Click the picture below for full-size. On Art-Tastic Tuesdays I feature a selected piece of visual art that I have come across. These are pieces that have inspired my writing or beautifully frame some concept or another that I have already written or want to write about. I present them without commentary so they may... Continue Reading →
Epic Music Monday: Songs To Your Eyes – Love And Peril
I love epic music! For me it is a perfect combination of the classic orchestral scoring, chorales and electronica music that I have enjoyed for decades. This stuff inspires me, and is a great companion as I write away on an exiting piece of fiction. Therefore, on Mondays I share a new piece by various... Continue Reading →
Photo Finish Friday: ‘Sunrise Over a Winter Storm in Yosemite’ by Benjamin Sloss
Click the picture below for full-size. On Photo Finish Fridays, I feature a selected piece of landscape photography that I have come across. I find that real-world photography can be just as inspirational to my imagination for crafting story settings as any piece of fantastic artwork that I might share on a Tuesday. I present... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday: Firepower by Den Beauvais (1989)
This gem by Canadian artist Den Beauvais graced the cover of Dragon Magazine #143 (March, 1989). Featuring the cockpit of an "F-18, as accurate as we’re allowed to show" (as touted by the magazine), this one caught my imagination and stuck. Den's use of cool, dark colors contrasted with the central heat and shock of... Continue Reading →
Art-Tastic Tuesday: Shellfish Revenge by Emem
Click the picture below for full-size. On Art-Tastic Tuesdays I feature a selected piece of visual art that I have come across. These are pieces that have inspired my writing or beautifully frame some concept or another that I have already written or want to write about. I present them without commentary so they may... Continue Reading →
Epic Music Monday: Epic Score – Strength To Believe
I love epic music! For me it is a perfect combination of the classic orchestral scoring, chorales and electronica music that I have enjoyed for decades. This stuff inspires me, and is a great companion as I write away on an exiting piece of fiction. Therefore, on Mondays I share a new piece by various... Continue Reading →
Sunday Special: Music for Writing Mighty Melees!
The ever awesome author D. Wallace Peach commented on my latest Epic Music Monday post earlier this week and let me know that she was in need of more for battle writing music. Seeing a fellow author in want of epic music for writing is a call to action too great for me to ignore,... Continue Reading →
Photo Finish Friday: ‘Sunset’ by William Fultz II
Click the picture below for full-size. On Photo Finish Fridays, I feature a selected piece of landscape photography that I have come across. I find that real-world photography can be just as inspirational to my imagination for crafting story settings as any piece of fantastic artwork that I might share on a Tuesday. I present... Continue Reading →
Art-Tastic Tuesday: Dragonforge by Matthew Stewart
Click the picture below for full-size. On Art-Tastic Tuesdays I feature a selected piece of visual art that I have come across. These are pieces that have inspired my writing or beautifully frame some concept or another that I have already written or want to write about. I present them without commentary so they may... Continue Reading →
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