Today's the day. In five hours and fifty-four minutes, the "T" Stories voting round will come to a close. If you are a reader of our stories and someone who votes, thank you in advance for casting a vote for your favorite of the three. Links to the stories and the poll for voting for... Continue Reading →
Halloweens That Were
Some readers (one) made mention of traveling back in time and reading my prior Halloween offerings. "Good luck with that!" I thought, "Time travel is kind of messy." It turns out they meant revisiting my prior Halloween posts. Well, ever the show-off, I figured I'd lend a helping hand. This blog was born in March... Continue Reading →
Halloween 2019 Offering
Another Halloween . . . not that we celebrate, but I used to write Halloween short stories. Not always, but I at least offered up a graphic or photo. The last few years, I used the free PanosFx Spooky Halloween Photoshop Action to create the graphics. You can find some of the posts (and read... Continue Reading →
Moon Reflections
Last month, on a clear night, next to a gently lapping lake, the moon offered up a visual treat as it danced on the uneven water surface. I had a particular version of this image in mind . . . I wanted the details of the moon to show up in the reflected image. Alas,... Continue Reading →
NoNaNoWriMo
So, it's November 2 and the last remnants of Halloween decorations are being taken down and replaced with Christmas decorations. I don't decorate for Christmas but I did take the Halloween decorations down . . . unfortunately, I don't have storage for them, so I piled them up in the corner. If you didn't see... Continue Reading →
Halloween 2018 . . . as in “have a happy one!”
Again — this year — I used a free action from PanosFX. Everything in that picture was positioned and scaled by me but he provided the individual components (objects). He does good work, he does. Sorry; I take that back. One item is mine and it may look a tad out of place because I didn't... Continue Reading →
The Halloween 2017 Post
Occasionally, I do stuff for Halloween. I might do a picture, or write a story, or both. Once again, this year it's both. But, like last year, I'm not doing a photo. Rather, again I used a free action from PanosFX. Everything in that picture was positioned and scaled by me. He does good work, he... Continue Reading →
More PanosFx Stuff . . . neat stuff
So, my last post had this graphic . . . . . . and I mentioned I used a free action from PanosFX. PanosFX has lots of stuff. I've showcased some of his free actions before HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and probably a few more places.. Today, I will showcase a few more of... Continue Reading →
The Halloween 2016 Post
Occasionally, I do stuff for Halloween. I might do a picture, or write a story, or both. This year is both . . . almost. That is obviously not a photo. Would you believe I made that in like ten minutes in Photoshop? Yup. Ten minutes, maybe less. I used a free action from PanosFX.... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays 2015!
As neglectful as I've been with this blog lately, I figure I should take a little bit of time from my Getting Published efforts and acknowledge what my readers mean to me. I have three short stories and last year's NaNoWriMo novel submitted. In addition, I'm composing queries letters to agents (easier to break into... Continue Reading →
May 2015 Calendar
I've been gone a month . . . not that the casual reader might have noticed. Sure, I had a disclaimer at the beginning of each post, but I had scheduled posts as Disperser Tracks 'heartbeats' of sorts, keeping the blog live. What I had not mentioned was that I scheduled thirty heartbeats, one for... Continue Reading →