Check out the cool Van Gogh picture to the left. Using high intensity X-Rays, Scientists discovered the face over which Van Gogh painted Patch of Grass. Cool. Even cooler is, unlike scientists at Delft University, you’re the one adding the layers and your readers get to uncover them. I’m a little over a third of […]
Layers and Texture – Revising Your Writing Read Post »
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB0EYZooakU] The barn leaned over The vultures dried their wings The moon climbed up an empty sky The sun sank down behind the tree On the hill There’s a killer and he’s coming Through the rye But maybe he’s the Father Of that lost little girl It’s hard to tell in this light And I
How’s It Going To End? Read Post »
In the secret space of dreams, where I dreaming lay amazed. When the secrets all are told, and the petals all unfold. Attics of My Life – Grateful Dead As a writer, I dip into my memories, scrounging around for bits and pieces to create my Frankenstein stories – not literally mind you, just that
How Reading Affects Writing Read Post »
One of the many problems with my first draft of Shadow of the Black City was the weakness of the desert magic. I hadn’t put enough time into it – and, really, I don’t think I was ready to tackle the issue. I knew this was a problem before I even started revisions, so I’ve
Writing Magic in Fantasy Fiction Read Post »
From Dichotomy Wiki.: A dichotomy is any splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts. In other words, it is a partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subsets) that are: mutually exclusive: nothing can belong simultaneously to both parts; and, jointly exhaustive: everything must belong to one part or the
Writer Identity, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Process Read Post »
I didn’t know what to expect when I began revising the first draft of my first novel, Shadow of the Black City. Right now, I feel like I’ve got even more questions than when I began. Sweet. Truth is, it’s not all bad news. Sure there are page long deletions (alright, pages upon pages, but
The Revisionatrix is a Cruel (and Cool) Mistress. Read Post »
Millions of people doing their thing on any part of this earth at any given time have great story ideas swimming in their head (to wit). There is a subset of people who try to get those ideas from their heads onto paper in the form of writing, visual arts or music. Within
The Trick of Writing Read Post »
This week I reached two writing milestones: I submitted my first fantasy short story, The River Lords, for publication and I began revising the first draft of my first novel, Shadow of the Black City. Each of these milestones represents something different. The River Lords represents completing a project and putting it out there and,
Writing Milestones Read Post »
I love this guy. No matter how I’m feeling, Patrick Sweany always brings me up. He’s the effin’ best, not to mention nice as hell. Go out and buy his stuff. Now. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTgrkll05A] This post is inspired by author Robert K. Lewis, known poster of great traditional blues. I’ll be posting more blues in the
A little inspiration on a dreary day Read Post »