Dec 17
The Good News
Posted: under ARC, contest, the writing life.
Tags: contest, map, the writing life December 17th, 2012
…is I should be getting an ARC later this week, so the contest is just about ready.
Dec 17
Posted: under ARC, contest, the writing life.
Tags: contest, map, the writing life December 17th, 2012
…is I should be getting an ARC later this week, so the contest is just about ready.
Mar 28
Posted: under artwork, the writing life, Website Update.
Tags: artwork, map, the writing life, Website Notice March 28th, 2011
A “work” version of the map for Kings of the North is now up on the Paksworld website maps page, here. I don’t have time to do a prettified antiqued version right now, so this is for those who bought the book in a format that did not include the map.
Jul 07
Posted: under artwork, the writing life.
Tags: artwork, map, the writing life July 7th, 2010
Time has not been kind to the old drafting table, but the internet has been–because when I looked up used and new drafting tables, I found one for sale boasting of its Vyco cover. That’s the kind of cover my mother had on her big table at the oil company she worked for. So I asked the blueprint place if they carried it, and they did, and yesterday I picked up a piece of about the right size for this table. Here’s what it looked like before:
Jul 02
Posted: under artwork, Kings of the North, the writing life.
Tags: artwork, map, the writing life July 2nd, 2010
You’ve seen much of this before, in the Oath of Fealty map, but there are some additions.
Jun 29
Posted: under artwork, Background, the writing life.
Tags: Background, map, the writing life June 29th, 2010
Still working on the map(s). I’m going to have to take the current set of “stuff” down to the city again to the bigger scanners & copiers. But I got a halfway decent photo of the west map (not perfectly aligned…standing on step-stool above the drafting table with only a room light and the camera flash…trying not to wiggle and also not fall off the stool…
Jun 22
Posted: under artwork, the writing life.
Tags: artwork, map, progress report, the writing life June 22nd, 2010
The east half of the new map may be ready to photograph…when it’s printed, you’ll notice some tributaries you didn’t see before (hadn’t needed them before) and some towns, strongholds, etc. The west half is still being worked on. The southwest corner has acquired another range of mountains.
Jun 20
Posted: under artwork, the writing life.
Tags: artwork, map, progress report, the writing life June 20th, 2010
Here’s the current state of the map. I’m about ready to pull the undersheets of details to be transferred and continue with the empty spots.
Jun 18
Posted: under artwork, Kings of the North, the writing life.
Tags: artwork, map, the writing life June 18th, 2010
Someday, maybe even tomorrow, there’ll be another picture of the map progress. It won’t look like much, but that’s because today I erased about a quarter of it. Luckily for me (and you, in the long run) what needed erasing wasn’t inked yet. Now it is.
Jun 03
Posted: under artwork, Life beyond writing, the writing life.
Tags: Life beyond writing, map, mistakes, the writing life June 3rd, 2010
As if you didn’t know that already. But last year’s goof (not recognized as a goof at the time) has made the last week….difficult. I’m swiping a post I made over at SFF.net so I don’t have to write the embarrassing thing twice, but being a writer, I had to edit and revise it. Read the rest of this entry »