No, seriously, I’m still a musician
This year I’ve written/started a pile of hard rock songs. I was a gigging musician before getting serious about fiction writing, and not having a live band up and running is killing me. Is it the on-stage adrenalin I miss, or the free beer? Whichever, school and writing are driving the bus but I have been jamming sporadically with members of Cowpuncher and the Mad Bombers Society and my old...
That’s Going to Leave a Mark (blog)
Whilst at Edmonton Expo, Geek Nerd Net interviewed Cam and I about our Aurora nomination for Futility! https://www.geeknerdnet.com/blog/2019/10/15/rick-overwater-cam-hayden-aurora-award-nomination-futility-orange-planet-horror
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3p-IfFhsUS4tzuHiDICk5-nM2trYud5OBZZlI0/?igshid=78zsji676e7t
Thanks to fine folks at Tiny Sledgehammer, my new steampunk-ish alternate history adventure novel is coming out this fall! Here’s the cover, done by the mighty GMB Chomichuk. We’re looking for advance readers willing to do an online review when it launches on Amazon. Help a brother out and message me for an advance copy?
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2__wWuBMHgRl1172vCXCZgDiM-mGSN_jeB3kI0/?igshid=d0svgz3uy9o7
Comic-making resources
Here are a bunch of places to get things you need and learn about making comics. Questions? Hit me up anytime via social media or email rick@overwater.ca Dead links? Let me know! BASICS OF WRITING AND SCRIPTING http://channel101.wikia.com/wiki/Story_Structure_101:_Super_Basic_Shit https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/downloads/story-circle-template/ Glossary of comic terms: http://www.balloon...
This is 2019 so far
Man, oh man, have I become the king of biting off more than one can chew. Except that, so far I’m actually chewing it and somewhat digesting too. When I feel overwhelmed, I read the e-letter of Warren Ellis, one of my current living heroes (you should sign up for his newsletter, it’s excellent). Ellis always seems like he’s on the verge of imploding, and yet keeps cranking out awesome stuff in com...
2018 is already a blur!
So… one year of my UBC MFA is done! Straight As in Creative Writing, Advanced Writing for Graphic Forms, and Creative Nonfiction! 1989 Rick is not buying it, but it’s true! The next issue of Futility, a complete graphic novel to be published by Coffin Hop Press, is in production. We launch at Edmonton Expo in Sept. A new short story, The House of the Knight’s Nail appears in th...