January 2012
5 posts
WatchThe Fantastic Flyings Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Stellar short film, and the only one I’ve ever bought on iTunes, I like it that much. It’s finally out of Vimeo for free to watch and definitely worth 15 minutes of your time. Pixar level.
The Fictionsmith Manifesto
I wrote a letter to myself as a reminder why I do what I do and thus is my personal manifesto. If any of this helps you, I’m glad it does, but I don’t intend to hold anyone to this but myself.
I’ve been drawn to the made-up word “Fictionsmith,” and in doing so, decided to create a code of what a Fictionsmith does, boiling it down to 5 points.
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Why I love Steampunk.
Gallivanting into the third act of The Wind Merchant caused me to reflect a bit on the world that the story placed within. Airships, flying cities, fun inventions/devices made of brass, wood, and leather… I love all that stuff. Examining the elements, I realized I more drew on the elements of Steampunk that I appreciate and placed them in a fantasy world of my creation instead of ...
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Crossing #5 off the bucket list: Writing a novel.
UPDATE: The Kickstarter is now live! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dunlap/the-wind-merchant-and-greyscale
I think I was about nine when I first met Ras Veir, and today I’d like to introduce you to him.
But first, backstory.
Back in the pre-AOL era of Prodigy’s pay-by-the-hour intranet, I would sit at the computer, typing stories and tying up our house’s phone line for...