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Pictured here is one of the three banners created by Michelle Milburn for the Absolute X-Press website. Thank you, Justyn Perry, for putting them up.

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Artist Michelle Milburn is working on a new look for the ORU website. Webmaster David Lott will be rebuilding the site, slowly, based on her design. Michelle is a BFA student at the University of Northern B.C. Brian Hades of Edge has also approved use of her art for some Okal Rel Legacies novellas which we hope to have up on covers by the end of the summer.

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News from KP about the Part 5: Far Arena batch of buttons.

>Hi Lynda, a road trip, what fun! I certainly hope to have the buttons by
>then (they finally got the order in from the States, and started work on
>them yesterday). Cheers Kathy Plett

Mel Farrow is thrilled to be contracted to do a fan art booklet that will make its first appearance in a 'soul touch' package for Con*Cept http://www.conceptsff.ca in Montreal, which I'll be shipping to contact Cathy Palmer-Lister the first week of September. Mel says:

>:D Will do right away! :D Hurrah!

Craig Bowlsby has agreed to advise me on Horth's big fight scene in Part 7: Healer's Sword and I've a less formal but equally game offer of medical advice from nursing faculty member and Horth-lover Heather Ouellette who said, with a threatening scowl, "If you wound Horth, you wound me!" Bless her. I asked Craig if he was "game" to advise and he said:

>Yes. I got game.
>Let me know the details.
>Craig

Publisher Brian Hades has approved the new cover for OR Legacies novella Mekan'stan by Michelle Milburn, as the first step in unifying the look of the novellas in a direction parallel the character-focused covers of the saga. Michelle has also agreed to to new covers for The Lorel Experiment and Kath to match the theme. The good work done by previous cover artists will remain in the ORU hall of fame, of course, as significant and appreciated contributions to the greater whole. But it's time to get serious about look and feel for the OR Legacies. Artist Richard Bartrop will continue to do cover and interior art for the anthologies. Next two scheduled are 4 and 5. Michelle has also agreed to apply her certificate in web design to the ORU website since it is time I stopped being stubbornly Demish about changes to my 'messy desk' organization on that front and got some professional help. Look forward to discussing it with her on our trip to Terrace in May if arrangements for going together pan out ...

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I particularly loved this piece by Michelle Milburn, titled Seeking Solace. It was one of the works she created for the Deviant Art "100 theme" challenge. Not only is it lovely, but it struck a resonance for me with the streets of Demora. I'm writing about Demora right now in Part 6: Avim's Oath. Michelle is working on her MFA degree if I'm not mistaken. Right Michelle? And in addition to being an artist, she writes.

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Came across Michelle Milburn doing art classes for the Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George, B.C. when looking at PGFreePress.com. Go Michelle!


Michelle is also a member of the Norspec Writers group and did the art work for Hiding Low , my first youtube.com project featuring the Okal Rel Universe.

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