Wow, would love to see a ‘behind the scenes’! An Instagram follower suggested a behind the scenes look at some of these photo manips I’ve been posting, and I’m happy to share! 🙂 Here’s a quick video of the floating teapot coming together in Photoshop. Hope you like it! P.S. Be sure to follow me …
Tag: inspiration
Book Ideas: How Do You Name Characters?
Finn was really cute and I love the name, too! —@lifeofpages_ Yes! I was so happy to see this comment in a reader’s review of Murmur. Good names are so important, don’t you agree? (Also, geez—I can only imagine what it’s like to name a real-life baby. So much brainstorming.) Here’s the low-down on how I …
Book Inspiration: Where Do Your Ideas Come From?
Where did you get the inspiration for the Murmur books? A reader sent in the question above, and I think it’s an especially awesome question for fantasy fiction books. Where do all of these pieces come from? For me, I think the ideas for the Wildheart books draw from a couple of wells of inspiration: …
Songs for the Winner’s Circle
Hello, bookish friends! I have to confess–winter is a tough time for me to stay motivated. I mean, the freezing cold alone makes me want to curl up in a blanket and hibernate until spring. And when the work stress and sniffling sick co-workers got to be too much this week, I knew I needed …
Gorgeous GIFs
George Redhawk makes these amazing moving images — incroyable! Native American George RedHawk's Motion Effects Art is Really Amazing
You are already doing so well!
Thanks, Matthew. I need to hear this, sometimes. The greatest regret I have is that, early in my career, I showed myself such cruelty for not having accomplished anything significant. I spent so much time trying to write, but was paralyzed by how behind I felt. Many years later I realized that if I had …
Image Inspiration: Starlings and Freckles
Two years ago, Hannah had shifted in front of a mirror for curiosity’s sake. All in all, it had been grossly fascinating, like watching someone peel a sunburn. Until you really got the hang of it, the aunts said, the body usually went through a quick but thoroughly grotesque phase between forms. There’s absolutely …