How visual art provides insight to writing

How visual art provides insight to writing
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A few days ago I introduced you to my villain Kerphulu with a picture. The thing is, I met him myself only hours beforehand despite knowing him for over a year. Sounds strange? Well let me explain.

I have been writing about Kerphulu since September 2013. The novel-in-progress “Tempting in Shade” simply describes Kerphulu in physical terms as a short, sinewy, red-headed man with short-cropped hair and a sense of

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  2. There is one little free 3D app that I also find very helpful for writers: http://www.sweethome3d.com/

    It features a very easy-to-use interface for building rooms with doors, windows etc. For “serious” 3D work, the meshes it generates might pose problems sometimes, but when you need to sketch a building quickly so as to avoid your characters living in Escher space, it’s hard to beat.


    1. Thanks 🙂 That is so cool. I love simple programs and then seeing how far we can stretch them 🙂 Thank you again 🙂



  4. Something kept nagging me about the name Kerphulu. It sounded familiar – but I couldn’t place it because I hardly ever go to movies and rarely watch tv. But I thought the name was similar or the same as another character, but I couldn’t place it. Today, this popped up to me on facebook. Cthulhu: https://www.facebook.com/ImmortalMasks
    I don’t know if you respelled and reused the name deliberately. Perhaps Kerphulu is named for Cthulhu? I have to say, I would really have to hate my child to name him for that ugly ******.


    1. Its funny you should say that. In my youth I was a big fan of H P Lovecraft. I must have subconsciously channeled the name, because now that you say it there is a similarity. Also the short story is being written in a first person way that now strikes me as Lovecraftian. Ha! Fancy that. And I did not even notice.


      1. OK. I have gone back to my early notes from 2013. Kerphulu’s name started off as the Khufu. This makes sense because I also have two other characters called Ramses and Thutmose. I think that I bastardised the name because I did not want a suggested connection between Kerphulu and the other two. Probably when I did so my subconscious kicked in as I played with syllables. How fascinating 🙂





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