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This has been a very hectic week for me. I’ve had technological problems to deal with in areas outside of my writing and art. They’ve been burning me out like the fires here in California have been burning out the forests. Even so, I continued working on my writing projects, especially the two that are most important at this time: my Patreon page and a new book cover for my short fiction collection, “The Fool’s Illusion”.
Author’s Patreon Page
I spent my evenings this week creating the “tiers” and the benefits that they will offer on my Patreon page. A Patreon page often features several levels, or tiers, of membership to choose from. Mine will offer three. The membership benefits will range from exclusive book discounts to fiction-in-progress and concept art for book covers. The top-most tier will also offer more in-depth articles on science fiction and fantasy of the past, present and future! I have only a little more to do with the page until its launch date which I hope to be in the next week or so. Keep checking back here and at my Facebook page for updates!
The Fool’s Illusion Book Cover To Get a New Look
This September 14th will mark seven years since my short fiction collection, “The Fool’s Illusion”, [link] was published! To help mark the occasion, I thought it was time to give the book a cover-transformation. Which I’ll hate. Why? I’ve said several times here at the Fantastic Site how much I hate photo-digital book cover illustrations, especially for fiction. However, it’s what too many book shoppers want. And so it’s the only way that I’ll sell sufficient enough copies. So, I’ve been searching for a photo-digital illustrator to remake the illustration that is currently in coloured pencil (by yours truly). However, those who are like me and so prefer hand-produced illustrations to machine-made ones will still have the opportunity to purchase “Fool’s Illusion” in its current edition. I’m not sure what venue I will offer it through yet, but I will offer it because I believe in the power and intimacy of freehand art.
Lightning News Flashes
New Trailer for “Dune” Remake: The new trailer for the remake of the 1980s movie, “Dune”, based on Frank Herbert’s space opera novel of the same name, released this past Wednesday. I watched the trailer and, although I feel like Hollywood’s depending on too many remakes of older films, this movie looks like it has some great cinematography and acting. The planned release date for “Dune”, directed by Denis Villeneuve, is December 18th, 2020.
“A Princess of Mars” Painting Sells for $1.2 Million: BoingBoing reported on Thursday that a painting of the late science fiction/fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta, sold for $1.2 million at an auction. The painting was directly based on one that he did for the cover to the 1970 hardback edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel, “A Princess of Mars”. BoingBoing says that this copy is popularly believed to be better in quality than the one that Frazetta made for the novel. It depicts the protagonist, John Carter, and the Martian princess, Dejah Thoris, both riding a multi-legged creature that often accompanies Carter in the story. Read more about it at BoingBoing!
That’s the news in sci fi and fantasy for this week. Tune in her next week for more far out fantastic science fiction and fantasy stuff! I’m hoping to have a cover reveal by then as well. Will you be seeing “Dune” when it releases in theatres? Do you prefer photographically realistic book cover illustrations or freehand-produced ones in speculative fiction?
Until next time . . .
That would've been a great painting to own - fans of both book and artist - but not for that price.
ReplyDeleteCool you have a never cover coming.
The director has always hit it out of the park, so I have high hopes for Dune.
I'm not an art appraiser so I can't really say one way or another if the the painting was worth what it sold for, but I'm sure it's valued extremely high by fans of both the artists and the John Carter series of books, probably by Burroughs fans in general.
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