This is a post about art, because I’ve been an artist a lot longer than I’ve been a writer. Playing with useless objects and patterns seems not only to be a primate penchant, but one found in upper avian species as well. Smart creatures may not be able to eat shiny, pretty things – but…
Read More Celebrating Mindful BeautyOn January 3, 2013 I’ll be joining ‘The Next Big Thing’ blog hop with a post about Moro’s Shield, the sequel to Moro’s Price. In the meantime, take a look here at Missy Welsh’s blog, and her teaser TNBT post about her erotic space opera novel The Healing Touch! http://missywelsh.com/blog/
Read More Coming attractionsSome readers may get that instantly. Many won’t. That’s fine. On a cold moonlit morning, with Yoko Kanno’s ‘Tank!’ as the daily earworm, it’s just my way of saying that Cowboy BeBop still rules after 14 years. As anime classic, space opera tragicomedy, existential exploration – and now a remastered version with clearer colors and…
Read More See You Space Cowboy…A lot has happened in the world since I last chimed in on this blog. I could talk about gun violence and mental health, in the wake of numerous high-profile and tragic shootings. But many people are already doing that, to far better effect. I can shake my head at the political gamesmanship over the…
Read More ‘My Turn’ and the end of an eraIt’s art. It’s marketing, full-on Mad Men style. It’s both, but cover art is actually a lot closer to marketing. The one thing cover art should probably never be is art therapy or uncritical self-validation. Starry-eyed would-be authors need to understand this sooner rather than later. In just the last year alone, I’ve seen several…
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