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"What Do You Think of the Characters?"

My heart sank at the question… because I already knew the answer. About a year or so ago, I started to move more seriously toward...

Are You Really Ending with a Toilet?

Yeah, I mean… isn’t that the end of the process? It makes sense, right? That’s the last part of digestion… So, at the end of the first...

Just under a Week Away: August 20th

There's always this mad dash to the end of any creative project. Next Tuesday, August 20th, at 11 EST, the Kickstarter will launch to...

Influence: Where Does it Come From?

Where does our influence come from, and how does it speak to the kind of work we hope to do today?

Wait, who’s talking again?

In a previous post, I shared how Evelyn was the story's narrator for the Fuel Factory. However, as I began to understand the importance...

Children's Books: Give them a Problem to Solve

Things often seem very obvious when we have the advantage of hindsight. In one of my advanced illustration classes, I use early versions...

But… Why?

In the very earliest manuscript of The Fuel Factory, the cast featured both of my children. My eldest daughter, Evy, is telling her...

It Starts With a Bag...

...a zip lock bag in this case. Around 2018, I was preparing for my first contact period with the University of Hartford’s Low-Residency...

The Fuel Factory: Announcement

It’s easy and fun to start projects. Everything feels fresh; everything is exciting, endless possibilities.