Illustrations from after the Alpine golden age
Today I’d like to share some beautiful illustrations with you. One of my most prized books is the Badminton Book of Mountaineering, a massive tome of 19th century…
Tag: art
The Atholl Expedition – introducing illustrations by Catherine Speakman
I drew my own illustrations for The Only Genuine Jones, but The Atholl Expedition is an entirely different project and I had a very specific look in mind for…
An interview with Jamie Hageman, mountain and landscape artist
This is part of a series of interviews with authors, photographers, film-makers, and other creative people who all have one thing in common: a connection with mountaineering…
The writer’s relationship with landscape
A page from my “crag book” Like many writers, my work is inspired by one thing above all else: landscape and its human context. My work is historical…
A few more illustrations
Today I’ve been busy doing some more original drawings for the paperback edition of The Only Genuine Jones. It’s a time-consuming job but luckily it’s something I love doing.…
Illustrating the paperback edition
I am currently in the process of converting The Only Genuine Jones into a real paperback book through FeedARead. The company, which is a print-on-demand publisher, allows authors a…
The writer’s notebook(s)
Notebooks are about feel, mood, and introspection–not utility. Before I begin this post celebrating notebooks, I have a confession to make: I hardly ever use them. I write…
I have a cover design!
Ta-da! Thanks to the swift and very talented work of John Amy, I have a cover design I’m happy with! Creating a cover for The Only Genuine Jones…
The first step
My mission to publish my novel as an eBook has started with a simple step–read as much as I can on the subject! To that end I have…
Something a little different
Over the years, I have found that my appreciation for mountains is best expressed in three different ways: literature, music, and art. Literature is obvious enough (it’s the…