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Welcome, 2024!
Go to page: Welcome, 2024!Artist Statement I have been musing for a couple of weeks about what to post for the New Year. I had a few graphical ideas in mind, but nothing was coming together. Then today, I listened to Writing Excuses. This was fortuitous, as they introduced me to the concept of the Artist Statement, or more…
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New Snippet
Go to page: New SnippetThe thing about being recruited into a secret organization of international assassins is that you expect it to happen when you’re twenty, not when you’re forty. And you definitely don’t expect it to happen when you’re not military or ex-military, but in fact, a recently divorced trophy-wife… Snippet #2: Assassin
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Weightless
Go to page: WeightlessNo, I am not floating around in zero-G, though that might be fun. Today I’d like to talk about Weightless Books. This is the portal I’ve used for subscribing to genre magazines for years now, in preference to Amazon or any other venue, expect perhaps Patreon. I should have written this sooner, because, as I…
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Introducing Snippets
Go to page: Introducing SnippetsI enjoy timed writing and writing from prompts. My favorite way to generate a prompt is to throw “give me three nouns,” into a Discord chat. Or I might open three books to a random page and put my finger on a word. I’ve gotten quite a few stories from these prompts, or from 15…
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New Story Out
Go to page: New Story OutThe Hidden Villains: Arise anthology is now available for purchase. This is the second on a series of anthologies from Inkd Publishing exploring the theme of Hidden Villains. The feature story is by Jody Lynn Nye. In my story, The Squeal of Gulls, a woman runs afoul of a murderous cult intent on sacrificing her…
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Sketches from life
Go to page: Sketches from lifeThese are quick sketches done from art models at two different open draw sessions. Very grateful there there are people willing to do this, either nude or clothed. Drawing from life is a great exercise in getting the basics onto the page fast, even though these men could both pose for what seemed to me…
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Hard Choices
Go to page: Hard ChoicesThis post contains spoilers for the Amazon Prime and BBC series, The Outlaws. Over the past few months, I’ve taken a couple of wonderful Gotham classes on story structure, taken a fun standalone seminar on the shape of stories, and been reading Story Trumps Structure, by Steven James. I have thoughts, most of them jumbled…
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[Poetry] Haiku
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Go to page: [Poetry] HaikuSeventeen syllables often linking two thoughts seemingly unrelated – an underlying pattern sensed, but never stated – The sparrow hunts worms In the garden – Monsoon rains Flood the rice paddies – Not one thought following, logically, from another – Slamming door echoes Behind you – My heart cracks like The porcelain bowl – but,…
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Submission Tips
Go to page: Submission TipsA couple of tips I really like, courtesy of the Just Keep Writing podcast, which I recently discovered. This one they credit to P. Djeli Clark. To paraphrase, once you’ve submitted a story, do not touch it again until it has received five form rejections. if that happens, maybe you’ll want to consider changes. Or…
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Happy Halloween!
Go to page: Happy Halloween!One of the more playful Mom-box pieces, representing mom and her beloved little dog. Mom and I both grew up in the Witch City. I have several stories based there, and might make series out of them. I mean, it was good enough for Hawthorne. If you ever get to visit, I recommend it. Aside…