Finding Balance in Discussing a WIP

As a writer something that always makes my brain hurt is trying to figure out just how much to talk about when discussing a WIP (Work in Progress). It may seem like no big deal to discuss it but talking about it could easily take the steam out of the writing. Or make you look like a flake when you have to put it on the backburner for a little while.

It’s not hard to imagine

2010 in Review

First, yes I am aware that this post probably ought to have been done about a week ago. Now if we’re done shaking fingers at me and tsking, on to the look at my 2010.

January 2010

• Started up my website 

Yay Little Drawings

Oh my. 2010 is gone. Best get the small drawings from then posted. I’ll put up half of what’s left now, and the other half next Sketchbook Sneak Peek. Hope you like them.

Skeptical Geisha. June 2010.



I’ve long been into Asian culture etc. Especially Japanese.
[the original available for sale here | stuff featuring this art available here]

Zombie Guy. June 2010.

Will you be ready when the zombie apocalypse comes? Hmm, maybe shirtless hotties are hard to resist even if they’ve half their face blown open & have eyeball noms in their hand.
[the original available for sale here | stuff featuring this art available here]

Angel Nigh. July 2010.



This angel wound up having some steampunk flavor to her. Which is great!
[the original available for sale here | stuff featuring this art available here]

City of the Sea. July 2010.

Sketching this underwater city in blue ink really was a blast. Took the casing off of the pen which had an interesting effect on the way it could be moved/handled. [the original available for sale here | stuff featuring this art available here]

Lady of the Sea. July 2010.



Drew this little red-haired mermaid with colored pencils. She’s a bit more detailed than showed up in the scan.
[the original available for sale here | stuff featuring this art available here]

Distant Gaze. July 2010.



I went pretty detailed & ornate in this small drawing of a lady. She’s got a bit of fantasy look to her. I actually grow to like this picture more & more each time I see it.
[the original available for sale here | stuff featuring this art available here]

The links to the stuff featuring the art or a version of this art will be put in as they become available, which hopefully will be sooner rather than later.

So the other six will go up in about a week. Remember you can order custom little drawings & mini sketches via my services page too.

What do you think? Which of these do you like best?

Evaluation of Doom

Trying to balance home life, art, writing, online shopkeeping & maintaining an online presence is definitely an exercise in lunacy most days. Fortunately, I’ve plenty of experience with madness. And thankfully this is what I’ve wanted to do since the onset of teenager-y trauma dubiously known as puberty. Not that I knew of the interwebs back that far but I knew that somehow a way for me to affordably do all this had to come about elsewise I’d need to start plotting apocalyptic type things as a coping mechanism.

At the start of this year I’ve been just taking some time to look back at what it is I’m doing, and be extra thankful it’s all come within my reach now. Took the 1st week to really evaluate the different aspects of Bent Realm Studios.