My short story “Waterlilies” has finally appeared in Space and Time Magazine, which bought it months and months ago (as is obvious by the bio, which refers to my seven-year-old daughter–that would be the one who just turned nine). Anyway, it’s nice to see it in print, my name up in lights–well, on the cover, …
Tag: art
Terra Insegura cover art minus the text
In his New Works gallery on his website, Hugo Award-winning artist Stephan Martiniere has included the cover of my DAW SF novel Terra Insegura, minus the text (title, my name, DAW logo) that clutters up the actual book. It’s a stunner! And I literally got a chill looking at it when I realized for the …
SF Signal book cover smackdown includes Terra Insegura
John DeNardo over at SF Signal is running a Book Cover Smackdown–and the Stephan Martiniere cover for Terra Insegura is one of them. So which do you like best of these three? Terra Insegura by…me! (Cover Artist: Stephan Martiniere)Haze by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Cover Artist: Sparth)Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Cover Artist: Jon Foster) Of course, …
My poster for Follies
I’ve just sent this poster of Lyric Musical Theatre of Regina‘s upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies (in which I’ll be playing Buddy) off to be printed. Designing these things is the closest I come to doing art any more. I always enjoy it! Oh, and let this be first notice of the production, if …
Dare to doodle!
[podcast]https://edwardwillett.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/doodling.mp3[/podcast] Hi! My name is Ed, and I am a doodler. I have doodled my way through countless classes, mounds of monotonous meetings, scads of sonorous sermons. My teachers and others have looked at me askance over the years. But no more! I, and all who doodle with me, have at last been vindicated by …
The Destruction of K’ormal
A girl (well, she’s not a girl any more, obviously) I knew in high school just sent me a photo of something I haven’t seen in 30 years or so: a painting I created when I was about 17 to illustrate the climactic scene of the last book I wrote in high school, The Slavers …
My daughter’s impression of science fiction
My daughter Alice, who’s seven, recently took it into her head to draw this picture representing my career as a science fiction writer: a spaceship, stars, an alien and a book: I think I should put it on my letterhead.
How many hours can you waste…
…exploring the Museum of Online Museums? Here’s just one small, randomly chosen selection of the available links: The Virtual Museum of Vintage VCRsCollection of Peach Box LabelsThe 8-Track ArchiveThe German Hosiery MuseumThe Virtual Typewriter MuseumMuseum of Corporate NecktiesMuseum of Vintage HandbillsVintage Transportation Letterhead CollectionThe Tarot and Playing Cards MuseumThe Vintage Board Game Collection
Cover art for Terra Insegura!
DAW just sent me a sneak peek at the cover art for Terra Insegura, my next novel, due out in May. The cover’s by Hugo Award-winning artist Stephan Martiniere (who was also nominated for a World Fantasy Award this year). It’s completely different from the Steve Stone-created cover of Marseguro, but I like it! Now …
Things I Found in my Mother-in-Law’s House: Souvenirs
Notes for this week’s CBC radio segment of Things I Found in My Mother-in-Law’s House. UPDATE: Listen to the actual interview! **** Souvenirs seem to have some strange mesmeric power over travelers. You visit a place with beautiful scenery, a long and fascinating history, great restaurants and a vibrant night life, and somehow you decide …
Willett of the Day: Patrick Willett, Artist
Patrick Willett is an artist in New York State whose work includes watercolors, pen and ink and photography. He started painting and sketching as a child, and was especially drawn to nature and portraiture. In an article at BuffaloRising.com he says, “Creating art is very therapeutic for me, my work involves the healing and renewing …
Surprised by joy
Over at my main website I’ve got quite a few arts columns archived from my brief stint as a columnist for inRegina.com. A lot of them were about long-passed events, but a few are more general, and every now and then I may pop one up here, like I did the column about art and …