by Hanley Brady | Jan 1, 2020 | D&D
I attended Dungeons and Dragons in a Castle this past summer (full post about it here), and there my boyfriend and I met a phenomenal group of players, with the lovely Amy Vorpahl as our original dungeon master. Since then, we do a a monthly online one-shot session,...
by Hanley Brady | Oct 19, 2019 | Art, Law
Getting artwork commissioned? Being hired to create commissioned artwork? This post is intended to give basic guidelines to your contract. First and foremost, this is not intended to be legal advice, and I’m not your attorney unless we have a signed...
by Hanley Brady | Aug 30, 2017 | Law, Opinion, Tv/Film
In this week’s episode of… I’ll state flat out, this post may have been inspired by a slight dab of wine. Still, I’ve run into a phenomenon that I’ve mostly been able to avoid by watching only fantasy and Disney movies: FILM/TV...
by Hanley Brady | Jan 11, 2017 | Art, Writing
New Artist, New YA Look Just a quick check-in post that I’m working with a fabulous new artist (new to me, not art), Jackson Tjota, on updating the look and feel of my characters so they better reflect the YA direction my story is now headed. I still love my...
by Hanley Brady | Jul 1, 2016 | Opinion, Writing
You might be surprised to learn that it is very difficult to make up swear words and slang for a fantasy world–especially phrases that, when read aloud, don’t sound like you’re saying something stupid like, “By Glurf’s right eye...
