A website dedicated to the self-promotion of an author (and artist!) with mediocre talent.
I never realized this until I got into creating CGI with Blender, but there's an entire segment of the industry dedicated to creating photo-realistic images for use in sales catalogs and websites. If you look at some of the big names (Ikea comes to mind), chances are pretty good the vast majority of the product …
Another weekend lost to Blender. This is the first time I really pushed myself toward creating a more complex, photo-realistic scene, with several objects and a ton of material work. The final image you see is the accumulation of everything I've learned about Blender (and 3D rendering in general) over the last two months. Turned …
Much to my surprise, 2019 turned out to be a pretty good year on the writing front. It certainly started on the right foot, with my creepy little dark horror story, The Innocent Sink, being published by Coffin Bell Journal on January 1st. Coffin Bell was my first choice for that piece, so seeing it …
Just a quick reminder that The Innocent Sink is now available over at Coffin Bell Journal, Volume 2, Issue 1. If you haven't given it or the other fantastic works of dark fiction found in their latest issue a read yet, what are you waiting for? Last year was a peculiar one on all fronts for …
It’s been a whirlwind of activity here at Kardos Manor over the past few months. If it seemed as though I’d pulled a D.B. Cooper on you, I apologize. The good news is I was never lost and the pages keep churning out, I just haven’t had much to post here for a while. Thing …
Summer break update
A few Wednesday afternoon tidbits to snack on: I’ve been tinkering around with the website a little. Most of it is behind the scenes work primarily related to SEO. Turns out this little site has a very high ranking in Bing and Yahoo, and rising fast in Google. Pretty cool considering the whole idea behind …
Sometimes things work out just as you planned. I found out today that The Innocent Sink is going to be published by Coffin Bell Journal, issue 2.1, on January 1, 2019. I am extremely excited to have my work represented in such a wonderful publication. If you love dark fiction, do yourself a solid and go …
One of the best habits I picked up was to write 600 words in a journal first thing every morning. It frees my mind, gets the clutter organized, and puts everything in the proper places. The key is to not put much thought into what you’re going to write about each morning. Just pick up …
I had a fun conversation online the other day with a relatively new writer who was facing a familiar problem. He had a great plot, the basics of some decent characters, and a notebook full of jotted down ideas. He had even written out a fairly organized outline. So what was the problem? Enter the …