The first copy of the magazine delivered by Lulu was both thrilling and heart-crushing, at least for me. It was better than I’d feared, nearly perfect even. However, there was a problem with the areas featuring white text on the maroon background, as well as all the maroon text in the issue. Kelli and I talked about what to do, but there really wasn’t any other choice: this simply would not do.

I’ve spent a couple of days dealing with the helpful folks at Lulu, trying to figure out what went wrong. It seems their sensitive printers couldn’t handle some of the transparency effects we were generating, so we’ve had to involve several more applications, jumping through hoops here and there, all to produce a printed magazine that looks like it should. Attempt #2 was ordered this evening, so it will be some time yet before it is delivered. We really, really, really hope this one looks perfect, so we can make it available for all of you who want to hold a real, beautiful magazine in your hands!

In the meantime, we’ve got another project that didn’t quite fit into the Autumn 2007 issue of Seasonal Delights coming your way soon!

- Phillip