Jane at Dear Author has interviewed me. It’s my second interview as a cover artist—here’s the first. I’m starting to feel like I’m some kind of celebrity or something. Will I have to watch out for paparazzi one day? Yikes, the things they’d catch me doing with my Wacom! Too scandalous! I wonder how long I have to wait before I can adopt a child from Africa. Maybe I’ll be famous enough to make the cast of Ocean’s Forty-Nine. Damn,…
I dare not write the 1K words that should accompany this illustration, for fear it will make my blog Rated XXX. But I do hope they used prophylactics on those prehensile tails. The last thing we need is a runaway outbreak of salmonella. Cartoon created for Loose Id. Share this post:
Minnie’s rules: Topic: A modern-day fairytale that starts from what is the traditional ending: “And they lived happily…†Length: 295 words And they lived happily ever after … until their wedding night. Cinderella had no practical knowledge of lovemaking, and her theoretical knowledge wasn’t much more helpful. She knew that married couples disappeared behind bedroom doors early in the evening, made a lot of unusual sounds ranging from the loud and grotesque to the whispered and giggled, and came out…
Still about three covers pending approval, and one ready to go into a second draft as soon as the author deigns to respond to my e-mail. [Rant] E-publishing must be coming into its own. Three or four years ago, my first drafts today would have earned reverberating SQUEEs, prayers of thanks and worship, and tons of chocolate in the mail, especially considering the state of e-book covers in general back then. Nowadays, I find myself jumping through hoops to please…
I’m getting the itch. After Nikki linked to a crafty quilter’s wet dream, I found myself looking through photos and photos of homemade items—stuffed dolls, quilts, cross-stitched pictures, knitted clothes, and the like. I’m not generally the sort of person who makes such things, but I started getting the urge to crochet something. I discussed this with H.E. on the phone last night. “I’d like to try quilting, and I’m thinking about getting back into crochet and other crafty stuff…