More book cover critiques! This cover has lovely art, very evocative and intriguing. The simple font works well, especially with the delightful dagger as the T in Agatha. Red is the primary color here, except for her blue eyes, which…
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Tagged with: art, author, book, book cover, cover art, cozy mystery, domhnall o'donoghue, earthbound, ebook, melora johnson, michelle pointis burns, murder, mustread, mystery, paranormal, romance, urban fantasy
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Posted in Art, Writing
Cool Book Covers
I’m back with some more book covers I admire! This one is nicely wicked (as per the title). Limited color scheme really highlights the red, which might be ink, but more likely blood. The rustic font and color treatment on…
Tagged with: adalyn grace, all the stars and teeth, amreading, art, blue, book cover, cover art, critique, emily duncan, interesting, reading, the reader, traci chee, wicked saints
Posted in Art, Writing
Posted in Art, Writing
Cool Book Covers
Since I design and create my own book covers for my self-published books, I troll through book covers and note really cool ones I find. They might not be ones I’d create myself, nor be applicable to the sort of…
Tagged with: art, author, book, bree wolf, courtney maguire, cover art, ebook, leigh bardugo, michael brown, mustread, netflix, once upon a temptingly ruinous kiss, shadow and bone, the girl who was me is gone
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Posted in Writing
Cool Book Covers
Since I design and create my own book covers for my self-published books, I troll through book covers and note really cool ones I find. They might not be ones I’d create myself, nor be applicable to the sort of…
Tagged with: art, author, book, cover art, d fischer, ebook, erin satie, farah heron, killing the kind, mikki noble, mustread, tahira in bloom
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Posted in Writing
DragonCon 2019!
DragonCon 2019 is just around the corner. As always, I’m in the Art Show, which is located on the level below the lobby in the Hyatt. Come find my booth (a whole 8X10 booth this year!) in B12 (Bingo!).…
Tagged with: art, art show, atlanta, author, beaded jewelry, books, dragoncon, druidsbrooch, georgia, greendragonartist, jewelry, nerdigras, sale, writing, writing track
Posted in Art, Jewelry
Posted in Art, Jewelry
Notre-Dame
I’m heartbroken. No, I’ve never visited Notre-Dame. It’s always been on my list, but I’ve never been to France yet, despite multiple trips to Europe. It was one of those things, like Rome or Athens, that would simply always…
Tagged with: architecture, art, beauty, catholic, destruction, fire, notre dame, timelessness, tragedy
Posted in Art, History, Travel
Posted in Art, History, Travel
First Place, Jewelry at Allentown Arts Festival
I had the honor of being awarded First Place for Jewelry at the Allentown Arts Festival in Buffalo, New York this year. Woohoo!
Tagged with: allentown, art, art festival, arts, beadweaving, buffalo, contest, festival, greendragonartist, honor, jewelry, new york, prize, seedbead
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Posted in Art
The Enchanted Swans is a 2018 RONE Cover Award Nominee!
Come see the amazing covers in InD’Tale Magazine’s 2018 RONE Cover Awards! The amazing cover for The Enchanted Swans, designed by Cora is on the list! Check out The Enchanted Swans HERE!
Tagged with: art, author, award, book, cora graphics, cover, ind'tale, rone, teamtirgearr, the enchanted swans
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Posted in Art, Writing
Events for 2018!
I’ve updated my Event page for art shows, workshops, readings, etc. for 2018. Upcoming art shows, workshops, and appearances: Beading workshop at Dansville Artworks, Dansville, NY, March 3, 2018, 11am-2pm Author Reading and Signing at Card-Carrying Books & Gifts, Corning, NY,…
The Enchanted Swans – Cover of the Year!
The Enchanted Swans just won Cover of the Year at Discovered Diamonds! Pick up your copy here!
Happy Solstice!
Ah, December. The ringing of jingle bells until you want to smash the little buggers whenever they appear, the mad dash for holiday gifts, the dreaded anticipation of hordes of relatives appearing at your doorstep. And yet, it is a…
10 Beautiful Images from the Book of Kells – Medievalists.net
The Book of Kells is thought to be the work of a number of unknown genius-artists living in the monastery of Iona around the year 800. Source: 10 Beautiful Images from the Book of Kells – Medievalists.net
Christmas Giveaways and news!
The Enchanted Swans is Cover of the Month at Discovering Diamonds! ***** 22 Dec – 8 Jan 2018 Tirgearr’s annual Winter Sale! More info coming soon! ***** Christmas Spree Giveaway! The Christmas Spree Giveaway Runs 12/01/17 – 12/15/17 Prize: $180…
2018 Calendars are ready!
I’ve prepared FIVE different calendars for Ireland for 2018. Available for purchase HERE! Religious Ireland 2018 Calendar Irish Coasts 2018 Calendar Essential Ireland 2018 Calendar Neolithic Ireland 2018 Calendar Ireland Buildings 2018 Calendar REVISED! I’ve added more calendars! Iceland 2018…
Green Dragon, Artist Newsletter
Want to keep abreast of my activities as a photograph and a beadweaving artist? Each newsletter will have details about new work, upcoming events, and some information about beading or photography. Sign up for my brand new artist newsletter!…
Tagged with: art, artist, bead, beading, beadweaving, beadwork, free, jewelry, news, newsletter, photographs, photography, travel
Posted in Art, Jewelry, Photography, Travel
Posted in Art, Jewelry, Photography, Travel
Call of the Morrigú is LIVE!
RELEASE DAY!!! Call of the Morrigú is now LIVE and ready to go! It’s on sale just through the weekend, so get your copy now before the price goes back up! . Would you dare rouse a goddess?…
Tagged with: 1798, 99cents, amreading, amwriting, ancient, ancient history, archaeology, art, black, books, call of the morrigu, celtic, celts, death, druid, fantasy, goddess, hist, histfic, historic, historical, historical fantasy, historical fiction, historicalfantasy, historicalfiction, history, ireland, irish, legend, legends, magic, marketing, morrigan, morrigu, mythology, new release, newrelease, pagan, paranormal, raven, red, revenge, revolution, sale, sovereignty, tale, teamtirgearr, tirgearr, war, writing
Posted in History, pagan, Writing
Posted in History, pagan, Writing
How to Talk to Artists at Art Festivals- The Do’s and Don’ts (Warning: You’ve probably been guilty of at least one of the don’ts…) | the Year of Living Fabulously
How to Talk to Artists at Art Festivals – the Do’s & Don’ts (Warning: You’ve probably been guilty of at least one of the don’ts…) I visited the Cherry Creek Arts F… Source: How to Talk to Artists at Art…
What is a Torc? « GroovyHistorian
ancient history, art, british museum, celtic, celts, education, facts, gold, heritage, historian, history, history teacher, social history, teacher, torc, world history Source: What is a Torc? « GroovyHistorian
Tagged with: ancient history, art, british museum, celtic, celts, education, facts, gold, heritage, historian, history, history teacher, Social History., teacher, torc, world history
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Posted in History
Why Are There Violent Rabbits In The Margins Of Medieval Manuscripts? | Jon Kaneko-James
Finally, there’s this image of a dog jousting against a rabbit who is riding a snail-man. Source: Why Are There Violent Rabbits In The Margins Of Medieval Manuscripts? | Jon Kaneko-James
Tagged with: art, books, britain, bunnies, bunny, Christian Mythology, Cute Violent Rabbit, Devil, Drolleries, folklore, history, Illuminated Manuscript, Killer Rabbit, medieval, Medieval Chronicles, Medieval Rabbit, Monty Python Rabbit, Rabbit's Revenge, Rabbits, Social History., Strange Creatures, Violent Rabbit, World Turned Upside Down
Posted in Art, History
Posted in Art, History
We’re not done yet – InD’Tale Magazine Monthly Cover Contest! Please come vote for The Enchanted Swans!
The cover of The Enchanted Swans is up for vote again! This time with the monthly contest for InD’tale Magazine! Please come vote! Voting ends Monday, May 30th, at midnight. You do need to register to vote, and it’s only…
Tagged with: amwriting, ancient, art, blog, blogging, books, celtic, celts, contest, druid, fun, hist, histfic, historic, historical, historical fantasy, historical fiction, historicalfantasy, historicalfiction, history, ireland, irish, legend, legends, magic, marketing, mythology, personal, swan, tale, teamtirgearr, the enchanted swans, tirgearr Posted in Writing
Posted in Art, Writing
Posted in Art, Writing
