Picture Kaleidoscope 3/2/16

Greetings!

Sharing my own stuff this week. :)

Is this not the cutest thing ever? So cute!

Sunrise season is back!

Another odd unintended effect that came out looking neat! (And it looks like I have myself on square setting. DOH)

Looks very sharp?

Very unusual clouds on this day. Almost looks like chainmail! 

Gorgeous blooms, but they go so quickly! Glad I caught them this year. :)

Hit the jackpot this morning! Look at those colors! 

Works even better when I'm not in the car. :P Aren't those purples lovely?

Softer hues on the left side. :)

More pics in the album, if you want to see more. Feel free to comment or add a rating. 

Have an awesome day!

Picture Kaleidoscope 2/18/15

Morning!
Still playing catch up and working way too many hours at the day job!

Here's some pics from the Dallas ComicCon Fan Days event a couple of weekends back!

Pikachu and Zatana!

Even Time Lords come to Fan Days. Heh heh

Guardians of the Galaxy in the house!

Nice costumes!

Love the haughty look. She has her down! Go Agent Carter Go!

Ororo!

Sweet get up.

 A Dalek Photo Bomb!!!! ROFL

Cloak and Dagger - they looked so awesome!!!!!

Off to the grind again. :)

Picture Kaleidoscope 5/22/13 - Dallas Comic Con 2013 and more

This past weekend was the Dallas Comic Con!

I had 3 close encounters with STNG peeps, but never had the camera when I did. o.O (Levar Burton, Brent Spiner, and Gates McFadden! Woot!)

Anyway, I did get a few shots, though there seemed to be less costumes than last year for some reason.

Inspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain. Couldn't get a better pic which is sad because they'd really gone all out on the costumes! Brain even had the little microphone and speaker inputs. Totally aodrable!

The sky was on FIRE on our way home the first night. It was awesome!

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Sideways back shot. We were trying to see if different angles showed the burning better. 

Our neighbor and entertainment was Taylor Lymbery - and this is one of his custom toys! 

A great costume of the psychic cop in Judge Dredd

Love how her Star Wars tentacle hair came out! Nice!

Some cool puzzles my daughter found. Came out upside down for some reason. Hmmm

Bane and Bane vs Batman. Noooo!

Darth Maul and all his gory darkness. 

Hawkeye - how he really looks! heh heh. I love how the baby is totally watching him.

Coolest Borg Queen Ever! 

Flying Monkeys! 

Not quite lifesize but still way cool Stargate!

More of Taylor's cool toys!

Last time we were together we started out with Queen Amidalek. This time we got Wonder Dalek! What will we have Taylor mutate next time? Bwahahahahaha!

Crappy pic but awesome costumes!

This was so cute!

The Riddler ala Steampunk! 

Some yummy sugar cookies given for charitable donations.

And such was this years Dallas Comic Con madness!

Mind Sieve 9/12/11

All righty then! *cracks knuckles* Let's see how much I can find from the last two weeks.

Will Wheaton post on the episode "This One Time at Space Camp" for Eureka and his feelings about the end of the series. So cute!

EW.com did an article on a delete scene in the "Empire Strikes Back" between Han and Leia.I don't personally think it's better. What do you all think?

GeekChicDaily shared a link to Burning Man 2011: Dalek Art Car. The Dalek's were lighting up and swinging to Disco! Booyah!

Gene Lempp shared a neat blog post by Kate Wood on Druids! Some nice tidbits of info.

MangaCurr shared an article from BBC News called "In pictures: Manga meets contemporary dance in TeZukA".  Looks pretty weird. lol. 

Deb Delorme sent me this link to the latest Simon's Cat. For anyone with pets, and especially for writers, this one is for you! Heh - kills me!

Gene Lempp shares his knowledge on Zoo Arcane: Pterodactyl, Luck Owl, Elder Phoenix. Ooo birdies with burst of nocturnal luminescence for the WIN! :)

Dr Twuth! from Kristen Lamb - Are Writers Related to Ferrets? ADD and Social Media. Yes, those EVIL Shinys! Noooo!

Kristen Lamb shares The Secret to Selling Books Part I - Let's Get Sticky! (Uhm no, no that kind! Get your mind out of the gutter. For shame! :P)

Harrison Painter gives us 5 Things People Want From Blogs.  He's got some valid points here.

Dr Twuth again this time to discuss Conquering the Fear of Public Tweeting! Oddly enough, while I have issues initiating conversations face to face, I find it super easy to shout out congrats, hugs, or encouragement to others on Social Media. Hmmm.

Stacey O'Neal has a nice little post about How To Get Book Bloggers To Review YOUR Book. It's amazing how with bloggers, publishers, authors, agents, actors, whoever, people forget they might not be the only one requesting attention!

From the Steve Laube Agency blog - Writers Beware! Protect Yourself! Kinda scary really. Good, sensible advice though.

Maximizing Our Social Media Impact - Having the "Right" Friends by Kristen Lamb. Ack, I see her point and yet, and YET...sigh... lol. I just like to be nice cause I can. Don't get to do it as often as I'd like, but still. So many dimensions of being an author are so hard! Doh!

From Harrison Painter 7 Simple Success Strategies That Make A Difference. These are for small business but apply just as well to authors. :)

Nice little article from the Paper Hangover Blog - Writing 101: Don't Over Think It. I think developing the gut feelings and listening to them is the hardest part. I can edit others all day, but my own stuff, I'm blind! lol.

Roni Loren gives us The Anti-Procrastination Diet. Good rules to live by!

Good post on The Changing Landscape of Publishing by Bob Mayer. The one point he makes that loads of people jumping into the self-publishing bandwagon miss is that he ALREADY had a massive following before putting some of his books out himself. If the following is not already there for you, it won't make much difference and the $$ will not be there. This is a HARD business!

The blog Plot to Punctuation gives us Forty-Five More Flaws That Expose Your Lack of Story Telling Experience Part 1. They only list 9 in part 1 so it's not a huge post. And they've picked some zingers too!

Deadly Sin of Writing #6 - Drifting in the Doldrums by Kristen Lamb. Conflict, conflict, conflict! Bwahahahahahaha!

Nathan Bransford has a nice eye opening blog post on By The Time A Self-Published Author Hits It Big, Do They Really Need a Publisher? Great info and things to consider here.

Awesome blog post by Chuck (NSFW) Wendig - 25 Things You Should Know About Self-Publishing. Hear, hear!

Lucienne Diver did a cool post from an agents POV on Query vs Critique. Eye opening!

Candace Havens blogged about Forest and Trees - critique partners. Some nice insights! (I know I can get carried away. lol. I have people who FEAR ME! Bwahahaha - ah, erm, that's not a good thing though... *cry*)

The Devil's In The Details - 3 Ways to Make Your Writing Shine by Kristen Lamb. I fight with some of these to this day! Argh! Will I never be free?

From the Steve Laube Agency - The Slush Pile: Enter at Your Own Risk. Great insight into aspects of the bizz. :)

They also shared Ten Commandments for Working With Your Agent. Heh heh heh.

More Publish America dirt passed on by PN Elrod - Book Festival Organizers Refute US Publisher's Claims of Access. Amazing that they think they can do this stuff. Wow.

Okay that's it for this week. Happy reading!