July post round-up

A quick summary of the July blog posts (not including Patreon posts).

The starred posts have variants on art and writing exercises and games (tags: writing exercise, art exercise).

• June post round-up
• Peter de Sève on style (or ‘voice’)
• *Observation Journal: Points of habit and resistance (exploring patterns in one’s own work)
• Writing news: A review of Flyaway, and Year’s Best in the mail (Geekly, Inc and a recurrence of owls)
• Observation Journal: Reflections and making things happen (getting from idea to thing with less melodrama — or at least, with productive melodrama)
• Flyaway: A real book (so shiny!)
• Read (not seen) — May 2020 (and some pensive sketches)
• Observation journal — creative post-mortems (learning from a finished project — also some poodles)
• Masks (and fabrics) (where to find them)
• * Observation Journal — giving ideas a push (more on getting from an idea to a thing)
• Flyaway: Now on lists! Indie Next, SyFy Wire, Gizmodo, and Tor.com
• Observation Journal: Act like it (lessons from David Suchet)
• Flyaway Extract
• Observation journal: Plenty and time (patterns in the journal)
• Unicorn fabric! (swatches!)
• CoNZealand Program (now of historical interest but a good time was had)
• Terri Windling and Kate Forsyth on Flyaway
• * Observation Journal: Mix and Match (using one story to explore another)
• Flyaway — NYT review! (!)
• Art reveal: Castle Charming Bookplates
• Tallow-Wife stationery in progress (foxes and twig crowns)
• Observation Journal: Breaking down patterns (overthinking cars in YA urban fantasy)
• Observation Journal: The Opposite of Unicorns (negative space and intriguing omissions)
• World Fantasy Award Nominations
• Flyaway publication day! (an emotional rollercoaster)
• Flyaway review: Anthony Cardno and Alex Brown
• August calendar — wildflowers
• Flyaway: Interview with Felicity Jurd — audio book narrator

The July calendar art