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Daily Sketch: Girl with Necklace

And this is a version of Malan's sketch I did - sure enjoyed myself... it is the best of the group I've done so far. Love Malan's style. Couldn't find a copy of the original online - just know his original is better than my version of it LOL cf Dave Malan book of sketches

Daily Sketch: Girl with Plums

Another one I sketched from Malan's book . Wish I had a better grasp on how he decides to shade. His version of this one is at least six times better than mine. Click here to see his original. cf D Malan's sketchbook

Daily Sketch: Male Profile

Was super excited to get a copy of Malan's book of drawings. I've been sketching several of them and will post results soon. It's obvious to me that he's certainly more skilled than I am. He's drawing from life and I'm having trouble simply drawing from his sketch. Here's the original. cf D. Malan's book of sketches

Book Two: in progress

I think this is why I write... Finally "finished" what I hope is the second to last edit pass for Book Two of the Curse of Royalty series a week or two ago and sent it off to my awesome beta readers. I've already gotten stellar feedback from some of them. Currently, I'm in the middle of working on book three. I'm about 2/3s of the way through the manuscript and am at a standstill because I'm trying to figure out how Anthony will finally admit who he is. I've written and scrapped that scene so many times that I'm unsure how it all should play out (and still lead us down the road to the end scenes I've written). By this time in the story, the reader already knows who he is. They may not know his proper name, but they know who he is - it's just Peydra who is in the dark and needs enlightening. I'm not sure what her reaction should be. I know what mine might be, but I know that wouldn't work for the book.