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1. Barnes & Noble Teams Up with Tor.com for Monthly Science Fiction & Fantasy List

Tor.com and Barnes & Noble will create a monthly list of recommendations for science fiction and fantasy readers.

Barnes & Noble buyer Jim Killen will curate the list. The inaugural edition will focus on the opening volumes of popular fantasy series. Some of the titles that will be spotlighted include The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie.

What would you like to see on this list? Tor.com’s Irene Gallo had this statement in the announcement: “We are very excited about this new series. We’re constantly reminded of how engaged our readers are, and we can’t wait to see the conversations sparked by these knowledgeably-curated lists from our colleagues at B&N.”

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2. IMC Report - Part II

One of the highlights of our week was the number of fabulous lectures we got to listen to -
 -2 or more a day! from both guests and full-time faculty alike that we all eagerly piled into the lecture hall  to hear...

Guest lecture - Peter de Seve - one of the funniest people I have ever heard (seen) speak!

Mo Willems - who taught us to draw his pigeon, complete with sound effects.

The always engaging and all-knowledgeable James Gurney gave us *2* mind-blowingly informative lectures.

Scott Allie (working under the watchful eye of Greg Manchess' Conan) gave a most informative comic lecture.

The incredibly prolific Jeff Mack spent the week with us -

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3. Temporary Digression....

Over on tor.com, Irene Gallo has been hosting a thread: Show us your tentacles: A Lovecraft art meme which captured my fancy. I really don't have time to be doing anything but painting my current horse book, but due to forces that seemed beyond my control, I seemed unable to resist the compulsion to draw a Cthulhu of my own... I did a rough sketch of a tediously unoriginal critter trying to be sort of creepy when I realized that I needed to just go with what I've become practiced and adept at doing! Which is, turn any kind of thing into a fairy (I've been doing almost nothing by sparkly fairy illustration since the middle of 2006). So, I am 'embracing the cuteness' and the result is Fairy Cthulhu:

I am now seriously behind where I had hoped to be today, but it was an incredibly fun digression. Now back to the coal mines.

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4. Steampunky Goodness

I continue to convalesce. Getting bored, but have relatively little energy to do anything much about it. Haven't been up to drawing again yet, however I have been able to do some online research for the steampunk Oz piece I need to get cracking on.



I remembered an article on a steampunk exhibit by Irene Gallo on amazing artist Eric Freitas who makes these to-die-for organic-looking brass clocks. Completely by hand.

You must go look at his gallery and see samples and close-ups of his pieces, which are mind-blowing.

Since I will never ever be able to afford one of his actual clocks, I consoled myself with a purchase of this set of cards - with photos of views of his mechanical clock #6 clock on the fronts and drawings on the backs, along with a card describing his painstaking, highly detailed creative process. It really is too gorgeous to be believed.

Ah, all in the name of research. :-)

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5. Grim And Gritty Or Charming, How Do You Like Your Book Covers?


Over at Tor.com i started a thread on the community section of the site. It's a really interesting discussion on what you want in your book cover art. I know that Irene Gallo has had a peek at it(thanks Tara!) as she posted a link to it from her blog(www.igallo.blogspot.com) so this is a nice forum to speak to book art issues with the best people in the field.
Go to www.tor.com and click on "community" and find conversations and you'll find the conversation going on there. Or, simply click on this posts title.
The above image is by one of my favorites, Jon Foster.

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