All things Glitter & Mayham.

Over at Apex Publications I wrote a post about creating the cover of Glitter & Mayhem (preliminary sketches, reference material, etc).  At Worldcon I finally got to see the book in print and yowzaaahz! It's even more beautiful than I could have possibly imagined! (And the stories are epic and diverse.)  If you want a chance to win a free copy of Glitter & Mayhem, Apex is holding a pin it to win it contest:

"To win, all you have to do is pin the Glitter & Mayhem page from the Apex website (or you can simply repin it from here) and pin at least 10 other things you feel best encompass the theme of the anthology on a board you call Glitter & Mayhem. Once you have your board complete, put a link to it in the comments of this post."

You have until Sept 24 to do this. GOOD LUCK!

And now, some pics from the Glitter & Mayhem release party :)

at the San Antonio Rollercade w/ G&M editor John Klima

glittery at the rollercade, Mikolaj Habryn, Liz Gorinski, Rachel Swirsky, Seanan McGuire, and I.

yes I dressed as the disco ball.

(glittery on the roller rink)

WorldCon 2013

 A quick rundown of where I'll be and when at WorldCon/LonestarCon III:

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~Upon arriving Thursday afternoon, I'll hang my work in the Art Show. With any luck, the set up will look a bit like this:

Huge debt of gratitude to Lee Moyer for helping me clean up this act.

~Friday at 10 am the Art Show opens to con goers with an official Opening Reception held at 7pm that evening to meet the artists. Worldcon has also scheduled guided docent tours of the show and several Art Night Showcases featuring presentations by many of the attending artists.  (You can find those and other art related events and presentations here.)

~Saturday from 2pm to 6pm I'll be at table 5 in Artist Alley, showing art work and doodling on anyone who happens to come by.

i do so love to doodle on people.

~Saturday from 8pm to 10pm I'll be at the San Antonio Rollercade where the Glitter & Mayhem book release party will be (Aw Yeah!)

~Sunday at 2pm I'll be in room 103a as part of the Bouncing Images group doodling event w/ Teddy Harvia, Mel White, and Maurine Starkey.
  
~Sunday afternoon there will be rehearsals and such, and then off to the Reception and Ceremony (to see if I lucked out and won that Hugo.) 

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The rest of the time will be just trying to catch my breath and absorb the awesomeness.  See you there!

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Presenting the cover of Glitter & Mayhem!

(✧ I'll be cleaning sparkles out of my studio for a long while ✧)

Cover art and design by me :)

A little while ago Lynn M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas and John Klima asked if I might possibly be interested in doing some work for an anthology they were cooking up in partnership with Apex Publishing. My answer was OMG YES!! 

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Glitter & Mayhem

"Step behind the velvet rope of these fabulous Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror tales of roller rinks, nightclubs, glam aliens, party monsters, drugs, sex, glitter, and debauchery. Dance through nightclubs, roller derby with cryptids and aliens, be seduced by otherworldly creatures, and ingest cocktails that will alter your existence forever.

Over 120,000 words of brand new fiction from some of the best writers in the business are ready to bring you the most glamorous parties in the multiverse. "

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Glitter & Mayhem is available for pre-order plus stay tuned for information about the launch party at WorldCon where the editors and I will be signing books.

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Meanwhile, here's some work-in-progress glimpses into creating the cover. This is the preliminary sketch we released as a sneak peak for the Kickstarter:

preliminary cover sketch, by Galen Dara

The nature of our cyboristic lead jammer's roller gear took some work. Simple skates just didn't seem right. Two pieces of reference I leaned heavily on were these (rather incredible) modern chariot skates and these (completely mind boggling) circa 1910 roller skates.

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Her hair was also something I had to play around with quite a bit to get the right feel. I tried tentacles (couldn't help myself) and cable wires, but soon realized such elaborate coiffures distracted from the whole of the piece. A little experimenting revealed she had a taste for short red hair.

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Etc etc etc, until the final painting (ta da!)

But enough about the cover. Here's a peek at the star-studded Table of Contents.
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Introduction by AmberBenson

Sister Twelve: Confessions of a Party Monster by Christopher Barzak

Apex Jump by DavidJ. Schwartz

With Her Hundred Miles to Hell by Kat Howard

Star Dancer by JenniferPelland

Of Selkies, Disco Balls, and Anna Plane by Cat Rambo

Sooner Than Gold by CorySkerry

Subterraneans by WilliamShunn & Laura Chavoen

The Minotaur Girls by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Unable to Reach You by Alan DeNiro

Such & Such Said to So & So by Maria Dahvana Headley

Revels in the Land of Ice by Tim Pratt

Bess, the Landlord’s Daughter, Goes for Drinks with the Green Girl by Sofia Samatar

Blood and Sequins by Diana Rowland

Two-Minute Warning by Vylar Kaftan

Inside Hides the Monster by Damien Walters Grintalis

Bad Dream Girl by SeananMcGuire

A Hollow Play by AmalEl-Mohtar

Just Another Future Song by Daryl Gregory

The Electric Spanking of the War Babies by Maurice Broaddus & Kyle S. Johnson

All That Fairy Tale Crap by Rachel Swirsky

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If you need more shiny stuff while waiting for the book release, go peruse our pinterest board. To wrap it up, here's a little gold plated burlesque on roller skates. Just for you. (FYI, she does get down to pasties by the end. NSFW.)