Friday I had a meeting about a show I’m going to do set design for — one that does not involve any body parts at all — and then… then I had nothing on my calendar. I staggered for a bit, feeling like I had to race somewhere or do something but I didn’t. I […]
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In the fantasy story I’m working on, my main characters are islanders faced with a more technologically advanced invader. These invaders bring things which you and I would know the words for, but which my islanders don’t. In the scene in question, I have this. Rising above the helmets of the warriors were ranks of
Today is our sixth anniversary, so I’m unplugging the computer and turning off the cellphone to spend the day with Rob. If you need me for anything, I’ll be back on Sunday.
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Given the recent conversation sparked by GUD’s poll which is exploring the ratio of writers to readers of short fiction, I found this article in Wired News very interesting. A small press, growing? How could it be? Against market trends, Dzanc Books is a small publisher poised to succeed, hiring staff and expanding quickly. And
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The show that I’ve been working on most recently is at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and called Rag and Bone, written by Noah Haidle and directed by Sam Gold. I watched a preview last night and am delighted to let you know that the hearts I made and the twenty tiny ladders make total sense within
Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine is running an interesting poll. Its often posited that there are more writers of science fiction than there are readers. I presume this poll will skew that direction given our user base, but Id love to get as wide a response as possible. Where do you fit in?
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While I was up in Albany performing Tiger Tales, we recieved an invitation for breakfast at the home of one of the professors. The meal, kangee, was delightful and my first time experiencing it. Kangee reminds me a little bit of grits, but with much yummier condiments. Anyway, as everyone was chatting there was a
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For the new show I’m working on, Rags and Bones, I have to make a trick chair that spurts blood and hides human hearts. Actually, I have to make it look like an actor is spurting blood, but the chair is the easiest way to deliver said fluid. The harder thing was figuring out where
Folks, I have more work than I have time, which is lovely, but it means that some of my own projects are falling by the wayside. I need someone to set up a shopping cart for me. I know how to do it, but I lack the time and have hit the point of being
We just finished the show and are tucked safely away in the hotel in Albany. It felt really good to be performing. I’ve missed it. And it’s very nice to have nothing on my docket for the evening.
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Okay. You people asked for it. Here are photos of the dead dog I built. This is the initial blood look, working with the idea that the dog has been hit by a car recently. Most animals killed by cars die from broken necks or internal bleeding. There’s very little visible damage. We needed gore.
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Patrick Swenson, erstwhile editor of Talebones, points to the latest issue of Locus. Two further Summer issues from the small press: both from magazines distinguished both by longevity and attractiveness. Talebones’ 35th issue has perhaps slightly more of a horror focus than usual–at any rate, my favorite story is a clever horror piece, Mary Robinette
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I finished the dog today. Finally. The consensus was that it needed to be gorier, but since I hadn’t built it that way, there were limits to what I could do without rebuilding. For instance, exposed bone wasn’t an option… wait a minute. There’s a real skull in there. So, I dislocated the jaw and
Blogtide Rising mentions the All Possible Worlds issue with my story, “Some Other Day” This is my favorite story of this issue. I just love science fiction when it treats science honestly and with heart.
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