…which is why the last Signal went out to all of you lovely people with a busted link to the StarChild Kickstarter Project. Here’s the correct link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1401678214/the-20th-anniversary-nearly-complete-essential-sta Thanks for your patience — and I hope you like what you … Continue reading →
…and all Beginnings, Have a STORY. This project is one of the most ambitious of mine. Many of you who read The Signal mostly know my work on The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series of illustrated novels. But what … 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 was recently asked a question that I actually get asked often enough I decided that answering it as a post would be worthwhile. The question was this: You have self published and worked with a traditional publisher. Which is … Continue reading →
To celebrate the completion of my work on the last Imaginarium Geographica book, I’m making available FOUR of the limited edition prints made from art in the first book, HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS, in very limited quantities and at the … 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 →
We all have reasons in our lives — some good, some lousy — that we could use as shields for why we cannot in any given moment be Happy and/or Awesome. So it’s helpful to have something to look at … 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 →