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I have too much stuff. I started out with a business and enough filing space, and that's fine. I maintain my business records. I maintain records of my knitting designs. I maintain all the course materials for the workshops I offer. And I keep track of leads and contacts for promotions.
Things were going just fine, then I wrote a book. There was nowhere to put the materials associated with the book so they're sititng on top of the file cabinet. The problem is, the book was released fall 2005 and I'm now writing another book.
What do YOU do?
After you finish a book and it's released, what do you keep? Do you keep any of the drafts? Do you keep notes? Materials related to illustrations? Anything else? How long do you keep them? Where do you keep them?
If I were writing the Great American Novel, I might be tempted to keep drafts and donate them to a library if I'm ever famous. But I can't convince myself that knitting technique books will ever put me in this category. Of course, some day, I might write the GAN.
Things were going just fine, then I wrote a book. There was nowhere to put the materials associated with the book so they're sititng on top of the file cabinet. The problem is, the book was released fall 2005 and I'm now writing another book.
What do YOU do?
After you finish a book and it's released, what do you keep? Do you keep any of the drafts? Do you keep notes? Materials related to illustrations? Anything else? How long do you keep them? Where do you keep them?
If I were writing the Great American Novel, I might be tempted to keep drafts and donate them to a library if I'm ever famous. But I can't convince myself that knitting technique books will ever put me in this category. Of course, some day, I might write the GAN.