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Hello dear poetry enthusiasts!
I figured I’d send a quick update just to let you all know things are progressing. This project is alive and well. I continue to write and Jack continues to outdo himself time and again with amazing illustrations. I’d like to share three poems in their illustrated forms, which have not previously been posted on Inkshares. They are all quite different and were completed in the second half of 2015.
The first one, "Toils and Turbulations" I would say is semi-autobiographical. Though each stanza does not directly refer to my own life. But it is a very personal poem.
The second poem, "The Sentinel" is about the power of friendship. It is one of my favorite Jack illustrations and feels very much like The First Kingdom with the number and variety of figures displayed in a small space, all with unique emotion and body language.
The last poem was my attempt at a commentary on the differences between handicapped people and handicapped animals. As proof that I never tell Jack how to illustrate a piece, I can assure you that when I wrote the original poem I did not have a one-legged pirate in mind who is companions with a three-legged dog. But in Jack’s own special way, the illustration speaks perfectly to the original idea.
I hope you enjoyed these!
More to follow... And if you have a few more minutes and the financial wherewithal, Jack and I would greatly appreciate if you had a look at The First Kingdom on Amazon.
Today is February 4th, and this is the end of my Inkshares funding campaign. Wow. I still have a couple more hours left, and most of us are busy during the day, so this is a final warcall into the heavens. U-Turn At Next Synapse is at 284 copies, and there has been a lot of support for it in the last few days. The comments, the follows--it overwhelms this strange man typing to you. My goal is to have this book get a perfect score in Bowling before today’s end.
Can we get to 300 copies pre-ordered. Click the FB page above and send some digital love and to all those following, grab a copy before the clock strikes 12. It will not be disappointing I assure you.
Congrats to my fellow Nerdists becoming a part of the growing regime of Quill; Janna Grace and Tony Valdez. Perhaps I will be among those names soon. We shall see.
Checkmate and Rummy my dear Gladiators
What an amazing response from everyone thus far! I greatly appreciate it. The entire story is mapped out, characters are falling in line, themes are in place...now I just have to make it all as enjoyable in type as it is in my head...
