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Card Spread Suggestions

Many people have asked about suggestions for card spreads. There are many different ways your can lay out your cards. I am going to show you a few simple ones. If you’d like more complex ones, an internet search will … Continue

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Interview with the Book Rat

An interview with the Book Rat for her Annual Helluva Halloween blogs: What was the initial inspiration for the 2 books, and how much have they changed since the initial idea? I was looking for a way to combine my … Continue

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Making of Relations That Suck and La Femme Fatale

This post was originally written for : For What It’s Worth Literary Blog I am a creative person with many interests and what I like most is to explore the intersections of things. My most recent book projects are a … Continue

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Creating a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) religion

This post was written originally for: Books in the Spotlight, 5 August 2011 First I’ll start with my very, brief definition of religion. I see religions as shared belief systems that provide guidance for living and tools to keep one’s … Continue

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Reading on Edin Road Radio

Marilyn doing a reading of La Femme Fatale for the host of Edin Road Radio. Listen to internet radio with EdinRoad on Blog Talk Radio

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More Process: La Femme Fatale Cards

See how five cards are made. Starting from images that the drawings are based on to the finished colored illustrations. Card 1.5 – Anger Here’s a photo of the model PQ for Eva. The drawing of Eva. The reference image … Continue

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La Femme Fatale Short Video

After making a story with still photographs for Relations That Suck I got a lot of suggestions to try moving pictures. This is my first moving pitcture project. I couldn’t have done it without the experise and guidance of film-maker … Continue

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Process: La Femme Fatale Cards

See some of the process of creating the cards. Once the outline of the book and the content of each card is decided the illustration planning begins. 1. I start off with some rough thumbnail sketches of the cards (images … Continue

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Books are Here!

La Femme Fatale now available – You can buy one now before it’s released into the world (in August) only at my website. The first 15 people to order a book will also get a copy of Relations That Suck … Continue

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Lending Library and Book Clubs

I am creating a lending set of Relations That Suck and La Femme Fatale to lend to book clubs. I am interested in hearing what people think of the books and participating in discussions about them. If you are a … Continue

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