Adversaria: (pl) (n) a miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or observations.
This is the first time I've illustrated fully my own fantasy cover*, and I have to admit that I had a blast doing it! Growing up, I wanted to be a 2D animation artist, so over the years, I've subscribed to a LOT of art courses (though most of them I have yet to finish--my to-do list is immense at this stage). My struggle has always been that I want things to look...
Read The Previous Episode Read the Chibits Intro
Is that a new fantasy series profiling itself on the horizon? Why yes, yes it is! While Ars Arcana: The Rose Cycle is in the works, here's its short-story* prequel. Meet Ophelia Devorst, a 21st century macrale (that's a witch, in French-speaking Belgium) who is struggling mightily at her day job, and things seem to only be getting worse...or are they? The story will...
Read the Chibits Intro Read Next Episode
As a writer and artist, I have struggled mightily over the past decade (long story). And the more Life got in the way, the more difficult it became to get any creative work done, even on days where I had the time and energy to devote to it. Resistance, as Stephen Pressfield calls it, along with a healthy dose of guilt for not finishing all the projects I wanted to...
I'm hereby launching what I hope to be a series of whort webtoons (hence the chibits) inspired by my writing adventures--these were initially only meant to be shared via my newsletter, but they're a little image-intensive, so I'll be posting them here instead. I hope you enjoy these mini-tales!
Both Steven Pressfield and Elizabeth Gilbert speak of daemons in their works The War of Art and Big Magic, daemons being the benevolent outside forces that guide our thoughts and hands to create art and stories and music... Our muses, if you will, but in a very personal sense. It is called flow or being in the zone in modern speak, but these two descriptors fall, in...
I'm currently (re-)reading Techniques of the Selling Writer* by Dwight V. Swain, as it was recommended to me recently. The book is a basic for beginning writers, or anyone who needs reminders in some of the aspects covered within, which mostly revolve around writing fiction that resonates with readers. Here's an excerpt from the introductory chapter, on Emotion And...
I've recently (aka this month) changed my writing process, so that it's more in line with Dean Wesley Smith's technique of Writing Into The Dark* (there's a great video on it here by Michael La Ronn). It's essentially about writing without a pre-conceived outline (because writing outlines = using your critical voice = not conducive to being super creative). Instead,...
Steven Pressfield discusses in his book, The War of Art*, the impact of our own inner Resistance on our desires to accomplish our dreams. Resistance with a capital R, because there's nothing stronger to stop us from accomplishing our dreams than our own inner voice, an inner voice that does everything in its power to hold us back, chiefly out of fear. But... "Fear...
