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: All Is Not Lost by William Patino
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: Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way!
The 1980 Rankin/Bass animated version of The Return of the King isn't without its flaws, but it is lovable in spite of them. And it also has this earwormy song! I often find myself humming it when I'm feeling overwhelmed by a Work in Progress, or writing up one on my WIP-it Wednesdays. ;-) I've... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: January 18th, 2017
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! I had a solid weekend of writing, adding close to three-thousand words to the final chapter of Vivian’s Last Cigarette. The manuscript is now likely within a thousand words of becoming a finished first draft… and the excitement of typing... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “I believe we’ve started an adventure”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! "I'm not a lame superhero? Asil, I've got pigeon powers and sprout wings." The tween girl smiled. "Flying's always cool, Ken." #1LineWed Ken shouldered the fleeing criminal, swooping in like a pigeon-winged angel. "Great tackle!" Asil said.... Continue Reading →
Art-Tastic Tuesday: A Quiet Winter by Ryan Van Dongen
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: Colossal Trailer Music – Aftermath
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: ‘Path Through the Meadow of Val Ferret’ by Unknown
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: Untitled Illustration by Jeff Easley
Jeff Easley has a well known legacy from his long tenure as an artist working for TSR, and later Wizards of the Coast. His fantasy artwork in the tradition of Frank Frazetta graced the covers and interiors of many Dungeons and Dragons rule-books and adventures. Beautiful women, heroic men, epic monsters... his work is classic!... Continue Reading →
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