Grimby’s Grat – December 2018

Grimby’s Gratitude – Dark Energy the E-Newsletter of Goldeen ogawa • Issue 13, December 2018 Originally posted for Patrons on December 7 on Patreon What have I done? Written: Professor Odd 18/3.6: “The Last Voyage of the Odyssean” Art: Driving Arcana Wheel 2 Cover (digital colors) Published: No new publications in November! What am I doing? Writing: Driving …

Holiday Gifts, 2018 Edition

It’s December, which means holiday shopping, and like any self-respecting entrepreneur I’ve got a special going over at Heliopause Productions: free gift-wrap and personalization—plus I’ll work with you to drop ship your gifts directly to their recipients! More details here. I’m not actually holding any sales, but my print prices are going up significantly in 2019, …

Grimby’s Grat – November 2018

Grimby’s Gratitude – The Long Fight the E-Newsletter of Goldeen ogawa • Issue 12, November 2018 Originally posted for Patrons on November 2 on Patreon What have I done? Written: Professor Odd 18/3.6: “The Last Voyage of the Odyssean” Art: Groomin’ Draggins watercolors for the WFC art show Published: Apsis Fiction: Mesohelion 2018 (print edition!!!) What am …

Grimby’s Grat – October 2018

Grimby’s Gratitude – New and Unexpected Glory the E-Newsletter of Goldeen ogawa • Issue 11, October 2018 Originally posted for Patrons on October 5 on Patreon What have I done? Written: The first draft of Driving Arcana 29/4.2: “One-Half Arcana.” Art: Witchy-Kitty and Pluto & Charon for the Planet Horse series! Published: Apsis Fiction: Mesohelion 2018 …

Summer 2018 Retrospective

This summer has been highlighted by two big conventions I attended, and the book I published in between. July was AnthroCon, my tenth consecutive and my ninth as a dealer, and for the first time I had my dear, Wonderful Mother along to help keep me sane, fed, and productive. It was fantastic. AnthroCon is …

Patreon and HpP Online

In the never-ending quest to make a living off my art and stories, I’ve opened up a Patreon and an online store for Heliopause Productions. The store is pretty straightforward: it’s stocked with signed prints and books I bring back from conventions, and while the Squareup UI leaves something to be desired, currently business is …

Patreon Rewards Preview

After a good deal of mental blundering and some keen encouragement from close family and friends, I’ve undertaken to build a Patreon—one which will hopefully launch within the next month. I have an assortment of tiers and respective rewards, many of which are not available for conventional purchase. As I will say again: my Patreon …

WFC 2017 report

San Antonio feels in November like Pittsburgh does in July: humid, warm, full of the sound of Diesel engines—thought the grackles are absent from Pgh—and the smell of green water and grease. It is a city full of stairs and hidden passages and the kind of heartfelt southwest aesthetic that Los Angeles tries to imitate, …

Iceland and the Future

I am writing this in Keflavik airport, and I hate it here. Luckily we will be leaving soon. Let us speak no more about it. Instead, let me tell you about Iceland and the Future. Iceland was gorgeous. Majestic and stark and frightening and beautiful. I am much obliged to Icebike Adventures who took us …