Barnes & Noble Press approved my manuscript ( Read more... )

I know I said I probably wouldn't bother doing chapter illustrations this time around, but I finally dusted off my old Poser software (actually, I went and upgraded it to the newest version), and pretty soon found myself fiddling with dials and morphs again. It's kind of addictive once you get started.

I've been using Poser since I first created ( Read more... )

I don't understand authors who say that their plot bunnies “run away with them,” or that their characters have “minds of their own” and won't do what they say. Stories are not living entities that can argue with you and change direction on their own. Fictional characters - no matter how vibrant and well-realized - are still just mental constructs. ( Read more... )

I'll be in a secluded top secret location over the summer. Okay, not really. But I will be preoccupied with other things, which means no time to play with Poser and Photoshop. (But don't worry, I'll still be writing in my spare time.)

But here are some rough drafts of scenes and characters from AQ3. (Some people doodle on sketchpads; I doodle with ( Read more... )

I've begun doing chapter illustrations for Alexandra Quick and the Lands Below, using Poser.

Halloween

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