Some more Halloween costume fun for the weekend: This was actually made for a Star Wars party, but I’ve worn it off and on for some Halloweens, so I’m counting it. I was a huge Star Wars geek growing up, and though I’ve burned out some, I’m still always going to love the originals. And … More Costume-palooza: Princess Leia
We’re back to some practical advice for this month, so pull up a chair and let’s dish. About a year ago, I was guesting at a convention and was hanging out with some other authors. The topic of books came up (duh), and what we were reading, and I heard something which was utterly offensive … More Dear Writers: Please Read (A Book)
Sometimes I have bits of stories that come out of nowhere, and I’m not quite sure what to do with them. Usually it’s a premise, sometimes an ending punchline, other times it’s a character or just a snippet of a setting or time period. Sometimes I’ll get a few paragraphs that don’t have anything … More Open Doors: #HoldOnToTheLight
It’s one of those weeks where I’ve got nothin’ new goin’ on, so let’s go to the archives and see what we can talk about. And since it’s Halloween and my daily artistic life is costumes, guess what another theme this month is… Pssst, it’s costumes. Totally costumes. At the moment I’ll stick with stuff … More Costume-palooza: Batgirl
So I was going to do a post about Dayjobs, but things have kind of segued into something that should probably come first. We’ll start basic and go nitty gritty later on. You’ve decided you want to work in the arts. Yay, you! Welcome! It’s going to be a wild ride, however you decide to … More Find Your Definition of Success (Things I’d Wish I’d Known)
What can I say – I’m back from vacation this week and the wireless has been cutting out on me. At any rate, I wanted to do a second look at this post, because I think it warrants it. It’s probably the only serious post I’ll ever do under the Lost Manuscripts tag (usually reserved … More 2nd Look: Dropping the Mask and Exposing the Spirit
Since we’re at back to school time, I want to tip my hat to some teachers that forever shaped me (and who are probably regretting that now). These are actually past blog posts of mine, so I’ll give you the intro and then link you to the rest of the original post. Today’s look back … More Becoming a Germ of the Wild, another look back
So for once in my life I don’t have any columns or reviews to share – some things are scheduled, but nothing new at the moment. I did put up the new flash stories under the free reads page, updated the books page, and I’m working on getting all the other pages on this thing … More Project Pics: Paddlelump
So the other day I talked about the oddly profound effect The Lost Boys has had on my creative life, so we’ll just piggy back on that theme today because it’s the weekend and thinking, ugh. I’ve mentioned this story before on podcasts and in interviews when talking about influences and advice for authors/creatives in … More Influences: Billy Wirth and the Best Advice I’ve Ever Gotten
You thought I forgot about this, didn’t you? So today’s topic in Things I’d Wish I’d Known Going Into the Arts (man I’ve got to find a shorter title) is something that I think artists need to be really honest about. It’s one of those things that you really need to do some deep soul-searching … More Things I’d Wish I’d Known: Why do you want to do it?
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