Writing
Putting pen to paper
Read Mistletoe’s Night During the Holidays
If you want to read a heartwarming and festive children's book this holiday season, you might want to check out Mistletoe's Night! This book tells the story of a teddy bear named Mistletoe who was made to be a Christmas decoration but was thrown away by his owners one day. Mistletoe then embarks on a journey to find a new [...]
My Neverwinter Nights Mod Story Outline
As a much-belated follow-up to a post I wrote back in 2001, I had the intention at the time of making an original module for the game Neverwinter Nights (the game can still be bought on GOG.com) that I called Forever Lost. Even though I never got beyond writing the outline, creating names for some of the characters, and thumbing [...]
The Cub in the Water
For a creative writing class that I took several years ago, we were tasked with writing a short parable or fable. The inspiration for this short story came from The Æsop Fables for Children section on the Library of Congress website. The fable I wrote centers around the interaction between a bear cub 🐻 and a fish 🐟, and the [...]
Mistletoe’s Night now for the Kindle
Mistletoe's Night is now available on Amazon Kindle. I don't own a Kindle so I'm uncertain as to how well it renders the pages or how well the illustrations show up in black and white. From what little I've seen from the 'preview' it should be okay. The text does run beyond a single page in most instances much like [...]
Finished illustrating another textbook
I just finished the last of the illustrations for the thermodynamics textbook I've been working on. Hopefully, everything comes through okay, and my part is finished. I can finally focus more time on my own book and other things. I've also been looking at getting an iPad to use as an inexpensive drawing tablet. I currently have a very serviceable [...]
Illustrating another textbook
Spring is finally here! I hope to pick up a new camera soon and get back to photography. Over the last month, I've been compiling hundreds of illustrations for the second edition of the thermodynamics textbook my dad wrote in the late 80s. It's been a pretty grueling process going through each drawing. Also, the second edition of Exploring Engineering [...]
Spring update
By in large I have nothing really new to report in my life. I've regularly uploaded photos from my various activities to my Picasa Web Album and some videos of my niece to Vimeo. As for Mistletoe's Night, it's now available in its entirety for free as an ebook on Scribd (nope) and you can now purchase the paperback of [...]
First royalty check
I finally received my first royalty check from Lulu. It's not a lot of money, especially considering more than half of it was from direct family members (Mom). But, it certainly helps when you don't have much to begin with. It will probably cover half my license plate renewal that's due next month. Also I recently made an e-book version [...]
About Mistletoe’s Night
You can find everything you want to know about this book right here. What Mistletoe's Night is a story about a teddy bear whose sole purpose in life is to be a Christmas decoration... until one December day, he is thrown out with the trash and has to find a new home. Get the Mistletoe's Night on Lulu Why A number [...]
Exploring Engineering Textbook
The college textbook that I designed the illustrations for using Inkscape is now in available in stores. You can also take a look at some of those illustrations right here.