Monthly Archives: May, 2010
The Savior Machine: built with Ubuntu
I am proud to say that The Savior Machine (due out Sept 2010) has been created with, as much as possible, entirely open software. My operating system of choice is Ubuntu Linux. And using this robust operating system has made many great tools available to me. The Gimp was used for the illustrations. OpenOffice was [...]
possible book cover #3, and other news
The possible book cover #3 is posted in the Facebook The Savior Machine album. Feel free to comment with your thoughts. God willing, the book goes to press next week! Also: plans are in the works for a small promotional event in June, and also for a book pre-release party in September. Stay tuned. If [...]
Two possible covers added to facebook album
Two possible cover designs have been added to The Savior Machine facebook album. They are pretty similar — the same basic deign. But I am leaning toward the less “busy” one, because I think it looks better on-line. And because I am a self-published author, on-line is where it’s at for me. But anyhow, check [...]
Daniel La Ponsie + Jason Roth = ???
What’s cooking in the heads of Grand Rapids filmmaker Jason Roth and writer / artist Daniel La Ponsie? The short answer, for now, is: too soon to tell. But we can say this … Jason and Daniel were at The Bitter End this week, and were discussing Jason’s current film projects. Daniel’s short story, The [...]
7 reasons why entering a book into ArtPrize is a great idea
Daniel La Ponsie’s upcoming collection of weird short-fiction and illustrations, The Savior Machine, has been entered into Grand Rapids, Michigan’s ArtPrize competition! As you can imagine, we are jazzed about this. ArtPrize opens Sept 22, the very same day that The Savior Machine is officially released for sale. We already have an excellent venue lined [...]
Get a peek of the artwork from the upcoming book
Get a glimpse of the artwork being considered for the upcoming Daniel La Ponsie book, The Savior Machine. Daniel is offering a peek at the artwork at his Facebook page. Head over there and check it out, and use his Facebook page to keep tabs on this and other La Ponsie projects. And just as [...]