Doomed Queens site — the next phase

The next phase of the Doomed Queens site at DoomedQueens.com is underway. That written, much of the content is still in development or not operating correctly. For example, I still need to import the navigation bar, upload the book excerpt — fun stuff.

Nonetheless, if you want to take a peek, click here. I think the design is definitely moving in the right direction!

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Are you a Doomed Queen?

As part of the content for the expanded Doomed Queens pages, I’ve created a quiz on Facebook. Take it here. (You’ll need to be signed into Facebook to take the quiz.)

BTW, the new Doomed Queens pages will be going up by the end of the month. In the meantime, I hope you’re enjoying the teaser site.

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Crowns all around

My friend (and Catherine of Aragon model) Diane Saarinen recently wrote a nice post on her tarot blog about her experience modeling for Doomed Queens. Diane is a fellow Brooklynite as well as a woman of many talents: tarot reader, editor, writer, photographer, and more.

Diane’s post touches on the symbolism of the crown — interesting, since I used a winged crown quite a bit in my Lover’s Path Tarot. She also reveals the reference photo which inspired her queen portrait. You can see the rather ragtag headdress I constructed for her from cardboard and foam core. It’s an interesting bit of before-and-after.

So go take a peek!

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Doomed Queens, the video

Here it is, at last!

.M4V format:

Doomed Queens book video (small)

Doomed Queens video (medium)

Doomed Queens video (large)

.MOV format (Quicktime):

Doomed Queens book video (medium)

Doomed Queens video (large)

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If the video won’t download as it should, you can also view it on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnSCiuNqaGc. Please feel free to share it with as many people as you’d like!

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of galleries and queens and Sarah Palin

I’m about to send out the autumn edition of Art and Words Extra, my newsletter. If you haven’t already signed up for it, I hope you’ll do so! Plus when you subscribe, you’ll also be automatically entered into a giveaway to win one of five copies of Doomed Queens when it’s published.

I’ve been hard at work on this new issue for the past few days — and I think it’s going to be one of my best yet. Inspired by the spirit of Doomed Queens past, I’ve written a piece about five ways Sarah Palin may yet be a Doomed Queen. There’s also an exclusive-only-for-subscribers raffle to win an autographed archival print ($90 value) of a drawing from the book.

For those of you in the New York area, I’ve included an events schedule for my Brooklyn gallery, Kris Waldherr Art and Words. It includes information about the upcoming Doomed Queens book launch and art exhibition, which (appropriately enough) will be a Hallowe’en celebration. Fun!

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