Mind Sieve 7/13/15

Morning everyone!

Fan Fun

Con Man Trailer - I am so looking forward to this. lol. 

Awesome quality film of the FanExpo/Dallas ComicCon 2015 panel with Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk. I was at that event, but I never saw them. lol. That's the way of conventions when you're a vendor. lol. (Warning it's 50+ minutes but fab quality!) Even more panels on his Youtube channel

Sherlock BBC Special First Clip - they're going back in Time~!

Dr Who Series 9 Trailer - switching his look a little. The female Master is BACK! And I should know who calls him Old Man but argh! (That's Arya from Game of Thrones. I mean who in the Who verse...) :P 

Just when you thought you were safe - Dr Who Arrives in LEGO Dimensions. Lol!

Social Media/Author Platform

Barnes & Noble, Dead Nooks, and Brave New Branding from Kristen Lamb. It is an ever changing world out there.

Writing Advice

The Secret Behind Making Me Care About Your Characters by Chuck (NSFW) Wendig. Some great stuff here!

I am once more out of time. I'll try not to mention it too often, but "Jewel of the Gods" should be coming out towards the end of July!!!!!! *fingerscrossed* Have seen the final draft for the cover (no words and I will share once it's final final!), and the publishers is planning a big shindig at ArmadilloCon. Now it's all about the waiting and the praying and the finally woot yeah!

Mind Sieve 9/9/13

Welcome!
Sorry I didn't have a post last week. Just didn't have time. I'd hoped I could sneak it in while at WorldCon, but that didn't work out. Actually, that I only missed one post is probably a miracle. :P

Robocop Official Trailer 2014 - Oooo! And I do love the black. What's funny is the in-joke about who's picking the color - Batman. lol.

Under The Skin Trailer - Talk about a super creepy trailer! Dang!

Thor: The Dark World Official Trailer 2 - News stuff in this one. Sweet!

LEGO The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - ROFL! The Hobbit Trailer done with Legos. AWESOME!

14 Social Media Tools Used by Marketing Pros from Social Media Examiner

Tips To Make US Stronger Authors from Kristen Lamb. It really is a scary world out there...

Writing Resources from Gene Lempp for 07 September 2013. He also has a great post on Structural Flexibility: Time and Productivity #2. 

Ack, mean old headache. Closing now. Have an awesome Monday!

Picture Kaleidoscope 11/23/11

Feed your eyes!

Lego store in the mall had this beauty in their window. Sweetness!

Funky fan at a new Mexican restaurant in town. Weirdest fan blades ever! :P

Autumn colors: Your Green Shoots Photographs. 

If you click on the link for the larger/original image, you'll see an astronaut reflected in the photo. Loved that!  NASA's Image of the Day - Bean Walks on the Moon.

There's something just pleasing about this one. Heart of Gold by lieveheersbeestje.

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

Once it gets going this is amazing! Got it from Petapixel.

From NASA's Pic of the Day - McCandles orbits in Jetpack. So cool!

Jon Huertas shared this pic from Castle. 

Enjoy!

Picture Kaleidoscope 8/31/11

Have a good pile to share this week. :)

Just gorgeous! Earth Shots Photo of the Day: Close Encounters by Roberto Bertero

Thor Dropped One by Jerry J Davis.

I love the way the photographer fools the eye on this one. There are more at the link.

Believe it or not, that's a real car. Large Objects Shot as Miniatures Using Giant Coin and Shift-Tilt Effects over at Peta Pixel by Michael Zhang.. 

Another Earth Shot Photo of the Day. This one is Detifoss: Raw Power by John and Tina Reid.

This one just has so much raw power to it as well. You can feel the Rhino's motion.

Also from Earth Shots - Rhino Charge by Peter Delaney


I took a picture of these because I'd never seen such a thing before - paper shoes! Funky!

A couple of sunrise shots. You know you like them. :P

I went to ArmadilloCon this past weekend. Got some cool shots of the hotel, but even better, a super cool display of Lego Art! The spaceport is original art, while most of the rest are reconstructions. So COOL!

Oh, yeah, can't leave out the Zumaya Publications table from the Dealers Room. My books are in there somewhere. Heh heh.

Totally unimpeded carpets!

This one I took because at that angle it looked like a bird! Very graceful.

They had a huge fish tank too. Really nice!

Okay, okay, here's the super beyond cool lego pics! Group is called TEX LUG - Texas Lego Users Group. Check them out at http://www.texlug.org/.  This first one is original SF art.

So is this ship. A beaut!

Ghostbusters anyone?

New Orleans!

Loved this little garden!

And look at this sucker!

The Legos were fab!

That's it for this week. Have an awesome day!

Mind Sieve 6/27/11

It's going to be a full mashup this week!

FanOfMovies shared a link to a new Muppets Movie Spoof Trailer. Heh heh





Jerry J Davis shared a link to A Wonderful Collection of Doodles on NetFlix Envelopes!

VoiceOfBrien ran across a new lego set - All Hail the Lego Super Star Destroyer. (I wants!!!!)

Eclipse Magazine has the scoop on all things Torchwood: Miracle Day - more than just a TV series.  (Everything is becoming so interactive! How am I supposed to find time to do all this stuff! But so cool!)

Some David Tenant news right from the horse's mouth! He'll be doing a tribute in the next Dr Who Magazine to Nicolas Courtney (The Brigadier). He's also is working with Catherine Tate again (Donna Noble) in Much Ado About Nothing. 

These guys followed me after I posted about the Zombie Walk at SoonerCon. Believe it or not, there is a Zombie School! They're doing all sorts of Zombie research. :)

Adding this last minute. Too cool and fun to pass up. Meet Charlie. This starts out mundane then takes a turn. Loved IT!

Ross Dawson explains 7 Reasons Twitter is Central to His Life. Pretty much explains why the heck you want to get involved in this crazy stuff. Heh heh

Jami Gold shares her thoughts on What We Should Blog About and gets there by looking at What Makes You Decide to Buy a Book!

Kristen Lamb gives us More Sacred Cow-Tipping–Common Blogging Misconceptions. Some great ideas on blogging. (I'm already doing some of this. Monday - Mind Sieve Mashup, Wednesday - Picture Kaleidoscope, Friday (when I can!) Movie Reviews. Oh yeah!)

Collen Lindsay shared this post by Scott Tracey - Authors Use of Twitter. Great stuff in here guys! (And I totally try to do Road #1. So if you follow me and I don't follow back, it's not because I don't care. I just can only handle so many tweets scrolling by. But feel free to @ me and I will happily converse with you (work permitting!).)

PamMktNut shared a link to a post from Reviewz N Tips on Things Not To Do in Blogging.Good mind fodder info here.

Kristen Lamb's latest Twitter Tuesday wisdom - Learning to T.H.I.N.K. (Never forget, once it gets on the internet, it's forever! Kinda scary really.) :P

What Are the Odds...Really? Kristen Lamb takes a hard look at Success and what it takes to get there.

Gene Lempp shared a link to a post by ALI on How to Cut the Waffle From Your Writing. Definitely some good points and things to watch for here!

Gene also shared a link to Killer Instincts: Trusting Your Writer's Compass by Janice Hardy. The on thing to keep in mind though is that not everyone has it right off, you do tend to have to cultivate it. Just saying... I know I'm still working on mine. :)

What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Writing by Kristen Lamb.I only partially agree with this post, but only because some of the science they used in the film wouldn't work. Specifically the whole Spock and Scott beaming Kirk to a MOVING ship. Especially since they had no idea WHERE it was. So do make sure your science/tech works as well - devil in the details. :P

Ack, I had a ton more blogs to check out but my brain is now pureed. See what I go through for ya'll? :P

Gloria
www.gloriaoliver.com