May 2009
16 posts
Anticipation, Worldcon 67 in Montréal →
I just completed the registration for Worldcon, and signed
up to participate a bit in the lit, art and tech tracks—and also a reading. See you Montréal in August! Info: …
Another novel done...with a whole new beginning →
Really sorry to have missed WisCon this weekend, but I completed my fifth novel instead.
I’m still doing some cleanup, working through an edit pass, but, five months of hard work, a 110k words, and…
Heart of the Worldforest →
Painted this yesterday, probably the last scene painting for the first book in this new series. Full title is “She Owns the Heart of the Worldforest”. I’m still tweaking here and there. Really…
Try not to laugh... →
I dare you. Almost what I was going for with the character study, Zombie Hunters into Gardening, but far funnier…and real. Well, you know what I mean.
Goths in Hot Weather A celebration…
Bento #45: Inari-zushi Totoro bento! →
Bento #45: Inari-zushi Totoro bento! Originally uploaded by AnnaTheRed
I think it’d make one more contemplative at lunch…if you opened things up on the cafeteria table and this is…
Cracked... →
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Aren't we tired of the "#FAIL"? →
FAIL, the four letters you stick on the end of anything that’s not going the way you wanted. So, it’s #googlefail, #twitterfail, #marketfail, #blatherskitefail.
Not to be left out of stamping…
4H kids helping the NH SPCA →
My kids are in the Seacoast Kids 4H here in New Hampshire, and they’re helping out the NH SPCA. You can too! About the New Hampshire SPCA
Since
1872, the New…
Zombie Hunters into Gardening →
Gardening…it’s contagious. By night, you’re prowling the local graveyards, keeping the dead down. By day? You’re hitting the garden, getting your hands dirty. There’s just no reason for zombie…
Kindle →
I’m off to buy a Kindle! Alice bought me a Sony Reader for Christmas a couple years ago. I love it, and I’ve been using it since. But it’s time to get the new thing.
Get your own:
Parade →
Painted another this weekend, the main group in my current book, missing one after he bought it a few chapters back. Character on the right is my protag, everyone else plays a pretty significant…
Girls with Guns [Flickr] →
chrishoward.author posted a photo:
Character study for my current book
Another character sketch →
Another character from my current series—it’s a WIP, still tweaking things, string plucking fingers were tough. It’s all about sound and music. He’s my POV character for the next book. Digital,…
Okay, one more... →
Another character sketch, fairly quick digital work—although I’ve been thinking about this one for a while, CS, Wacom, about two hours of work. She’s a new feature character in the current book,…
When you have enemies nine feet tall... →
…your sword strategy better include some acrobatics. Painted this one tonight, a scene from chapter 21. Couple hours of work, two characters from my current book—which shall not be…
April 2009
19 posts
Scene Sketch →
Spent a couple hours painting tonight, a quick one for a scene I’m currently writing, my two characters on the top step of some giant stone steps leading into a throne room. Yes, one is sporting…
Fifth novel writing method differences →
I’ve posted several times on how a novel comes together for me, and the last four have followed the same path. Basically I start from the beginning, write to about the halfway point, then I’ll…
Rainbow over Exeter →
Alice and I were in Exeter yesterday evening doing a little shopping, and this is what the rainstorm left.
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Sea Goddess [Flickr] →
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