In a sort of minor miracle, I don’t have a mountain of work to do tonight. I had to distress the dog a bit and tweak the intestines, but otherwise, nothing. I even cooked dinner. Of course, I also picked up two new gigs today. I’m going up to Albany on Friday with Chinese Theater […]
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I had a seriously great time. Hung out with many fabulous people but didn’t get to spend enough time with any of them. Got back to the city and went straight to the theater to pick up the dead dog and the intestines. My god… I have such a strange job. Anyway, I’ll try to
Back from World Fantasy Read More »
I have had great fun at the convention so far. I’ve split off from the crowd occasionally to do phone calls trying to deal with some complications in the show. Tell you about it all later. Right now, I’m going to try to get an actual full night of sleep. It’s only 1:30 am. That’s
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I got on the train with no further mishaps and was rewarded by getting to sit next to the lovely and talented Andrea Kail on my way up. Granted, I spent about half the trip sleeping, but the conversation prior to that was great. It was hard to cross the lobby without running into someone
Today started with me sleeping through my alarm, though waking up in enough time to make the 8:15 train to Saratoga if I hurried. I ran out the door, struggling along with pounds of Shimmer magazines in my backpack, and came down to the steps of the subway station just as the train I needed
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Over at Shamus Writes he’s giving away a copy of Apex Digest #6, which contains my story “Cerbo en Vitra Ujo.” This issue is sold out, so this is a fine opportunity to snag one, if you want to read that story. Now – I have an extra copy of Apex Digest Issue #6. Mint
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Last night’s build of the dog went much faster because Ken Scholes was in town and visited me in the studio. He is one of my favorite people and getting a chance to just yak away unto the wee hours was great. Plus he had brandy. He’s got his view of yesterday up on his
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I started by taking a drawing of a dog’s skeleton and enlarging it to fit the skull that I had. I simplified the basic shapes to come up with the pattern for the dog. Next I carved a spine of polyethalene, which is a very light and firm foam. Notice how I made the ribs
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No tricks, but we’ve got a treat for you: a new story from Vylar Kaftan. Download and read for free! Go on, it’s just a piece of candy. . . nothing scary at all. Grab some for your friends, too. Something Wicked This Way Plumbs Happy Halloween from Shimmer!
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I’m too fatigued to generate content today, though I still have lovely photos of the dead dog process. Meanwhile, listen to this podcast of The Moon by Jodi Eichelberger and Mark LaPierre.
My skull arrived day before yesterday! I am astonished by how beautiful it is. I’ve spent the last two days building the dead dog and have process shots for you, but at the moment, you’ll have to content yourself with this one of the skull. I will tell you that we have dubbed the dog
Alas, poor Rover, I knew thee well Read More »
On his way to the Hour of the Wolf, Steven stopped by our place. We have stayed up too late talking and now I am too tired to properly record today.
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I’ve mentioned the whole temping thing and today, my gig took a strange turn. My boss sent me to look at furniture for his office. The name of the store? Dallek. ((For those of you who are not familiar with Dr. Who. The Daleks are his most famous nemesis.)) Yeah. No one understood why I
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And I thought my job was a conversation bombshell. After -e- pointed out the Dermisted Beetles on the Skulls Unlimited employee page, I swung back to take a look. All the employees seem happy and are posing in front of pristine skulls, except this one photo. I looked closer. Then enlarged the photo…. Yep. Their
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With Halloween fast approaching, it seems like a good time to do a little project. Check out Skull-A-Day, which has a Papercraft Skull that you can make at home. The jaw moves via a tab that sticks out the back. Via Puppetbuilding Edited to add: Peterbilt spotted this “…amazing paper interpretation of Transformers’ Bumblebee, complete
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