Knife Sharpener
How do you train a dog to do that?
At some point this year I’ll put out an 1818 version of Frankenstein. I got permission from an artist to use some illustrations he made about 10 years ago. The artist has done a little work for Marvel Comics, so a bit exciting for me. Next year there will be a major studio movie of […]
Books From Washington to Trump
With the inauguration of the newest president of the US, I decided to put to together a compilation all the inaugural addresses given by American presidents. Several presidents never gave one, so I also included speeches and remarks given by vice-presidents when they became president due to the death or resignation of the president. I […]
Books Amazon, CreateSpace, Treasure Island
Amazon’s message to me: “Our Content Team thoroughly reviewed your content and confirmed that your edition of “Treasure Island” is not distinct enough to be separated from the other public domain editions of “Treasure Island” on Amazon. For this reason, we will uphold their decision to keep them linked. Additionally, we are unable to provide […]
Books Amazon, From Washington to Trump, Treasure Island
Today’s update:* With the inauguration of the new president in America, I decided to make a book with all of the inaugural addresses and speeches made by all U. S. presidents. It’s almost finished. It should be up on Amazon’s site in less than a week.* Sales for my edition of Treasure Island continue to […]
One of the images I’ll be using for the War of the Worlds book. Drawn by Henrique Alvim Corrêa for a 1906 French edition of the book. 32 of the original drawing went up for auction 2 years ago. I wish I could have purchased one, but they sold for FAR more than I can […]
Looks like Amazon finally unlinked my Treasure Island book from the pile. Until now, it was impossible to find it. Hopefully now people will see it and buy a copy. The image below has a link to take you to the CreateSpace eStore if you are interested in buying a copy. CreateSpace Store Link
My step-father is colorizing pictures used in my Treasure Island book. Two he colored were used for the cover images. I think he did a great job! What do you think? We hope to eventually put out a version of the book full of colorized illustrations. Work continues on several different books. A friend is […]
Ran across this and thought it was pretty funny. This girl must REALLY love to eat honey!
The first HWC book published is Treasure Island. It was published last month in mid-December. I mixed together over 140 illustrations by three artists, Louis Rhead, Walter Paget, and George Roux. I spent weeks cleaning up the illustrations. Annotations from several editions were added in and then I wrote a further 300 or so for […]