Last Friday night, my private office was broken into and both of my primary work computers — one recent 27″ iMac, one brand-new 27″ iMac — were stolen. I’ve posted about this already on my facebook pages, but thought I … Continue reading →
Your time and energy are finite; the former is irreplaceable, and must be used moment by moment as they occur. The latter is renewable, but only if you allow it to happen. It’s very much like one of the early … Continue reading →
Most people know my storytelling and art through the series of illustrated novels I created, The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, but not all of my readers realize that this series was not my first extended work of fantastic fiction. … Continue reading →
Nearly a decade ago, I spent several months in Los Angeles, trying to sell a project I called (at the time) HERE, BE DRAGONS as the foundation of a movie franchise, but with little success. It had been more than … Continue reading →
My grandfather’s generation was fond of using the phrase “when your ship comes in,” which a lot of my generation co-opted to mean, “when you get a lucky break.” What it actually meant was, “when you’ve worked long enough, and … Continue reading →
The attached photo is of artwork for THE FIRST DRAGON, the seventh and final volume of my biggest creative project to date, The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica. The writing had been finished — save for a few last editing … Continue reading →
“I raised you to be a thoroughbred. When thoroughbreds run they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ahead with no distractions, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they don’t listen. They just run their own race. … Continue reading →
A Master, or Teacher, or Guru, or Sage… the name by which they are called is less important than the service they provide to you when you encounter them in the course of pursuing your arête. A Master may be … Continue reading →
Because it seemed necessary, today, with so many people trying to process the events in Boston, and others, seemingly everywhere, trying their best to work through either difficult circumstances now, or the memory of tragedies past. Sometimes the reasons events … Continue reading →
I live my life largely through metaphors — it’s the natural result of having read a lot of Ray Bradbury books. Metaphors are a great way to teach certain concepts — but in a lot of ways, our world is … Continue reading →