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Tag Archives: Joe Williams
Teenage Beast: The Tuesday Doodle
The writing of my Teenage Beast novel continues as I work my way into the second draft. I’m spending my first waking hour working away at it. It’s becoming more cohesive, and I’ll get there. Slow and steady wins the … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1978, black and white art, Canson, comic book art, comic books, creative process, drawing, from the sketchbook, horror comics, horror fiction, horror novel, Illustration, independent author, indie author, indie comics, ink drawing, Joe Williams, novel writing, pen and ink, Pen+Gear, prose fiction, punk rock, rust belt, second draft, self publishing, sketchbook, sketchbook art, Teenage Beast, Tuesday Doodles, writing and drawing, writing process
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Teenage Beast: 102 Days Later
I started writing Teenage Beast on June 7th of this year as a lark. It was going to be a comic book script, but as I started writing scene directions, I found myself getting more and more into the heads … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, News, Sketch, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1978, black and white art, comic book art, comic books, creative exploration, creative process, drawing, fiction writing, from the sketchbook, horror comics, horror fiction, horror novel, Illustration, independent author, independent comics, indie author, indie comics, Joe Williams, novel writing, pen and ink, prose fiction, punk rock, rust belt, second draft, self publishing, sketchbook, sketchbook art, Teenage Beast, Teenage Beast novel, USA, writing and drawing, writing process
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Teenage Beast: The Home Stretch
This morning I finished the main body of the first draft of my horror novel, Teenage Beast.
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1978, black and white art, comic book art, comic books, creative process, creative writing, drawing, fiction writing, first draft, from the sketchbook, horror comics, horror fiction, horror novel, Illustration, independent author, independent comics, indie author, indie comics, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, novel writing, pen and ink, Philadelphia, punk rock, rust belt, self publishing, sketchbook, sketchbook art, Strathmore, Teenage Beast, writing, writing process
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Teenage Beast: Words and Pictures
As I have written before, I have been writing a horror novel — Teenage Beast — since June 7th and frankly, I am surprised by my progress. I thought I would spend several days staring at a flashing cursor, not … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1970s, 1978, black and white art, cartooning, comic book art, comic books, creative process, creative writing, drawing, fiction writing, horror comics, horror fiction, horror novel, illustrated books, Illustration, independent comics, indie comics, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, pen and ink, Philadelphia, punk rock, rust belt, self publishing, sketchbook, sketchbook art, Strathmore, Teenage Beast, USA, writing, writing process
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Two Months, Four Days and 38,329 Words Later
I’m still writing. Somehow I have managed to keep to my morning ritual. Sadly, if this were a gym membership, I would have crapped out on it long ago. Writing is a lot less physically taxing, but it is mentally … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1970s, 1978, cartooning, comic book art, comic books, creative process, drawing, horror, horror comics, horror fiction, Illustration, independent comics, indie comics, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, LibreOffice, Philadelphia, punk rock, sketchbooks, Teenage Beast, USA, writing
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What Are Words For?
A simple question from my wife led me to discover just how much progress I’d made on Teenage Beast. It turns out I’ve been so focused on telling the story that I forgot to keep score. Continue reading
The Greenstreet Mac Mini: Adding Another 2010 to the Cigar Box Fleet
I wasn’t planning on building another cigar box mini-stack anytime soon, but eBay had other ideas. A very clean 2010 Mac mini popped up for auction so I took a shot. I threw in a maximum bid of $37 on … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged 2010, Apple, Cigar Box Mac Mini Stack, digital, Joe Williams, Mac Mini, old, USA, vintage, vintage Macs
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Back to the Drawing Board
I’m going back to the real world drawing board which is a nice change being that I have been so ensconced with the digital world of late. Breaking out the graphite and the ink has been a welcome change from … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, analog, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, GIMP, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, punk, Teenage Beast, USA
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