Two weeks ago, time spent at Qugrainne’s site lit the fire to finally get going with rearranging my basement.
Qugrainne did it again…got me thinking, with this post.
How do you cultivate creativity in your life? Have you found the things that make you come alive? Are you doing them?
The easy answer is yes…and no.
Encouraged by a little self-therapy and a few gentle kicks in the butt from the host, I decided to ‘cultivate my creativity’ this past weekend.
Robert McGinnis: Painting the Last Rose of Summer
–a film by Paul Jilbert
–2008
–5/5 stars 
*
I have long been a fan of the illustration work of artist Robert McGinnis. I did a very gushing, image-laden Friday Favorite post on him back in May of 2006 that can be found here. This is one of the posts that bears frequent revisiting–not because of anything that has to do with me but because of the handful of examples of Robert McGinnis’ phenomenal talent.
Needless to say I was excited when rumors of a Robert McGinnis DVD surfaced well over a year ago. And it has finally been released!
If you’ve been with me over the course of the last couple of years you are well aware that I have become a fan of Colleen Gleason’s Gardella Vampire Chronicles novels and for each successive release have done a review of the book as well as an interview with the author. If you missed the previous interviews or would just like a recap, feel free to visit them (click on the interview for the, er, interview and the book title for a link to the book review):
Interview with a Vampire…Author (The Rest Falls Away)
Interview with a Vampire Author, Part Deux (Rises The Night)
Interview with a Vampire Author, Part the Third (The Bleeding Dusk)
Trust me on this, the previous interviews are all really fun and worth reading, or re-reading as the case may be. If you are unsure of the type of books The Gardella Vampire Chronicles are, I think Colleen sums it up best with this quote from the first interview:
“The book straddles the tenets of most genre fiction. It’s not a horror novel, it’s not a romance, it’s not historical fiction. It’s an amalgam of all three, with some suspense, humor, adventure and history all tossed in with a bit of a love story.”
And today, Tuesday August 5th 2008 is the release day for the fourth book in the series, When Twilight Burns!!!
In honor of ‘release day’ I am going to break form a bit and include both my interview and a mini, non-spoiler review of the book!
Continue reading Interview with a Vampire Author, Part the Fourth
I briefly mentioned in Monday’s post that it was time for all of you with a camera and a desire to read another fun book in the Gardella Vampire Chronicles to prepare yourself to support author Colleen Gleason during the first week of the release of her book When Twilight Burns.
The way you can do that, and get a chance to win fun prizes, is to get your gear ready, put your creativity cap on, and plan to hit your local bookstore during the week of August 5th through August 11th!
And what can you win? Come with me and I’ll tell you.
(Thanks Obscurorant for the link to the cool library image)
As the title so clearly points out, today’s post is all about books! There is a lot of great stuff in today’s post including challenge information, free book giveaways, and an upcoming photo contest just to name a few things.
So, without further ado, let’s turn the page.