Richard Due's Blog: Delusions of Grandeur?, page 3
March 17, 2018
March 6, 2018
Bringing Willa Snap’s Clockwerk Dress to Life
Once we decided to attend Balticon 52, it was a pretty short jump to: Let’s make Willa’s Clockwerk dress!
But how?*
Click HERE to read the full article.
But how?*
Click HERE to read the full article.
March 24, 2016
Working with an Illustrator
First two in a series of videos where I talk about my experiences working with an illustrator.
These illustrations are from The Moon Coin, which is currently free on iTunes and Amazon (check your country's local iTunes or Amazon store).
These illustrations are from The Moon Coin, which is currently free on iTunes and Amazon (check your country's local iTunes or Amazon store).
March 12, 2016
The Moon Coin
Got an Apple device? The Moon Coin is free in USA, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Italy, and Japan. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id46...
Got a Kindle? The Moon Coin is free on Amazon in USA, UK, Canada, Australia (still trying to work more international Amazon stores): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JFMKB8
Got a Kindle? The Moon Coin is free on Amazon in USA, UK, Canada, Australia (still trying to work more international Amazon stores): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JFMKB8
November 3, 2015
October 21, 2015
October 20, 2015
November 16, 2014
The Paperback Copy of The Moon Coin
When Lily and Jasper's uncle disappears, Lily must search for him in the most unlikely of places: the fading realms of her childhood bedtime tales.
The Moon Coin & The Dragondain. Epic fantasy for ages 9 to 99. Visit the Moon Realm.
Here's what the paperback looks like.
Click here or on the image to see it big: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ulfhednar/15796332821/
The Moon Coin & The Dragondain. Epic fantasy for ages 9 to 99. Visit the Moon Realm.
Here's what the paperback looks like.
Click here or on the image to see it big: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ulfhednar/15796332821/
October 15, 2014
The Moon Coin “charming and clever and beautiful and daring”
A Perfect Tales-Told-By-the-Fire Book
By Tricia Rightmire
I’ve been working on how to phrase this review for a while, but I sit down planning to sound all clever and erudite and end up getting all wistful and making lots of hands-over-my-heart gestures at the screen, so I think this time I’m just going to go with that. . . .
The Moon Coin is lovely, folks. It is charming and clever and beautiful and daring; it’s full of adventure and surprises and courage and puzzles and characters with whom I fell immediately and permanently in love. It’s written with a younger audience in mind—think “older elementary school, some middle schoolers”—but it’s the sort of book that just begs for a blanket and some comfy pillows and a crackling fire on the hearth, with everyone piled in together and hearing about far-off lands full of faeries and dragons and cats big enough to ride (they get really crabby about that, though, so I don’t recommend trying it). It doesn’t shy away from big words or complex ideas, but couches them all in a universe that’s so rich and consuming that they’re not “too hard” . . . and it’s just. so. fun.
The downside is that it’s the first of an as-yet uncompleted series, so you can’t just sit down and binge-read through them all; the upside is that every minute in this world is delicious and grand, and makes you want nothing more than to have your own Moon Coin so you can go adventuring. Grab the youngsters who mean the most to you, settle in, and enjoy!
By Tricia Rightmire
I’ve been working on how to phrase this review for a while, but I sit down planning to sound all clever and erudite and end up getting all wistful and making lots of hands-over-my-heart gestures at the screen, so I think this time I’m just going to go with that. . . .
The Moon Coin is lovely, folks. It is charming and clever and beautiful and daring; it’s full of adventure and surprises and courage and puzzles and characters with whom I fell immediately and permanently in love. It’s written with a younger audience in mind—think “older elementary school, some middle schoolers”—but it’s the sort of book that just begs for a blanket and some comfy pillows and a crackling fire on the hearth, with everyone piled in together and hearing about far-off lands full of faeries and dragons and cats big enough to ride (they get really crabby about that, though, so I don’t recommend trying it). It doesn’t shy away from big words or complex ideas, but couches them all in a universe that’s so rich and consuming that they’re not “too hard” . . . and it’s just. so. fun.
The downside is that it’s the first of an as-yet uncompleted series, so you can’t just sit down and binge-read through them all; the upside is that every minute in this world is delicious and grand, and makes you want nothing more than to have your own Moon Coin so you can go adventuring. Grab the youngsters who mean the most to you, settle in, and enjoy!
