Text is Copyright © 2017 by Jason H. Abbott, All Rights Reserved. Art elements are original, open source, or in the public domain.
Throwback Thursday: Odysseus, by Norman Lindsay (1925)
Norman Lindsay (1879 – 1969) is considered by many to be one of Australia's greatest artists. He worked in a bewildering number of mediums and produced a vast amount of work including drawings, etchings, watercolors, oil paintings and sculptures. Many of these had fantastical and classical elements. Lindsay was also not shy with the use of... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: July 12th, 2017
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! This weekend I returned to Bryan Aiello’s podcast to record a second discussion with him that turned out great. The YouTube video above is this latest interview, and if you missed the first one we did back at the end... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “That’s the Edge of the Temporal Anomaly.”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! Dodging a bayonet, she thrust a knife into the redcoat behind it. He screamed as her loyal tyrannosaur spied the fray and charged. #1lineWed Melissa redlined the car as fast as it could go while Howard fed... Continue Reading →
Art-Tastic Tuesday: Orc, by Romain Flamand
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: Superhuman – 1982
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: Wanaka Tree in Autumn, by Daniel C. McGee
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 →
Fifty Word Fantasy: Ruff Morning
Text is Copyright © 2017 by Jason H. Abbott, All Rights Reserved. Art elements are original, open source, or in the public domain.
Throwback Thursday: ‘Lucky Catch’, by Norman Rockwell (1955)
Norman Rockwell is an iconic American illustrator, and I love this piece because my father is a Lobsterman and known to be a teller of tall-tales. This reminds me of how I visualized some of those tales as a child. ;-) On this piece, The Saturday Evening Post website has the following to say: Rockwell... Continue Reading →
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