Matteus

Because I've become horribly addicted to the characters I made for my second novel I decided to take each of them for a very short spin in a vignette and also provide a little sneak preview of sorts.


The first one is Matteus. I wouldn't worry about it getting too spoilery if anyone actually cares about that stuff.

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A Very Skyrim Valentine

It's fast becoming that time of year when I fill in those gaps left from Hallmark/whoever makes those disturbing gigantism of the eyes in kittens and puppies images.

The first comes courtesy of Bethsda's open world you're probably still trudging through every dungeon even though it was released in November, aren't you?

As always feel free to click, save, print and share with your dragon slaying love or someone you married so you could have a shop in your house.

Another Wacky Idea?

I'm vaguely kicking around the idea of offering up my map making services for anyone else trapped in "Oh crap I wrote a story about some place all in my brain and now people want to be able to see it!"

I personally like a bit of color in my maps, and then aging, as you can see from the two I finished.

But I can just as easily (actually it'd be a lot easier - colors don't come cheap) go for a sepia tone, crisp and clean like a newly stretched pit of vellum. The Indiana Jones animated plane lines are extra.

Okay so I mostly want an excuse to play again. Come on people, if I don't feed the monster it'll grow 40 feet and take down Cedar Rapids!

Surely someone has an old doodle they want to see in vivid poster form? I'm starting to get the shakes!

Just one more project, I swear.

I can't decide!

I need to learn when bored I shouldn't mess around with various cover makers because I always walk away with a million new ideas which leaves me with a new problem, I have no idea which design I want to use.

So I'm asking you which do you prefer for a book cover about something that I haven't bothered to summarize yet because I hate it so much!

Number 1. My first attempt and an excuse to use that map.

Number 2: I'd get a staff on one side and sword on the other but then I'd actually have to come up with an author bio.

Please please tell me which you prefer, there are things I like and don't like about both of them.

Free Blood

It should probably come as no big surprise that I have a lot of fake blood in my house in various forms.

This came in handy when I needed to make a blood layer for my book. With a paint brush, my bottle o' blood and a flicking reminiscent of Dexter I made some splatter that can be laid over just about anything.

Why today I used a small section to help make this:

And because I was rather impressed with it, and I like to share, here is a png of the blood splatter in full glorious red with shades of more red free for use to anyone who needs it.

So go on, take it.

I swear, you shall in no was be indebted to me by taking my free blood.

He he he he he *cough cough* sorry, sweettart got stuck.

I promise.