Nov
15
The book as art
November 15, 2008 | 15 Comments
I said something in my little rant the other day that’s stuck with me: The book is the art.
To me, Harry Potter’s fabulous because it’s a whole experience. The cover art and the story work together. It’s got color, movement, focus, texture. You’re sitting there in your reading chair on a [...]
Nov
13
Book design: ur doin it rong
November 13, 2008 | 21 Comments
Thank Mike Cane for this rant.
I’ve read a few self-pubbed books lately. None of them were egregiously horrible in the design department and a couple of them were even fairly decent. And frankly, after I converted them to digital and put them on my ebook reader, it wasn’t an issue at all. But [...]
Oct
5
Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins’s $200M mistake
October 5, 2008 | 13 Comments
And it’s ugly, too.
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The Nelson-Atkins Gallery of Art is one Kansas City locale that plays a fairly significant role in The Proviso. I mean, the whole city is rather its own character (or at least, I tried to make it so), but this one spot, I think, plays the most parts other than “Chouteau” County [...]
Aug
25
Oooh, shiny!
August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
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