The Bookshelf
This is my shop, and it's shaped like a bookshelf. Every finished product stands on it like a book: click the spine, step inside. Books that belong together share a shelf (a theme, like dragons), a series can run across shelves, and every book keeps its own cover and its own style. I only make things I use, which keeps the bookshelf real and my desk crowded.
Beside every book sits its entry in my professional journal: one reflection written after the making, telling what the product is, how I made it, the hard parts and the wins, and how I use it now. The books are the work; the journal is the story of the work. #-Read the professional journal.
The books so far
The first two books are on the shelf: click a spine, step inside. The rest wait in the stacks, blank on purpose. Each takes its cover and its name as its product finishes, and the ones that belong together will gather into shelves. More books are being made now, and spines stay blank until each one is finished.
What to expect
These are the four kinds of work the shelf will hold. Everything is built quietly and arrives finished, so nothing gets preshared here; you meet each piece working and ready to use. #-Watch the journey meanwhile.
The yearly book
A book about being a generalist each year: started on the first of January, finished and published by the last day of December.
The serials
Six sci-fantasy serials, each one published in its own time. No deadlines and no rush; they arrive when they're ready.
The products
Products I use myself. If something doesn't earn a place on my own desk, it doesn't earn a page on my shelf.
The projects
What I call projects: this website, my YouTube channel, my newsletter. Each one builds the body of work over time.
Dolphin-Eel
A shelf of your own
Every hundred builds its own shelf. Start yours with one finished thing, and let the books gather as the years go; fifty years leaves room for everything you want to make. #-The 100/50 Journey page shows how the hundred works.
I'm Althena Rosalind. This shelf is the working record of my 100/50 Journey: one hundred meaningful projects across fifty years. I build quietly, launch finished, and write it all down as I go.
A generalist on the 100/50 Journey.
“The truth is that no one is really watching your every move. You just have to feel pleased with yourself at the end of the day.”