Category Archives: Art

Dance Ten, Looks Three

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

By Brenda Clough This weekend I went to the National Gallery in Washington DC to see Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design 1848-1900.  A thrilling and gorgeous exhibition, with much of the material on loan from the Tate Museum in London. … Continue reading →


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Art and the Dog’s Breakfast

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

      Nobody in my family owns any valuable art, real estate, or hedge funds. Most of us don’t even have retirement funds—my mom is still working at age eighty, until she can earn enough social security to eke … Continue reading →


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Designing a Glam Rock Cover Alien

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

I’m talking cover design this week – the problems, the choices, the things to take into consideration – and a request to help me choose which version to go with for the release of Glampire next week. Okay, so we … Continue reading →


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Life, Play, and Art

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

        How many writers played out story situations first, to experiment with physical effort, space, gravity, etc? In my many years of yard duty while teaching, I saw small kids learn real fast that cartoon bend and … Continue reading →


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Art Is Good for You

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

By Nancy Jane Moore News Flash: A National Endowment for the Arts study [PDF alert] has found a significant correlation between participation in the arts and academic achievement by kids of low socioeconomic status. That is, poor kids who sing … Continue reading →


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A Look at Cover Art

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

by Sherwood Smith The other day, Jim C. Hines cracked up a portion of the Internet with his attempt to assume some of the female poses on cover art. A few of those poses seem only possible if said female’s … Continue reading →


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Science, Naturalism, and Truth

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

By Nancy Jane Moore I read about science a lot, though not in any systematic way. A popular science book will catch my eye on a remainder table at the bookstore, or I’ll read something online that sounds interesting and … Continue reading →


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There’s a Bimbo on the Cover Verse 5: Castles in Seattle

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

Bimbo, Verse Five: There’s a castle on the cover of the book. There’s a castle on the cover of the book. Every knight is fit for battle, but the action’s in Seattle. There’s a castle on the cover of the … Continue reading →


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There’s a Bimbo on the Cover Verse 4: Rocket Power

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

This is the fourth verse of the song “There’s a Bimbo on the Cover of the Book”. If you’re collecting the lyric and singing along, it’s sung to the tune of (TTTO) “She’ll Be Comin’ Around the Mountain When She … Continue reading →


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Cover Graphics and How They Grew: Rocket Boy

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

To sell anything on the internet, you need a picture.  That an image is worth a thousand words is actually a low-ball valuation.  I personally would never buy anything online without being able to see it.  How much more is … Continue reading →


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