The Caros Chronicles

08/07/2014

This is the short (3 min) video that explains how Groot and friends (post immediately below) were created. Really fascinating!

Graham takes a stroll through Pooktre garden in South East Queensland to discover living art. Property owners, Pete and Becky, have created spooky shapes and...

08/07/2014

Moments of perfect beauty in a natural world, fanciful art installation---but it's still science! For those who liked Guardians of the Galaxy: "I am Groot"?

Graham takes a stroll through Pooktre garden in South East Queensland to discover living art. Property owners, Pete and Becky, have created spooky shapes and crazy curves with the growth of the trees.

03/05/2014

So everyone has advance notice, if you'd like to hear the sound of my voice or see how stupid I can make myself sound on the radio, I'm on this week's Friday Favorites on the local classical station KBYU (classical89.org) at 10 a.m. It's just a little get-acquainted-with-the-listeners interview tied with a piece of music suggested by the interviewee. Interestingly, they picked Thomas Talllis's masterpiece Spem in Alium (sometimes just referred to as "the 40-part motet") I have a lot of musical references in My Fantasy Series, and when they make me rich and famous, I thought a fun contest might be to see who can identify the pieces alluded to. This one is pretty much what I heard in my head when the questors finally get to Eliander's tomb and realize the way to open it is to take the music they're "hearing" in the Ether and give it voice.

If you're not in KBYU's broadcast area, they have a live stream you can access from their website (and the 10 a.m. is MST), and I think they archive for your convenience. It's a little scary because you know that of the 20 or so minutes they interview you, they're going to cut and paste to fit the time slot (and does anyone actually like the sound of his own voice?)

10/24/2013

OK, this is what I submitted, and so far I haven't been told no, so this may be the image that makes the cover!

10/24/2013

CONTEST***CONTEST***CONTEST**CONTEST***CONTEST!!!!!!GET FREE STUFF!!! GET FREE STUFF!!! GET FREE STUFF!!!
Thought my other bursts might have been a tad understated, so COME AND GET FREE STUFF!!!
Just a reminder on one (or even 2) freebies from One Voice Press, who handle some of the earlier editions of my books. Offer 1: (Below; requires a little reading, but you don't actually have to buy anything)
Offer 2: Also at carotianunion.com, at the top of the page on the "Story" tab is a better image of the "photo" used above and in a lot of these emails. Just tell me how I put it together. Again, please send to me at [email protected]. Contest closes midnight October 31.

10/24/2013

CONTEST***CONTEST***CONTEST**CONTEST***CONTEST!!!!!!GET FREE STUFF!!! GET FREE STUFF!!! GET FREE STUFF!!!
Thought my other bursts might have been a tad understated, so COME AND GET FREE STUFF!!!
Just a reminder on one (or even 2) freebies from One Voice Press, who handle some of the earlier editions of my books. Offer 1: Do a teensy bit of reading on the chapters already provided for you on the series' website, carotianunion.com. Respond to this question: The character Habie has a specific reason that she is not well-assimilated into the Lemurian community. What is it? Just email me a [email protected]

10/13/2013

A real try-before-you-buy offer. If you amble over to One Voice Press (you may have to spell it all the way out; it's not popping up as a link), they're running a little contest through the end of October. Some minimal reading and/or rudimentary knowledge of astronomy (and maybe Photoshop) can win you a copy of one or both books!

10/12/2013

And based on some feedback from one of my writers' groups, draft #2...

10/11/2013

OK, please don't laugh. My publisher asked me if I could take a run at some cover art for my new release, Tapestry of Enchantment, so here's kind of the working draft of my first concept. And yes, it does have something to do with the titular Tapestry, as our intrepid group of questors learns they've gone back in time to an era where magic was commonplace and accepted (rather than reviled), and they all seem to be wearing one of these medallions---which have to be matched up with bits of a fantastic tapestry they find in a ruined temple before the tapestry can be reassembled (and before time MWAHAHAHA runs out. Check One Voice Press for a contest that lets you win one or both of the first two books!

07/26/2013

Just sent a wave of "Likes" and am apologizing in advance because, due to the new formatting, I may have asked some people twice, and when I first wrote this note, I may have forgotten to "post." I am starting a new website called I Am An Idiot.com. If you came here and do not recognize me or my work, my maiden name is Penico, and you likely know me from one of these groups: the dance community (esp in the Salt Lake City area), writers, geyser gazers, the Baha'i Faith (and other human rights-oriented groups), and graduates of Wildwood High School. I will not pester you with posts unless requested!

07/26/2013

Since it's rolled on down the page, here's the (improved) book trailer. Soon it will be time to start on the one for Tapestry of Enchantment. GACK!!!!

Trailer for "The Chalice of Life," first book in the "Adventurers of the Carotian Union" fantasy adventure series by Karen Anne Webb Please go to website www...

05/27/2013

Just to celebrate that Tapestry of Enchantment is moving forward, I'm going to do a book giveaway. Tell me how the "photo" of the Carotian Union as seen from space was "shot" (very clear image of it on the "story" tab of the webpage, and it's oriented more intelligently than the thumbnail). Winning entry needs to have names of some actual heavenly bodies.

The Chalice of Life is the first in a series of books describing the quest for a lost prince trapped outside normal space-time. Intelligently written with well-defined, likeable characters and elements of fantasy, adventure, mystery, and puzzles