06 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted in Mention Monday
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amazon, art, author, devalue, future, hulu, iheart, kindle, mention, music, quality, unlimited, writer
Last Week’s MM: 2014 My Blog in Review
There are a lot of Unlimited services going around these days. I have Hulu, where I can watch a selection of unlimited shows and movies for a monthly fee. I like to listen to IHeart radio.
When Kindle Unlimited came about, I, like many writers, were terrified. A few months later, and it looks like our fears may have been valid. Continue reading
04 Saturday Oct 2014
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art, fiction, futuristic, graphic novel, scifi, technology tattoos
I decided to make some art based on Skyland. Maybe I should turn it into a graphic novel?
26 Thursday Jun 2014
Posted in Writing Wednesday
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advice, art, aspect, author, Book, cover, look before you leap, look it up, novel, ratio, research, writer, writing
Have you ever finished a project, thought it was just perfect, and then realized that you did something wrong?
That happens to me more then I’d like.
For example, remember that cover I put up the other day? Well, I messed up several things on it. I made it all look like I wanted, and then I looked up the ratio size that a book cover could be. I was way off! I had to squish and stretch the background. I had to create so many more layers and tweak things. Finally, I got it looking good again.
Then I realized that I had put the wrong date on it. Sigh.
10 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Mention Monday
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art, call to action, Carl Sagan, cosmic calender, cosmos, fox, great show, inspire, Neil deGrasse Tyson, physics, resource, review, science, seth macfarlane, show
Last Week’s MM: Terrible Minds
I am a nerd. Since high school, maybe before, I have been into science. I remember reading Stephen Hawking when I was 14, and having my mind blown. I spent a brief period of time wanting to be a cosmologist or theoretical physicist. I even looked at colleges. But, then I decided that I’d either be making bombs or teaching at a college, which wasn’t anything I wanted to do at the time. So, I changed my mind. I took a brief detour into wanting to be a fashion designer, and then, by time I went to college, I went for psychology. I’m right and left brained. A combination of arts and science. And, in a lot of ways, I think the show Cosmos is, as well. Continue reading
26 Thursday Sep 2013
Posted in Rants, Writing Wednesday
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american gods, art, Book, edit, editing, editor, novel, reading, revising, revisions, scene, writer, writing
Sorry that there was no flash fiction this past Friday. There will be one this Friday. Recently, I left my old job and started yet another new job, which thus far I like, although I’m afraid that it won’t generate enough $ and I will have to get a second job. Gotta do what we can to pursue the dream, right? Beyond, I’m taking a third crack at my book Otherworlders. Continue reading
