Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on March 31, 2013 · 1 Comment
Sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury comments on his career and his sources of inspiration on Day at Night. “You can only go with loves in this life.”
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on February 7, 2013 · 5 Comments
WRITING SYMPOSIUM Taking its name from the Douglas Adam’s books, Life, the Universe and Everything is an annual symposium on sci-fi and fantasy, geared toward writers, artists, filmmakers and fans. I’ve been attending the symposium for several years now and this will be my third year participating as a panelist. LTUE is a great opportunity … Read more
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on January 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Diana Ault put together this amazing list of Young Adult authors that will be presenting at LTUE this February. If you are interesting in writing, art, sci-fi or fantasy, or meeting up with some of your favorite authors, you’ll want to check out LTUE and Diana’s list.
Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 24, 2011 · 2 Comments
It’s taken some doing, but I’ve finally finished drawing and coloring all six sci-fi author trading cards. After deciding on an overall design for the cards, and figuring out with authors and sci-fi fans to draw, I pulled my drawings into Photoshop, touched up my brush work, then colored and flattened the series of six … Read more
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
More drawings for the sci-fi author trading cards…
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 22, 2011 · 2 Comments
The last few weeks have brought in a lot of projects and one of my favorites has been making trading cards for science fiction authors. What a fun idea, right! Pictured above is my ink drawing of Ray Bradbury, easily one of my favorite writers since dad lent me his copy of Green Shadows, White … Read more
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on July 30, 2011 · 1 Comment
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on June 17, 2011 · 3 Comments
My boy and I like to pick out movies from the library to watch (they’re free and we get ‘em for two weeks!) and this week’s picks included Contact, starring Jodie Foster, from 1997. What an incredible film. I picked it up because I remembered liking it, but I’d forgotten just how great it really … Read more
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on June 1, 2011 · 5 Comments
Dungeon Crawlers Radio is Utah’s source for all things geek. They have a weekly podcast covering topics like gaming, movies, and comics, and frequently interview authors and artists of science fiction and fantasy on their show. Revan and Nivi were kind enough to invite me to their podcast table at Conduit this past Saturday to ask … Read more
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