Club High Castle Pre-Pandemic

It is finally here! Get those imaginary drums rolling... *    *   * * ***********! The cover for The Year is Now : Click to make the images larger And because Captain MewMew insisted, here are photos of my proof copy:  I am currently going through the proof to ensure that everything is perfect before the publishing process enters its final stage! And now…Let’s have another imaginary drum roll! *    *   * * ***********!    ☻ CONTEST WINNERS ☻ Third Place: DJ’s Moon Cupcakes! DJ, you win 1 personalized digital character card and 1 personalized wooden peg doll! Second Place: Vitallani’s cartoon! Vitallani, you win your favorite beanie, 1 personalized digital character card, and 1 personalized wooden peg doll! FIRST PLACE: Valerie’s “Walking on the Moon”  Valerie, you win 1 signed copy of The Year is Now , 1 surprise painting or beanie (at your request ☺), 1 personalized digital character ...

The Cover Launch Party is just around the corner! A huge thank you to everyone who participated. The results will be posted Saturday evening. Captain MewMew also has a special thank you: I am feeling under the weather tonight. My personal remedies for subawesome energy are: 1. Water 2. Orange juice 3. Tea 4. Power opera metal 5. Drawing 6. Netflix guilty pleasure shows which will never be revealed to anyone but the NSA (they probably already know my embarrassing guilty pleasure shows). 7. Sleep So far, I'm up to #4. #5 is about to happen while #4 blasts through my tiny computer speakers. Have a good evening, everyone!

We are going to do something fun today! Nothing is more exciting than a flashing space cat gif! ** It is strongly recommended that you view my other photoshop tutorial before jumping into animated gifs. You can find it here: Make Your Own Space Cat - DIY . ** Don’t want to hunt around for awesome space images? Look no further. Actually, scroll all the way to the bottom of this post. I've included them at the very end. Make your own fancy animated space gif: 1.    Using your epic photoshopping skills, make yourself a base image (you can cut an object and slap it onto a transparent background, or you can go the fancy route). I cut the cat out and pasted it into a new document. I created a nifty blue brick background for it. 2.    Use the shape tool and insert a radioactive symbol above the cat’s head. Rasterize the layer (rasterizing it will allow you to punch a hole…you’ll see later on!). 3.    Use the Polygonal Lasso...

Just a reminder: The deadline for the contest has been extended to the 25th!  ...And now for some adorable shenanigans.  "Orders are in, Sir," meowed the calico kitten in his office. She was mature for a three month old. Her pink painted claws tapped the tiny typewriter on her desk. "President Socks has been catnapped." "He always catnaps at noon, Fluffy. He'll wake up as soon as he hears the Oval Can Opener." "No! Not cat naping! Cat napped! " Her fuzzy tail swished behind her. Captain MewMew brushed his whiskers with his paw. "He was last seen in space. A giant cupcake is holding him hostage!" MewMew gasped, but he had handled worse. A giant cupcake in space was nothing compared to the penguins from Icearctica. As much as he wanted to do an inconvenient flashback at the most inconvenient time, MewMew brushed his whiskers again. It was time to get to his space jet. The Falcon-IVXX was the fastest fighter jet in exist...

I have some good news! The deadline for the contest has been extended to 25 May! The cover is waiting patiently for 31 May. I am excited about all of this! Part of me is tempted to post the evolution of the cover from the first sketches, to the first design, and finally to the final image. It is crazy to think that the idea I had in 2010 has turned into a full length novel! Well, enough cryptic words about the cover! Here is what I've been up to lately in the world of art: If Babylon 5 was an anime...and had a spin off series dedicated to the Psi Corps!  ** NOTE ** I used google translate for the words "Psi" and "Corps," so the translation might not be 100% accurate.  I periodically run drawings for free commissions on Facbook! This was for the winner of my St. Patrick's Day drawing.  More Babylon 5 fanart. This is one of the advantages of painting, if you want to decorate your walls with something obscure, you can! Sparkly space h...

My free ebook, Donner Lake Disaster, is now available at the iBookstore! Did I mention that it is free? ;-) But first, enjoy this short video where I read an excerpt from it. My cover launch party contest is still running! I am giving out some fun prizes, so check it out: 2014 Cover Launch Party A quick iBookstore guide: Go to the App Store and download Apple’s iBooks app (it is free). Once you’ve downloaded it, open the app. There are two options in the upper right hand corner. Tap or click on “Store.” Once the store comes up, use the search feature in the upper right corner. Tada! There it is! Press the FREE box to download it. To get back to your library, tap the “Library” option in the upper lefthand corner.

I challenged myself to take a picture a day during the month of April. I only missed one day! I posted some of the pictures on here. If you want to see them all, check out The Command Deck's facebook page! I have some Q&A about the contest, but first, let me take a selfie: Business cards and some glossy prints of my main character!   Cover Launch Contest Q&A Can I bake something? Yes! You can bake a cake, cupcakes, cookies--you name it! Just make sure you decorate it, color it, or somehow tie it to the quote. Take a picture of your work, and send it in! I can't see the email address. Did I miss it? Here you go! Photos From April   Morning coffee time, and look what's parked outside the little grocery store! No scooter riding! Rain, rain, rain...