Dorian Hart
@dorianhart
Connoisseur of fine dad jokes. Author of the Heroes of Spira epic fantasy series, starting with The Ventifact Colossus. www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBHV92 Game designer: System Shock 1 & 2, Thief, BioShock Dad, husband, board gamer, RPG player, hiker. He/him
When I was 15, our Spanish class took a trip to Madrid, and there, in the Prado, I beheld Pablo Picasso's Guernica. We'd studied it in class, but I hadn't realized its awesome size: about 25' x 12'. Staring up at it was like enduring a fire-hose of pure emotion. I don't think I moved for 10 minutes.
That's very kind! I have a finished epic fantasy series: The Heroes of Spira. It's got, among other stuff: flawed-but-lovable characters, evil math-priests, an enchanted tower, a 9'-tall oracular toad, an unflappable butler, a snarky cat, and a ghostly spy grandma. www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBHV92
While out driving with with my wife today, we noticed that about one in every 10-20 street lamps on the highway had an odd attachment like a capped nozzle. Do any of my followers know what they are?
Looking for ways to spend your holiday lucre? I have a finished epic fantasy series featuring flawed but lovable characters going on increasingly perilous adventures, peeling back onion-layers of plot as they quest to save everyone they love. (Also, all books on KU!) www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBHV92
My 20-yr-old, while watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, noted that Sean Connery looked a lot like me: bald, glasses, graying beard. It also turns out I'm about the same age now (56) as Connery was then (57): OLD ENOUGH TO BE INDIANA JONES'S DAD HOW CAN THAT BE POSSIBLE JUST BURY ME ALREADY
My daughter hand-draws maps on commission, and her most recent -- depicting Terry Pratchett's Discworld -- is amazing!
My older daughter has drawn some AMAZING maps for a contracted project. (They're the world map & the "Pangea" map.) I'm also including maps she's drawn for a couple of D&D campaigns, including mine. She's open for commissions, though nothing on a tight deadline as she heads back to college! 🙂
For the one or two of my followers who are fans of both tennis and Game of Thrones: I didn't see the match, but the final result is giving me Mountain vs. Viper vibes.
I used to just grab whatever scrap of paper, but now I get a free bookmark with every book I buy from my amazing local bookstore (Whitelam Books). And that's... a lot of bookmarks! So I always use one of those. (Pic shows a very small fraction of them.)
4) The card showing the dangers of the Dragon's Cave, from the game One Deck Dungeon
Fungus pics! Left (white mushroom): Northwest Spain, taken by my daughter Right (yellow mushrooms): Central New Hampshire, taken by me.
In light of the Chicago Sun-Times Fiasco: For Independent Bookstore Day, I was an "honorary bookseller" for SFF books at my amazing local indie bookstore, Whitelam Books. I made this 100%-written-by-me-a-human recommendation list to hand out. No book appears here if I didn't read and enjoy it!
This pic is a few years old, but it’s not like I’ve become less bald in the meantime!
I see another Starter Pack Tidal Wave of new followers is arriving. Greetings! I probably should use this as an opportunity to plug my fantasy novels, but that feels a bit mercenary to spring on you all right away. Instead, have a picture of my cat, Whitby, dozing in the sun.
I've decided to try narrating my own audiobook, and so far it's quite promising. There's a spot in my basement that's quiet enough at night for recording. Of course, there are hiccups. Like when this floofball decides to "play" the piano at midnight. Guess I'll be re-recording that bit!
Pizza Box Cat, Day 2,633 (It has been 7 years, 2 months, and 17 days since Whitby first sat upon this exact pizza box.)