smartpress! I'm ideally trying to avoid printing a bunch of copies and having them gather dust in a big pile of inventory in my house haha. If there's a print-on-demand option, that'll be cool. I just got invited to Metalabel (link below) so I could do a limited edition "release" where there's say, only 100 copies of the chapbook, but anyone can get the digital copy? Or maybe Kindle? Or maybe merch? Ahhh so many options haha
I've been looking at Metalabel too!!! I have several ideas I'm interested in launching there but I'm not quite sure yet how I want to do it. You'll have to let me know how it goes if you decide to experiment!
oooh, very cool. Ok deal! I'll let you know whatever I find out. I know Metalabel runs two workshops every month, I'm planning to attend the next one. Aside from the cool looking UI, I'm still 100% sure how/why they are better than Gumroad/Lemonsqueezy for solo creators, but I guess I'll find out!
Hey Elle - that's awesome news, I've been following your writing for a while now, let me know when you're in Barcelona and we can try to meet for a coffee!
This was so good Tobi, I had goosebumps the entire time. Thanks for reminding me of the many reasons why I chose Barcelona to be my home, hope to see you back here soon my friend!
Such vibes! This is fantastic. Love Barcelona. Visited decades ago when I was little and I’ve been meaning to get back. Wonder what I’ll notice now as opposed to then.
Thank you for sharing Tobi!!! This is absolutely beautiful. Barcelona definitely has a piece of my heart and you did such a great job of describing why <3
This isn't just a dish on Barcelona, but a whole meal on how to sop up the sauce of life with the crustiest, warmest hunk of bread. I love experiencing the world through your eyes, Tobi!
This is beautiful. I’m heading to Barcelona in a couple of weeks and can’t wait to be serenaded!
wow, lucky you! I'm sure you'll have a great time. Also, it was nice to meet you yesterday! I'm going to explore the chapbook printing idea you suggested. Do you know any good chapbook publishers or is it more a DIY project?
I know that if you can design it yourself they are really cheap to print. Maybe you could use some combination of canva for design and then smartpress for printing?
oooh that's a great idea, i'll check out smartpress! I'm ideally trying to avoid printing a bunch of copies and having them gather dust in a big pile of inventory in my house haha. If there's a print-on-demand option, that'll be cool. I just got invited to Metalabel (link below) so I could do a limited edition "release" where there's say, only 100 copies of the chapbook, but anyone can get the digital copy? Or maybe Kindle? Or maybe merch? Ahhh so many options haha
(this is Metalabel btw if you haven't heard of it https://www.metalabel.com)
I've been looking at Metalabel too!!! I have several ideas I'm interested in launching there but I'm not quite sure yet how I want to do it. You'll have to let me know how it goes if you decide to experiment!
oooh, very cool. Ok deal! I'll let you know whatever I find out. I know Metalabel runs two workshops every month, I'm planning to attend the next one. Aside from the cool looking UI, I'm still 100% sure how/why they are better than Gumroad/Lemonsqueezy for solo creators, but I guess I'll find out!
Hey Elle - that's awesome news, I've been following your writing for a while now, let me know when you're in Barcelona and we can try to meet for a coffee!
This was so good Tobi, I had goosebumps the entire time. Thanks for reminding me of the many reasons why I chose Barcelona to be my home, hope to see you back here soon my friend!
glad you liked it my friend, and yes I'll let you know!
Such vibes! This is fantastic. Love Barcelona. Visited decades ago when I was little and I’ve been meaning to get back. Wonder what I’ll notice now as opposed to then.
if you go back, you should write about it! I'm curious what your experience will be
That’s definitely the plan!
Thank you for sharing Tobi!!! This is absolutely beautiful. Barcelona definitely has a piece of my heart and you did such a great job of describing why <3
This isn't just a dish on Barcelona, but a whole meal on how to sop up the sauce of life with the crustiest, warmest hunk of bread. I love experiencing the world through your eyes, Tobi!