Rewriting H.P. Lovecraft, Reclaiming the Mythos: A Writers’ Roundtable
This is an interesting article at the The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog which examines how today’s writers are reclaiming...
This is an interesting article at the The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog which examines how today’s writers are reclaiming...
For those of you using Movable Type as your blogging platform, there’s an interesting, and rarely talked about feature called...
This is an interesting article for me, as I’m reworking the first chapter of one of my books. I had...
This article by Jane Friedman is an interesting one, because it looks at other motives besides money. Do you want...
This article is a must-read for artists and writers who want to impress people in shows, and on the back...
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I was idly scanning through Netflix last night, and noticed that the same description kept following me through the selections....
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“The Ballad of Black Tom” is a #Cthulhu mythos story based on “The Horror at Red Hook.” Set in 1920s...
As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.
Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.
I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.
Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.