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Novel Sale: Life: part-time
November 29, 2020
Happy Holiday Season! Happy only 4 weeks to go before 2020 is over!A quick note to
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Words & Pictures: More illustrations from the writing process
September 24, 2020
Here are a few more illustrations created while I wrote the novel, Life: part-time. I
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Gardening, Plants, Math & Ghosts in Life: part-time
September 23, 2020
Lost in Translation Around the
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Life: part-time.
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The Book Loft, Solvang, California
August 24, 2020
One more pre-publication announcement. This time for my very local, independent
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Life: part-time.
Available Now at
Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara
August 24, 2020
Pre-release copies of Life: part-time are available at Chaucer's Books in Santa
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Life: part-time.
Available Now
at The Book Den, Santa Barbara
August 23, 2020
Pre-release copies of Life: part-time are available right now at The Book Den in
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Novel Locations: The Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara
August 10, 2020
During the summer of 1979, in the novel Life: part-time, (Chapter 22), there is a
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Life: part-time. Available August 25, 2020.
August 3, 2020
My novel, Life: part-time, is available for pre-order at Apple, Amazon, and Barnes
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Words, Wind & Water
December 1, 2019
While writing the novel, Life: part-time, I would often go to the actual locations
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I would love a pair of seaweed fins to swim the oc

I would love a pair of seaweed fins to swim the oceans!

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Slow the passage of time. Breathing at the beach.

Slow the passage of time. Breathing at the beach. Hendrys in Santa Barbara.

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For today’s #inktober2020 theme: Ominous. A blac

For today’s #inktober2020 theme: Ominous. A black ink with white gouache #inktober art brew for the day before All Hallows' Eve.

Model: Chanel Rae Pepper @chanelpepper

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Drawing for today’s #inktober2020 is #float Brus

Drawing for today’s #inktober2020 is #float
Brush and india ink on Strathmore bristol with vellum finish. And hand-crafted zipatone screens.

Model is @henry.thomas.garibay

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Beautifully designed plant life on the rocks by th

Beautifully designed plant life on the rocks by the beach on a warm afternoon in October

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Caption anyone? What are they talking about? More

Caption anyone? What are they talking about?

More ink for #inktober2020 this time doing a mid-century New Yorker cartoon vibe with a very loose brush stroke and India ink wash.

#inktober #cartoonart #cartoonist #illustrationoftheday #illustrationdaily #newyorkcartoons #inkartist #inkartwork #inkwashdrawing #robertgerson

Looking out for all the cool #inktober2020 ink art

Looking out for all the cool #inktober2020 ink art from ink artists. This is ink > brush > graphite > with homemade zip-a-tone.
#inktober #figuredrawing #figureart #inkdrawing #artistsoninstagram #artistssupportingartists #zipatone #artistsupport #illustrationartists

Sandpipers by the seashore Santa Barbara #sandpi

Sandpipers by the seashore Santa Barbara

#sandpipers #santabarbara #birds #nature #seaside #californiabirds #californiabirding #pacificbirds #santabarbarabirds #oceanview #oceanbirds

Happy first day of autumn to my fellow Autumn Peop

Happy first day of autumn to my fellow Autumn People.

Photo is one of my Jethro Tull Coreopsis plants flowering today during the Autumnal Equinox. The plant is probably named for the English agricultural pioneer Jethro Tull, but it does have fluted petals so maybe a double nod to the seed pioneer and the modern day flautist, Ian Anderson.

#autumn #jethrotull #iananderson #first day of autumn #seedmoney #life-part-time #flowermusic #yellowflowersofinstagram

On Independent Bookstore Day, a THANK YOU to my lo

On Independent Bookstore Day, a THANK YOU to my local book shops:

THE BOOK DEN - Santa Barbara
THE BOOK LOFT - Solvang
CHAUCER’S BOOKS - Santa Barbara
TECOLOTE BOOKS - Montecito

And to these bookshops of days gone by, I will always remember:
EARTHLING BOOKSHOP - Santa Barbara
WOMRATH BOOKSHOP - Fresh Meadows, Queens, NYC
SCRIBNER’S BOOKSTORE, 5th Ave, Manhattan, NYC

Paige loved watching these new book relationships unfold around her while she worked in the bookshop. Often, a customer’s browsing habits would inspire her to create some impromptu song lyrics. Tonight, she improvised a song about a secret bookshop in the forest populated with towering trees that housed rows of books on their welcoming branches.
From, LIFE: PART-TIME by Robert M Gerson

#independentbookstore #independentbookstoreday #booksofinstagram #bookshop #supportindependentbookstores #santabarbarabookstores #earthlingbookshop

Today is Book Launch Day. At long last!! My nove

Today is Book Launch Day. At long last!!

My novel LIFE: PART-TIME is now available for sale. Online at AMAZON, APPLE BOOKS, and BARNES & NOBLE.

The roll-out to bookshops has begun. Please, please ask for it at your local independent bookshop.

I would love to hear your thoughts, ideas, and comments about the story. If you write online reviews (especially at goodreads), I would love to read them. Thank you to all my friends (and especially, most definitely to Annette) who have been part of this writing journey. Gratitude times infinity!

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Here is the cover painting that I created back in

Here is the cover painting that I created back in 2001 for the hardcover edition of Bloom's Literary Review Collection: RAY BRADBURY'S FAHRENHEIT 451.

Today would have been our beloved Ray Bradbury's 100th birthday. There will be a RAY BRADBURY CENTENNIAL READ-A-THON read by writers, actors, librarians, and young readers of FAHRENHEIT 451 at 1:30 Pacific Time streaming on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.
More info at https://raybradburyreadathon.com

#raybradbury #fahrenheit451 #raybradburyquotes #raybradburybooks #bookcoverart #coverillustration #bradbury451 #fictionart #dystopianart #dystopianfiction #bookcoverillustration

Santa Barbara Readers! This weekend you can buy an

Santa Barbara Readers! This weekend you can buy an advanced publication copy of the new Santa Barbara novel LIFE: PART-TIME. Travel back to the summer of 1979 along the beaches, into the ocean, and up to the mountain canyons above Santa Barbara.

Pre-release copies of my novel LIFE: PART-TIME are available now at THE BOOK DEN on East Anapamu. The national book release is next week, Tuesday, August 25.

As always: Support your local, independent bookshop! And drink lots of water.

#bookdensb #santabarbara #santabarbarabookstores #santabarbarareads #santabarbarawriters #santabarbarafiction #debutfiction #californianovel #californiafiction #lifeparttime #goletabooks #goodland #goletafiction #santabarbaraauthor #santabarbarabookclub

Santa Barbara Readers! This weekend you can buy an

Santa Barbara Readers! This weekend you can buy an advanced publication copy of the new Santa Barbara novel LIFE: PART-TIME. Travel back to the summer of 1979 along the beaches and into the mountain canyons around Santa Barbara.

Pre-release copies of my novel LIFE: PART-TIME are available now at CHAUCER'S BOOKS on upper State Street. The national book release is next week, Tuesday, August 25.

As always: Support your local, independent bookshop! And drink lots of water.

#santabarbara #chaucersbooks #santabarbarabookstores #santabarbarareads #santabarbarawriters #debutfiction #californianovel #californiafiction #lifeparttime #goletabooks #goodland #goletafiction #santabarbaraauthor #santabarbarabook

Character study, Nicholas Affini, from the novel,

Character study, Nicholas Affini, from the novel, Life: part-time.
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Looking through my sketchbooks. A quick anatomy sk

Looking through my sketchbooks. A quick anatomy sketch. Drawing bones. #artistanatomy #figuredrawings #pencilsketching #artisticanatomy #drawings #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram

Ocean to beach dinner along the California coast.

Ocean to beach dinner along the California coast. Fresh catch of the day for some lucky sandpipers and seagulls. Fresh crab with a seaweed salad. Enjoy!
#seafood #seaweed #california #sandpipers #bythesea #summer2020 #beach #oceanbeach #santabarbaralife #goletathegoodland #goletabeach

One more from the movie theatre design series #ca

One more from the movie theatre design series

#californiamovietheatre #arlingtontheatresantabarbara #santabarbaramovies #santabarbara #moviemarquee #movietitles #designinspiration #creativelife

Design is everywhere. Movie theatre exterior desig

Design is everywhere. Movie theatre exterior design. The Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. Other photos I’ve taken at my website robertgerson.com

#santabarbara #movietheater #designinspiration #architecturedesign #creatives #santabarbaratheatre #californiamovietheatre

Yesterday was International Cat Day and now what d

Yesterday was International Cat Day and now what do you know, today is National Book Lover’s Day. Get out! Is tomorrow Intergalactic Chocolate Cake Day?? Here is our sweet little Asia with her latest read. An unbiased and novel pick from the Kitty Cat Book Lover’s Club.
#nationalbookloversday #nationalbookday #catread #internationalcatday #newfictionbooks #newfiction #cutecats #authorsofinstagram

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