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Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 49th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The twenty-eighth of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  

2) King of Dead Horses Ring

3)Photomanip storybook

4)KWL Horror roundtable

5) October 2023 bestseller list

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Disney 100

aiotune Powerpuff/Hello Kitty

Modern Black Federalism in the USA

Caribbean Christianity

CENTO Series episode 28

ici, la pluie bat son plein

elle attire sans pitie, toutes les betes

ecaille par ecaille

clouee sur un tapis de ronces

et lentement

fane
here, the rain is in full swing

she mercilessly attracts, all the beasts

scale by scale

nailed to a carpet of brambles

and slowly

fades
https://www.deviantart.com/sihlaryn/art/Eau-de-Rose-design-960125658

and fading memories forever haunt

of the hearts of those bereaved

with fingers stretched outward, yearning
https://www.deviantart.com/barosus/art/Reaching-973082810

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

King of Dead Horses Ring

no story or poem story. I just wanted to make an item for a competition. I am proud that I made this as I tend to make art that is multifaceted, graphic plus text. I realize for adoptables I need to focus on jewelry design.  I have another coming up.

adoptable version

coloring page

Photomanip storybook

I made a photomanipulation. After many attempts at trying I figured out how I can do photomanipulations in my own creative context. I am not a huge or big fan of using other people's work. I feel confident I can make anything I imagine as literature or graphic. But, the photomanipulation contests want multiple elements , as a collage I can do the multiple elements. 

I have another photomanipulation coming soon.

The storybook photomanipulation- everything is cited in the post.

Collage of my elements, a coloring book page

KWL Horror roundtable

My Indexed thoughts

21:15 thanks for the point on simplicity with advertising, a good hook
25:40 thanks for the marketing for a team of writers
29:50 nice admittance to the basics
34:50 bookfunnel [ https://bookfunnel.com/ ]
40:23 let world building unfold when you are a character driven writer
47:10 watch out for the flow of fear in horror
48:17 what is in the dark is the key, the unknown, all concur
50:35 nothing is unsolvable
51:15 for writing teams you need to know when to moveon for the best of the team
54:30 you want to go where your readers are, and your readers are everywhere. . . what do they want from me and how can my books be seen
 

Discuss

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10690-horror-roundtable/

And a question and answer to learn more about Kobo

Kobo is willing to communicate so if you have questions and missed this, use the following email to  writinglife@kobo.com 

writerbeware to help authors  https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/

remember to check your prices

October 2023 bestseller list

Have you read any of these books

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2533&type=status

DATES

December

• 4: Moon furthest from center of earth, apoge; Mercury greatest visible distance from sun in the sky, 21 degrees east, elongation;

National Cookie Day in the USA

Did you know, Mr. Cookie Monster proclaimed his own National Cookie Day in the 1980 book The Sesame Street Dictionary. This day was started in 1987 by the Blue Chip Cookie company.
referral
https://web.archive.org/web/20131022044601/http://www.bluechipcookiesdirect.com/national-cookie-day-1987/
referral
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-30-fi-4956-story.html

• 5: Six United States Navy planes [ flight 19 + training 49 ] disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle, 1945
• 6: The line from the Center of the Moon to the Center of the Earth is at the Earth's equator; Neptune appear stationary in the sky; Latin Church saint day for Nicholas, patron of children; 

First presidential address by radio, 1923

referral
https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/dec-6-1923-calvin-coolidge-delivers-first-presidential-address-on-radio/
transcript
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/december-6-1923-first-annual-message

• 8: Moon crossing the path of the sun in the sky, the ecliptic, from north to south; 
• 9: Venus + Moon appear vertical or horizontal in the sky, conjunction

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

Disney 100

At the 18th of October , Disney turned 100 years old. After the photo are my thoughts.

yesterday they had on local television a celebration of the 100 , which i had no idea of, before presenting encanto and I thought to myself Disney probably will be only angry at one thing today. And that is how little competition Disney has garnered from other artist in the USA. Yes, Disney the firm, from Walt's time to now is competitive and likes to be the main/sole/primary cartoon source in the usa. But, Disney was correct when he spoke to the artists who wanted to strike years ago.  Owning your own business is what he did to free himself from others, as an abused artist. He wanted his workers to do the same but most did not feel or have the strength to do that and I think workers still don't. 

Visual ode

aiotune Powerpuff/Hello Kitty

Introducing the CocoaPuff girls

AND! Chocolate Kitty

Modern Black Federalism in the USA

The Black Populace in the USA, in all of its forms, always had a group of extreme federalist. But they have never functionalized their position.

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10616-black-federalism-in-the-usa/

Caribbean Christianity

Jean Ann Field Ridley  has made a book to make christianity relatable to black children in the caribbean.

I quote her

The series is written to address the erroneous suggestion that the Bible and Christianity are about and for White people and that it is therefore the White man's religion. This is a view strongly held by some elements within the Caribbean culture.

My Reply

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10622-racial-and-cultural-representation-in-biblical-storytelling-the-caribbean-experience/?do=findComment&comment=63810

The post

Photographers , participate or share

https://blog.flickr.net/en/2023/12/01/get-ready-for-your-best-shot-2023/ 

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 38th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The seventeenth of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.  But a surprise await.

2) Ma'am and the final week of the Bettsfic workshop

3)Super Smash Bros collab

DATES

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

KWL podcast with Mark Dawson

Princess Bombshell from Seanime

Aliens in the mind

Madebirdscom bird boxes automata

CENTO Series episode 17

Only one cento for this episode, for I wanted to share a little fictional prose. 

Oh griot, sing from tween the years when the ant hordes drank Gold Mushrooms and the silver tree barks, and the years of the rise of the Daughters of Kus, there was an age undreamed of, when beaming gardens lay spread across the world like free rainbows beneath the stars.

the original quote is below , do you know who is it from? say in comments, I will not tell.:) 

Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.

https://www.deviantart.com/rayseb/art/Pathfinder-Adventure-A-Few-Flowers-More-968767266

And now onto the Cento

Right here and now

The remains of your galaxy

devoured by your mind

In the core of your heart

universe reversed…

https://www.deviantart.com/erotesque/art/Pearwhirl-official-968831526

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

Ma'am and the final week of the Bettsfic workshop

For the final week the focus was on narrative. I placed at the top the experimental , entitled, Ma'am it is my reflection on Girl from Jamaica Kincaid. enjoy

But for the fiction I made another element into the world I created, and still have not named for the workshop with Betts series.

if you want to read more and get all pertinent links, utilize the following uniform resource locator.

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2447&type=status

Super Smash Bros collab

If you are a super smash bros. fan or like collaborative artwork, click the following image or link. The listing is on the page if you have a particular character you are interested in seeing. The collage is on the site. 

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/396-super-smash-bros-collab-2023/

DATES

• 17th- Moon Descending ; it crosses the path of the sun in the sky or the ecliptic
• 18th- Oscar Peterson performed live at Carnegie Hall 1949

Listen to the whole concert

• 19th  - Neptune at opposition , meaning it will be reverse of the sun at sunrise, look west. And Venus will have it's greatest illumination in 2023 this day. 
• 20th- 1973 Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the battle of the sexes

21st International Day of Peace

a story

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september-equinox-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=947

• 22nd- Moon closest to the south pole, greatest angle from equator going south; Mercury greatest distance from sun in the sky , elongation
• 23rd- September Equinox, the beginning of Spring in the southern hemisphere while the beginning of Autumn in the northern hemisphere. Equinox means equal night. In this day, as in the other equinox,  the equator of the earth if expanded like a disk for in an instant makes the smallest angle between itself and the center of the sun. Or you can say, if a line was made between the center of the earth side the center of the sun, the equator will be at said line.

 a story

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september-equinox-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=948

another story

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-september-equinox-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&comment=949

photo citation

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bomobob/4864314781/in/album-72157612785670979/

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

KWL podcast with Mark Dawson

Good information for all independent writers

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10486-as-i-listened-to-kwl-episode-323-the-self-publishing-show/

Gordon Gecko's speech 

if you don't know it is relevant as when it occurred in the 1980s

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2413&type=status

Princess Bombshell

from Seanime

The Cover, click the image to read an excerpt

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2414&type=status

Aliens in the mind

NOTES

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2415&type=status

Madebirdscom bird boxes automata

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading. 

Welcome to the 26th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The fifth of the Cento series.  A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem. 

2) Happy Belated Juneteenth

3) Blood Of Jesus movie review

4) Happy Belated Solstice

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

A Poem From A Child To a Parent

A Question Of Art

Mermaid coloring page

CENTO Series episode 5

So that my demons  may

end(s) in sweet sleep

will you sing to me?

https://www.deviantart.com/pufflespower/art/WIll-you-sing-to-me-956728193

cuddle the fluffy ones

let them be a source of love and devotion

and smile in the language of their kind

https://www.deviantart.com/rtnightmare/art/Positive-Feature-Poem-Baby-Animals-962295073

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art? 

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

Happy Belated Juneteenth 

If you’re from the U.S., have you celebrated Juneteenth before? If you are from elsewhere in the world, are there similar celebrations of liberation in your area?
Yes, it is a tradition in my household, as well as Black Solidarity Day or Kwanzaa. All humans have celebrations of freedom cause all humans at some point were , or or will be enslaved by other... humans. I will add one thing. Freedom is important, but not all people's freedom is imagined the same. To restate, the assumption from many is that two people imagine each other free the same way, all to often that isn't true. It isn't is everybody free as much as, can everybody be free at the same time. It sounds obvious, but ... it usually isn't. 

In what ways do you express your heritage or your culture’s history through art?
In my writing I wrote two story collections based on Black Myths . 
Sunset Children Stories

Looking West and West

In terms of art, I made a recent work for Juneteenth

What is a quote that inspires you?
I will give two
<If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.> Malcolm X
< We have dared to be free. Let us dare to be so by ourselves and for ourselves." > Jean JAcques Dessalines

Showcase of Black Work for Juneteenth in Deviantart

Blood Of Jesus

Poll and Transcript and Discussion

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10354-blood-of-jesus-from-richard-murrays-corner-of-movies-that-move-we/

Happy Belated Solstice

May all be cool in the northern hemisphere summer, may all be warm in the southern hemisphere winter. A solstice is when the a pole is angled most toward the sun, thus causing the effect of the sun standing still. Another way of saying it, is the ecliptic , or axis based on the equator of the earth has the largest angle distance to a line from the sun center to the earth.

Enjoy two stories

Story 1 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-good-news-blog-stories-through-a-year/?tab=comments#comment-909

Story 2 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-good-news-blog-stories-through-a-year/?tab=comments#comment-910

Enjoy and sign up to my free email newsletter
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Photo reference

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lou1003/39754533505/in/dateposted/

A nice photo set

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

A Poem From A Child To a Parent

A Question Of Art

"What type of art do you want to learn/get better at making?"  
The easiest or most honest answer is all art. I have written poetry or other forms of literature for most of my life and it is just a process, no matter the awards or adulations offline or online. To my graphic work the same. 

Now, to answer your question. I need to learn or become more comfortable or suitable with digital art. Deviantart has great digital art tutorials from various members I have on a list to use one day.  Currently, I am working on learning + improving modeling art. It is 2d like  holograms not volumetric displays< the holodeck of star trek>. In a literature sense, in terms of work I am less experienced with, I am doing the July Jubilee stageplay contest and for my Black Games Elite group I will be working in the second half of the year on a literature based game.
I end with a simple message to any artists who may read my words. Be comfortable with what you are most comfortable in creating. If you like making stick figure comics, and never seem enthused to do anything else, then keep making stick figure comics. No shame exists in creating where you are happy. If, you feel you want to create in a less experienced field, remember, you are new there. All fields of art have tons of tutorials or guides or rules, but, if you have little experience respect that truth and be busy creating over technique. I have only done a few models and I know my technique as I create them can improve but at this stage I need to focus on creating and learning where I will like to create in the medium. So, do likewise to places you are new too. If you never wrote a poem before, finish the poem first and adjust it if you want, but focus on writing more poetry than appeasing the many rules on poetry. 

View the feature below

Mermaid Coloring page

https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/345-richard-murray-creative-table-3/