If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least have a talking dog?
I want to get better at drawing. I can see scenes from the stories I write clearly and would love to illustrate them myself, but it takes a lot of skill and experience to draw from the imagination. The only way to get better at something is to do it regularly, to practice. Inspired by... Continue Reading →
I recently came across an interesting diagram that shows various statistics about thirty famous books, including how long it took to write them. Of the thirty books included, the one that took the longest was The Lord of the Rings*. Why did it take J.R.R. Tolkien sixteen years to complete his masterpiece? Some say perfectionism... Continue Reading →
It's easy to get busy with commitments and have-tos and come to the decision that you don't have time for art, especially if the thing you want to make doesn't have a purpose or is unlikely to turn out exactly as you hoped. This is why I knit socks. When I'm done, I will have... Continue Reading →
Writers, dancers, painters, and musicians all have something to teach us about how create. That's why I read my way through The History of Middle-Earth: Volumes 6 - 9. These books are about how J.R.R. Tolkien wrote his masterpiece Lord of the Rings. They try their best to show when and how he came up... Continue Reading →
Knitting is fun, but it's even more fun to make up the pattern as well. At least, it is most of the time. When life is too complicated to keep up with, I have to go with simpler projects and follow someone else's pattern in order to keep knitting. Fortunately, a simple alteration to the... Continue Reading →
