What does an independent writer do every day? Amazon shares this video with us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8saLenIWOY&list=PLE1Y2pbwRpkgHsia2FLH-u3cdXoDn2o99&index=1
John
Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim would have been 89-years old today. He combined the influences of Heitor Villa-Lobos with interesting chord progressions, haunting melodies and the popular rhythms of Brazil to become one of the great composers of the 20th century. Here he is rehearsing at home with his band, Banda Nova – Simone Caymii, Maucha [...]
Hypercat was developed by Jay DeFehr as a high acutance, catechol-based tanning/staining developer. Mixed in glycol, it has a long shelf life. Hypercat A Ascorbic Acid 1 g Catechol 10 g Propylene Glycol 100 ml Hypercat B Distilled water 750 ml Sodium Carbonate 200g Distilled water to make 1 L People dilute [...]
510 Pyro was developed by Jay DeFehr. It’s a simple developer that keeps indefinitely and can be used at many dilutions – usually 1:100 – 1:500. Warm triethanolomine (TEA) 75 ml Ascorbic Acid 5 g Pyro 10g Phenidone 0.25 g Triethanolomine to make 100 ml I usually make 4 times this amount because [...]
My writer’s group has been discussing Leslie Leyland Fields’ blog post entitled “The 7-Fears of Every Writing Project.” Point Five is of particular interest to me. 5. Fear Not!—-That you don’t know where your novel, trilogy, even your memoir is headed. No one you know informs you of the outcome of their lives, do they? [...]
Lanier -Poet, Musician, Soldier Members of the Coastal Photographers Guild are exhibiting photographs honoring the life of Sidney Lanier at The Horton Gallery – Southeast Georgia Health Systems in Brunswick for the month of January. Lanier was born in Macon, Georgia at the cottage I photographed above. He died in North Carolina in 1881 at [...]
Sandy King developed Pyrocat HD – a semi-compensating staining film developer with high accutance. He then developed other fomulas (the glycol ones with the help of Pat Gainer) that work with subtle differences. These developers seem popular with shooters of all formats. Some photographers think the tanning action of the Pyrocatechin helps reduce scrathes in [...]
From “Avatar” to “The Wizard of Oz” to “Jurassic Park” is there really only one form of dramatic storytelling? John York takes this position at The Atlantic, where he quotes a 9-year old child: A family are looking forward to going on holiday. Mom has to sacrifice the holiday in order to pay the rent. [...]
