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When it comes to poetry, everyone has a favorite, whether it's the limerick you learned in elementary school or something a little more substantial.

For me, Dylan Thomas' is one of my all-time favorites, and the poem that inspired me to master the Villanelle Form. Here is "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night":

Dylan Thomas 1914 – 1953

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know...

Over the course of my lifetime I have read literally thousands of books.

Some were good, some were bad, some were too obtuse, some were too simple. But every now and then an author punches you in the face with his or her creation. Such was the case when I discovered Stephen R Donaldson.

The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever are arguably the greatest fantasy fiction ever written and even if you don't feel as I do, they are in everyone's Top 5 at least.

Not resting on...

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to book covers.

Like divorce and roulette, people aren't shy about giving you their opinions about what works best, what the public want, and what will sell the most books.

I only have one piece of advice - do what you want! Not what someone else wants.

I design all my own book covers because I enjoy it and I am a bit of a control freak when it comes to artwork. I like some better than others, and that's OK. At the end of the day I get to tell myself that it...

Pablo Picasso, a true artistic genius, had a lot to say about art.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth." (maybe paraphrased) - Pablo Picasso

"Good artists copy, great artists steal." - Pablo Picasso

"Youth has no age." - Pablo Picasso