Tag Archives: Art

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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Literary Bests

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

by Ursula K. Le Guin The Award System. A while ago I was invited to choose, from a list of winners of a certain literary prize, “the three best works of American fiction of the last sixty years.” The three … Continue reading →


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Book Covers and Murals

Posted on April 2, 2011 by

Following on from last week’s post about book covers, here’s another. I’ve spent most of this week working on the new cover for Resonance. I’ve just got the rights back to the book, but it needs a new cover before … Continue reading →


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The Evolution of Artist to Author ( Part 2)

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

Last week I posted part of an interview with artist and writer Don Dixon, whose artwork graced the covers of my Warner editions of the Nuala books.  His art will also be seen on the E-books of the same titles.  … Continue reading →


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The Evolution of Artist to Author

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

Anyone who has seen my original SF paperback novels from Warner Books will recognize the cover style on the E-book version of Fires Of Nuala.  The artist, Don Dixon, has had a long and distinguished career as artist and illustrator.  … Continue reading →


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Cookiepalooza!

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

I’m late, again.  But I have a really good excuse.  Because today was Cookiepalooza! Fellow BVC author Steven Piziks and I and our intrepid programmer Erica got together to bake Christmas cookies.  I’d acquired a set of fancy cutters that … Continue reading →


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