You know that dream where you’re in class…yeah
January 27th, 2012 by Ravven

If you write or paint or do anything creative, you reach a point where you pretty much need to put it out there and invite people to take potshots give their opinion about it. Unless you keep your work locked into a closet somewhere, of course – but that seems both selfish and cowardly, and [...]

Clockwork Bluebird Covers: Round Two
January 20th, 2012 by Ravven

And again, new covers. It is amusing me how difficult this actually is…none of these are right, even now. There is no urgency, of course…just the frustration of wanting to get it right. Some or the artwork is rough/not fully painted, as these are mockups. The initial covers are here. Revised and new versions:  

Clockwork Bluebird: Covers
January 19th, 2012 by Ravven

Well, the book seems to be stuck with the working title, as I’ve got absolutely nothing else. Title fail. Below are two covers that I have been thinking about, one more literal and one a bit more simple/abstract. The story is (without giving away what it’s a retelling of) an it-happened-all-in-one-night mad chase through various [...]

Channelling Badger
December 13th, 2011 by Ravven

Deep into the second day of inputting all of the changes from the copyedit, I was going through one scene and realised that I had totally channelled Badger from Firefly as one of the characters. I literally hear Badger’s voice in my head when I read the scene, as I probably did when I wrote [...]

Dead Trees
December 10th, 2011 by Ravven

I’m doing a first rewrite on my story. I’m doing it ass backwards, of course (why would I do it any other way?) because there are still a few bits and pieces that need to be written. I’m hoping that during the course of the copyedit, and the rewrite of things that I know are [...]

Social Media: yor doin it rong
December 6th, 2011 by Ravven

  After starting my first writing project during NaNoWriMo, I started following a lot of writing-related people via Twitter and my feed reader. Some people get it very right, and it’s a joy to have a tiny vicarious window into their world. If they’re someone who writes books that I love, so much the better. [...]