The world from my little corner
While I’ve tried to draw many things, either digitally or on traditional media, the one thing that has always scared me was drawing people. In particular, faces have been a source of sheer terror for me. My attempts at sculpting human features in Blender were not my best efforts. I have done some experimentation recently…
This is my next attempt at watercolor, including attempting to draw a horse for the first time in somewhere around forty years! This one is called “Snowy Mountains Morning,” I tried to capture the quiet dawn in the mountains in a simpler time, that fresh stillness in the air that’s really only there in the…
I am trying to learn more about working with watercolors (got some of my own art supplies rather than borrowing the kids’ paints and things), so painted another little scene. This one is called “Saturday at Tallebudgera.” I made a few mistakes here and there so had to figure out how to adapt and move…
I decided to try my luck at #landscapepainting something with #watercolor. First time I’ve painted anything since my early teens (many, MANY years ago). It turned out not too bad! It’s based on a photo I took in 2013 of the sunrise from the side of the road on my way to work. The picture…
I see on a lot of writing communities where people say, “I wrote five thousand words today!” with lots of congratulations from others in the community. And it is an achievement to do that. The problem is that when authors, and especially new authors see this and think, “I only wrote a hundred words, I…
It struck me as, well, not funny, but ironic, that the year that everything went to hell was 2020. That 20-20 vision we always used to indicate perfect perception, then came a year that most of us would like to forget. 2020 has been a year of change, a year of adaptation, a year of…
Earlier this year, I created a short fan film production of the same name. While I enjoyed telling the story in film, writing is very much my first passion. The short film was not able to convey some elements of the story as well as I could in prose, so I have given it the…
Yes, you did read that title properly. I did say that writing is a muscle. Has she finally lost the plot, you may ask? Probably, but not because of that statement. Building a muscle requires regular exercise. Working at it every day, and over time the muscle becomes stronger and the effort of exercising feels…
In the wake of removing my books from Kindle Unlimited and the exclusivity imposed by Amazon, I have now set up a storefront under my website, where I can sell my e-Books directly. Both The Map in the Fortune Cookie and The Body in the Building can now be purchased directly from my site, and…
On the face of it, Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited seems like a win for everyone. Readers pay their monthly subscription and can read any books registered under KDP Select for free, while authors get paid for every page that subscribers read. Until you start running the numbers. If you’re a well-established author with a strong following…