Author: Cedar Sanderson

  • Teaching Art History with an AI

    Teaching Art History with an AI

    And other unorthodox uses of MidJourney. This started because my son, who is 17 now, and in his senior year of highschool (hybrid homeschooled and community college courses) was very interested in the MidJourney images I was generating. I’ve said from the beginning that this felt as much like a game, as it did making…

  • Odd Prompts: Bioluminescence

    Odd Prompts: Bioluminescence

    I live too far West now for the delight of chasing tiny glowing insects through the field. I miss the lightning bugs.  Today’s prompt comes from Fiona Grey.  I prompted Leigh Kimmel with “The un-rescued princess”  You can read the prompt responses over at More Odds Than Ends.  sorry mine is not text this week.…

  • How Not to Shoot Fish!

    How Not to Shoot Fish!

    The hunting anthology, volume 1, is out now! A little early, but that’s better than late.  You can acquire and read this illustrated collection of twenty-one tales in ebook, or paperback.  As the title indicates, most of the stories in this book are humor, some wry, some rueful. In addition, there are tales of the…

  • New Western from JL Curtis

    New Western from JL Curtis

    The second in his Bell Chronicles series, JL Curtis has just released Ranching in Colorado. If you enjoy L’Amour, and wish he’d written more, you will definitely want to pick this series up.  A couple of fun notes on this book. The story inside is a good one, I had the privilege of reading some…

  • Odd Prompts: Homeward Bound

    Odd Prompts: Homeward Bound

    A bit more of the sweet romance I’ve been writing. Which may or may not have some magic in it.  First bit is here.  *** “Well, it’s obvious you’re not from around here.” She beamed up at them. “Who else would it be?”  “We are on our way home.” Bonnie was smiling and shaking her…

  • A Mole in my Kitchen

    A Mole in my Kitchen

     No, not a spying underground creature, although I got jokes as I was posting process photos when I forgot to put the accent over that e. I mean the very special Mexican sauce, from toasted dried chilies, seeds, and chocolate. When I hear the term ‘slow food’ molé is what comes immediately to my mind.…

  • Cover Reveal: Hunting Anthology Vol. 1

    Cover Reveal: Hunting Anthology Vol. 1

    I’m hard at work getting the first of the two volumes ready for print and ebook, and as part of that, needed to create the cover for the first volume.  Willing to hear out feedback, and always happy to hear if you like it!  This book is scheduled for release September 1, first day of…

  • Thin Bean Soup

    Thin Bean Soup

    This isn’t a recipe. It’s not even a serious post.  You know how to make thin bean soup? Well, first you roast the beans. Then you grind them. Then you drip hot water over ’em…  Coffee. I meant coffee.  I could do without it. I could! I don’t really want to, but if I had…

  • Haunted Libraries!

    Haunted Libraries!

    Ok, this is a worthy cause. I have a story in one of these – there will be two, keep an eye out here for the next month to see when the next one drops – but I don’t know which one. So! It doesn’t matter, because there were a ton of fantastic stories submitted…

  • Picking up Spares and Running with Them

    Picking up Spares and Running with Them

    I am still very much playing with MidJourney, or as my friend Travis has dubbed it, Midj (I pronounce that like Midge) which you’ll know if you’re on Discord with me or watching my instagram. It’s a fantastic tool, and it’s taking time to learn how to get the best out of it, like any…

  • Odd Prompts: Cloud Dancing

    Odd Prompts: Cloud Dancing

    it’s Tuesday! Must be snippet o’ fiction day…  *** “C’mon, sleepyhead!” John was standing by the kitchen door, shrouded in darkness that far from the kerosene lamp they were relying on.  Bonnie lobbed a biscuit in his direction, and he caught it, laughing. “Let me finish my coffee?” She asked.  “There’s more in the thermos.…

  • Publishing News

    Publishing News

    So! You may know there will be a hunting anthology released at the end of the month. How Not to Shoot Fish, and Other Deer That Got Away is finishing up with illustrations, and will then move into final edits and formatting prior to release. Nearly there!  I’m also working on another art project, and…