M L Buchman

-a self-help guide for artists & writers-Writer, Painter, Photographer, Musician, Designer, Animator, Graphic Artist, Programmer, Screenwriter, Dancer, Environmental Artist, Textile Artist, Composer, Weaver, Sculptor... For decades, this brother and sister team have studied what works and what doesn't when trying to convince your Inner Artist to cooperate. No matter what your craft, there are common themes to what works and what doesn't. This is a guide of research and practical tips for working with your Inner Artist / Writer in the crazy everyday world of a hundred demands and a thousand more distractions.

-a Deities Anonymous novel-The Gods sent Dana Murphy to Seattle to save the Earth. But, no one remembered to tell her that. The problem? In a fit of ennui, the Software that Runs the Universe launches the Armageddon subroutine. Now, all Creation won't last the week. Dana's assets: The Best Friend - dropped out of Girl Scouts to drive race cars The Boy Friend - an aerodynamics major who goes with the flow The Nerd - wrote the hottest new on-line game The Devil - who's in hiding. A pint-size angel with a talking disorder--she never shuts up. A poet and a prophet with over five thousand years combined experience at being dead. The forces of evil are amassing. Then the gods start bickering...

-a Deities Anonymous novel-When God cheats at Scrabble, does Hell freeze over? After 14 billion years of cleaning up after God, the Devil descends into a mid-life crisis. Before she can settle into that perfect state of self-pity, a Buddhist Hungry Ghost steals the Software that Runs the Universe. And it all goes to Hell from there. She quickly assembles her crisis team: St. Peter - hacked his way out of Purgatory, been running Heaven ever since Valerie - a Seattle cookbook editor, changed forever by the Cookbook from Hell Eric - her IT guy, now sees his formidable boss in a whole new light Henrietta - a foot-tall angel with a talking disorder--she never shuts up The Librarian from Hell Assorted demons, angels, philosophers, and other persons both dead and living From the Pacific Northwest, to Hell, Heaven, and back. Let the race to stop Armageddon begin.