In the middle of 2018 my D&D group ended our 3 year campaign (my first!). As I was going through my folder of goodies—trying to track down all the journals that I had used throughout the campaign—I found that I really wanted a more permanent way to chronicle my next character’s adventures. So, like any crafty ADHD person, I went to YouTube and began to try and learn how to make books. It was a pretty long process, both learning how to physically make the books and deciding what the layout should be. 

After years spent honing the craft, I finally broke through in the middle of 2022, settled on a layout (although I routinely change little bits and pieces), and found my stride in crafting the books. I found that one of the great joys of handcrafting the books was that no matter what, each book was always going to be unique, from the covers, to the spines, and the small handmade imperfections that can’t be avoided. That’s when VeryOddBooks was born.