Muse World Tour 2019

Houston is home to a thriving music industry. It’s launched its share of music careers from Clint Black to Beyonce to Blue October and many more. It is home to music venues that are the envy of the world and February 22nd it was host to Muse, who kicked off their world tour. Muse is […]

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The wanabe novelist blues

This morning I listened to a interview of the author of “The Lost Sisterhood” (see video below) and I thought to myself “*I* have a story about Amazons!” and I got a little depressed thinking I will never get it done and published because I can’t afford to be a starving writer (or my family […]

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Evolution of a Book Cover

When people first started binding books, just the name on the side of the book was something only a skilled craftsman could do, embossing or stamping the leather that was used as the cover.  But even the earliest books have decorative covers: Illuminated texts like The Book of The Kells, might have given people the […]

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Illuminated Gift Cards

I have some of these listed up at my etsy store, but they are available for anyone who supports my kickstarter project at more than 5.00 for a pledge: This faux stained glass style is similar to the project and valued at more than ten dollars.  If you received one for a 5.00 pledge, that […]

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Getting Ready for NANOWRIMO

I’ve written two complete novels (neither one published, btw) with NANOWRIMO.  I think it’s about the best idea to happen to writers since the invention of ebooks. Everyone has a story in them.  Some of them are a little more interesting than others, but the great thing about NANOWRIMO turning thousands of amateurs into dedicated […]

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Muse’ings

My muse has been very generous lately.  I’ve been writing like a phenom, and pretty well too, if I do say so myself.  She’s (or he, just in case) even got my green thumb in harmony with her right now.  I started to work on some terrariums to add to the Realm of Calinor.  This […]

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