The Dust and the Brush Meet
The new issue of UK's Gold Dust Magazine is available for sale. Also as a free .PDF download. Acquire by any means necessary.
Featuring fiction by Alan Kelly, Jim Meirose, Robert Edward Sullivan, Robert Dando, the always impressive Christopher J. Dwyer, the always disappointing Caleb J Ross, THE Richard Thomas, V Ulea, Sam Szanto, and the get-your-autographs-now-because-he-will-be-dead-(and-famous)-someday Nik Korpon. Also, crammed inside is an interview with China Miéville.
I'm so damn happy to share page space with names like these.
And now for the self-petting portion of the post. Author's notes:
I've long been interested in the artist's (in this case, writer's) lack of control once a piece has its frame and audience (in this case, its binding and reader). The audience truly has more control over a work of art, writing, whatever, than the creator. A jury of our peers, sort of thing. Authorial intent is important for the sanity of the artist, but intent often doesn't matter to the audience, sadly.
What is more important, the concept or the finished product? Don't know. "Vertigo Unbalanced" explores this idea with an artist protagonist who is obsessed with correcting his painting (to represent his viewpoint as changed since the painting's creation) even after it hangs on a gallery wall. The original draft had an explosion. I'd tell you why I took it out, but who cares?
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Vicki Nikolaidis says:
Vertigo Unbalanced, Gold Dust
I'm not sure which, the concept or the finished product? Good question!
i'm glad to know about Gold Dust! i just downloaded the magazine so i can read it tomorrow. I like the cover photograph very much.
i'll check back with you about the explosion, first i want to read Vertigo Unbalanced.
Vicki Nikolaidis says:
artist's lack of control, Vertigo Unbalanced
Hello Caleb, I enjoyed Vertigo Unbalanced Very Much! I don't know which is more important the concept or the finished project! I'm still thinking about it. Being a confirmed agrophoric and trying to recover perfectionist I could easily identify with Jeffrey. You weren't writing about me were you??
I loved that he decided to 'finish' his painting and his secretive plan to attempt this end. Jane is just right, i like the dialogue between the two of them and the realistic ending. My favorite sentence is "That's what happens when you leave something to float in a changing context."
You're a good author! I think you made a mistake above, didn't you mean "the always intriguing Caleb J Ross? "
Caleb Ross says:
Thank you!
Thank you so much! Wow, so great to hear from someone who enjoyed the story. Maybe I won't have to go back and edit it afterall ;)