I was surprised and thrilled to stumble across Indigo Lights while at WonderCon. I totally hadn’t expected Sheri and Brian. We had a good long chat and I asked if I could take some pictures of their work (I think I’ve got only photos of Sheri’s big jewelry) to show everyone why they are so cool.
Here’s another lovely piece that caught my eye:
And, finally, a kind of Steampunk piece of jewelry:
I was so glad to meet Jon Del Arroz and get a chance to thank him for his list of typos in the electronic version of my “City of Angels.” I also wanted to ask if he wouldn’t mind if I included him in the Acknowledgements to publicly thank him and he allowed that, too!
And then, on the way home Friday night, I realized that I hadn’t asked if I could get a photo of him and put it up here on my blog. So, marvelously, the next day we meet again, and I ask and here’s the photo.
The flyer I’m holding is one of Jon’s in an attempt to promote his stuff but, looking at the photo, I can’t read the info. Hopefully, he’ll see this and let me know and then I’ll update this post to include that, too.
Again, though, thanks Jon and it was great meeting you!
A lot of people have trouble distinguishing between an “idea” and a “story”, so I thought I’d provide a simple example.
An idea:
What if UFOs were real?
Expansion:
What if UFOs were real and they were stealing cats?
Closer to story:
What if UFOs were real and they stole your cat?
Story:
It’s always seemed like the only one in the world who understands me is my cat, Whitey. (Yeah, I know, a silly name but I was seven.) Now that Mom died, Whitey’s been with me all the time, purring, and demanding attention and he’s the only one I can let see me cry — Dad’s too much like a piece of marble and Bryan… ugh! Little Bryan would make some sort of annoying game out of it. And now, something’s woken me up and Whitey’s not curled up at the head of my bed… he’s not in my room… there’s some weird light from outside. I go to the window and look down… just in time to see Whitey being sucked up into the belly of a UFO!
Now that’s really just the start of a story, it doesn’t tell what happens in the middle and how it ends. But as always, the start of a story kinda begs the rest of a story (why are UFOs stealing cats and will/how will our protagonist get Whitey back? Also, what about Dad and Brian, there’s clearly stuff going on there that needs “fixing”.)
But for those who are interested in the craft, I hope that helps.
Hi all,
I just wanted to let you know that I had a great interview today with Kim Alexander which will be available on Channel 104 on Sirius Xm satellite radio as part of the WonderCon radio feed.
You can also hear interviews with Naomi Novik, Bob Reid, and a host of others. The broadcast loops so you may have to wait a while to hear me!