My third oil painting, a sailboat in fog I photographed in the Lofoten Islands, Norway during an Arctic Viking festival. I had no idea when I shot it that it would end up a painting on canvas, but here we are.

The CEO of Claude said he wasn't sure if it was conscious. I showed this to Claude and a very interesting conversation ensued.

What does a creative person do when something threatens to take away everything they love most?

The 2nd biggest question in the universe. I tried to see where talking about what is art would lead.

A few months back, I signed up to come back to my hometown of Austin, Texas for the Writers' League of Texas Agents and Editors Conference.

After much digging, I found an editor I felt comfortable sending my work. He just got back to me with the edit notes!