I’d meant to get this out in October, but we got busy with Scouting and popcorn, and then we ping ponged illnesses around the house for a couple of weeks, so this is going to be my November post, instead. I hated outlining. I think I can blame school for that. Most of my teachers who had assigned some sort of writing project (book report, essay, etc.) wanted you to turn in an outline before you ever started writing your paper. I’ve always been an organic, or discovery, writer. The outlines pissed me off for 2 main reasons: I had …
Writing’s a marathon, not a sprint. English: Chris Derrick at the 2009 United States Cross Country Championships (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Work, commutes, after-school activities , family time, TV , meals, exercise , shopping… what am I forgetting? Oh, yeah, sleep and writing . Doesn’t it seem like there’s never enough time for everything, especially that last? In fact, to get the writing time in, it seems like sleep is often the only place to carve away a little time. Finding the time for the writing job has been tough latel…
In part 1 , I talked about my Wacom tablet and ArtRage and the first drawing I created from that. It was like an overview. In this part, I’ll break down how I created the drawing. Consider this the tutorial, for those people interested in that sort of thing. It’s not an exhaustive tutorial, though, because I’m doing this from memory several weeks after completing the drawing, so I can’t say that I used this and that exact setting. Disclaimer: I used this as a learning exercise. There are some issues with the drawing, I know, parti…
Hello, Brian here. That struck me as a good question to answer (in fact, I probably should have answered it earlier). So, I thought I’d lay it out here, so you can decide if it is worth your time to stick around… or come back. Me First off, let me tell you a little about myself. Poke around the site or one of my social media locales, and you’ll see that I’m an aspiring author and artist. I say aspiring as I am not yet published, because I don’t yet have anything ready to be published. But I’m working on it, and hope to have something …
And why I don’t plan to use it. DRM, for those who don’t know what it is, stands for Digital Rights Management . In a nutshell, it’s a technology that can be attached to electronic intellectual property , such as software, ebooks , and movies. It basically attempts to restrict what can be done with that intellectual property (ip). Some would say it’s primarily aimed at reducing or eliminating digital piracy, but not everyone . So, why wouldn’t I want to use a technology that’s going to help keep my ebooks from being stolen, robbing me of…
Hello Web Denizens, If I seem a little punchy this morning, it’s because my insomnia returned with a vengeance. I’ll try to remain coherent. I only slept about an hour tonight, so I’m pretty tired. Too tired to work on the novel I have in progress (I know because I tried; it wasn’t pretty), but I did manage to finish a drawing I’d been working on, off and on, overnight. I’d been meaning to write a post about my Wacom tablet and ArtRage , so this seemed like a good time. Here’s the finished drawing: I think I’ll break this…
It’s been awhile since I posted, so I thought I’d put out a brief update. The site’s coming along well. I think I have it just about where I want it to be (stylistically, that is; still need more content). Now, I just need to find something to replace those stock photos on the home page. Not that those are bad-looking stock photos; they're just, well, stock photos. On the writing front, BD’s Derrick the Dog is out for beta reading. Then, I’ll get started on the process of illustrating. I’m on the first major rewrite of Spending the…
Welcome to BD Crowell's new home on the web. Jimdo had some neat features, but ultimately, it didn't do what I needed it to. I'll be moving over what little content I had there over the next weeks and hopefully adding some new. So, have a look around (but mind it's under construction) and check back in as I get more content and features added. Thanks for stopping by!
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