Good advice for creative types
I spotted the link to Eric Fortune’s “Tips and Tricks from an Art Slave” on Twitter earliet today and now can’t remember who first passed the link along. (Chris Roberson, maybe?)
At any rate, I was glad I clicked through. Eric shares seven sensible tips to keep yourself from sliding down the slippery slope from artist to art slave. That is to say, someone engaged in enjoyable creative endeavor versus someone who’s finding their work “stressful, mindless and paycheck motivated”.
Although it’s targeted to visual artists, I could see any of the advice applying to writers or musicians as well. Worth a read.
Wells meets Welles in San Antonio
Now this is just too fricken cool. On October 28, 1940, Orson Welles and H.G .Wells appeared together on San Antonio’s KTSA radio, of all places. Listen as Wells tosses Welles a question that ends up being a nice Citizen Kane plug.
Courtesy of Austin SF writer Chris Roberson’s blog. I believe he found it on the Cynical C. Enjoy.
Still recovering from Armadillocon
Hardest working man in showbusiness: Mr. Joe R. Lansdale. (Photo swiped from John Picacio.)
I’m back and still digging myself out from under work I put off to attend Armadillocon 31 in Austin, the state’s longest-running literary sf/fantasy convention.
It was great to see old pals like John Picacio (fellow Missions Unknown blogger), Scott Cupp (the con’s toastmaster), Chris Roberson (the editor guest of honor) and Joe McKinney (S.A.’s zombie-writing homicide detective) – and to rub shoulders with literary giants like Joe R. Lansdale, who signed books like a madman, and Michael Moorcock, who made a surprise appearance opening night.
I also got to meet swell new folks like Mario Acevedo, Nancy Hightower, Matt Cardin and Vincent and Michelle Villafranca. (By the way, any of you folks ever check out Vincent Villafranca’s art? You really owe it to yourself.)
Can’t wait to do it again next year.