# GeneTurnbow.com

> Founder of the world's only Hugo-eligible radio station, SCIFI.radio, Gene Turnbow is a polymath, with professional experience in game design, network administration, film restoration, practical effects, and feature animation. He is also the author of "Juniper Fairchild and the Alterwhere", a portal fantasy novel.  His writing style and world building have been compared to L. Frank Baum, and the award winning Lawrence M. Schoen, author of BARSK, described the book as "A thoroughly enjoyable first novel with characters who are breaking out of their own story. Fresh and dynamic with great promise for future books. Grab your bowler and jump into the Alterwhere!"

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## Pages

- [Home](https://geneturnbow.com/)
- [Home (old)](https://geneturnbow.com/home/)
- [The Latest](https://geneturnbow.com/the-latest/)
- [Other Art](https://geneturnbow.com/other-art-2/)
- [Animation](https://geneturnbow.com/animation/)

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## Posts

- [Indie Publishing | First Steps](https://geneturnbow.com/2025/08/05/indie-publishing-first-steps/)
- [Starting the Query Process](https://geneturnbow.com/2025/05/15/starting-the-query-process/)
- [Juniper Fairchild and the Alterwhere | The Search for Agency](https://geneturnbow.com/2025/05/14/juniper-fairchild-and-the-alterwhere-the-search-for-agency/)
- [Juniper Fairchild and the Alterwhere | Second Draft Jitters](https://geneturnbow.com/2025/04/26/juniper-fairchild-and-the-alterwhere-second-draft-jitters/)
- [Juniper Fairchild and the Alterwhere | First Draft Panic](https://geneturnbow.com/2025/04/10/juniper-fairchild-and-the-alterwhere-first-draft-panic/)
- [The Ethics of A.I.](https://geneturnbow.com/2025/03/13/ethics-of-ai/)
- [How to Write a Novel](https://geneturnbow.com/2025/03/04/how-to-write-a-novel/)
- [Artificial Intelligence in Art is Here to Stay.  What Do We Do Next?](https://geneturnbow.com/2023/02/20/artificial-intelligence-in-art-is-here-to-stay-what-do-we-do-next/)
- [Free Modern Lab Backgrounds](https://geneturnbow.com/2023/02/09/free-modern-lab-backgrounds/)
- [AI Art is Here to Stay.  Better Get Used To It.](https://geneturnbow.com/2022/12/20/ai-art-is-here-to-stay-better-get-used-to-it/)
- [Why is Wordpress Showing the Number 3 After the Menu Items?](https://geneturnbow.com/2021/10/05/why-is-wordpress-showing-the-number-3-after-the-menu-items/)
- [Statements About Questions Are Not Questions](https://geneturnbow.com/2020/10/17/statements-about-questions-are-not-questions/)
- [Forcing Centovacast to Use LetsEncrypt Certificates for SSL](https://geneturnbow.com/2020/07/28/forcing-centovacast-to-use-letsencrypt-certificates-for-ssl/)
- [Things I Learned About My Ender 3](https://geneturnbow.com/2020/02/09/things-i-learned-about-my-ender-3/)
- [3d Printing Opens Vistas](https://geneturnbow.com/2019/12/15/3d-printing-opens-vistas/)
- [Finally, I'm a Director](https://geneturnbow.com/2019/05/20/finally-im-a-director/)
- [Mighty Aphrodite: Animating is @#$#@ Hard Work.](https://geneturnbow.com/2018/10/27/mighty-aphrodite-animating-is-hard-work/)
- [Who Watches the Watchmen?](https://geneturnbow.com/2018/07/01/who-watches-the-watchmen/)
- [The Patreon Quandry](https://geneturnbow.com/2017/11/13/the-patreon-quandry/)
- ["Star Trek: Discovery" Should Have Been Better Than This](https://geneturnbow.com/2017/10/23/star-trek-discovery-should-have-been-better-than-this/)
- [Snapshots versus Photography](https://geneturnbow.com/2017/02/25/snapshots-versus-photography/)
- [The Twelve Principles of Animation](https://geneturnbow.com/2017/01/05/the-twelve-principle-of-animation/)
- [More Guns Do Not Make You Safer](https://geneturnbow.com/2015/12/06/w-htm/)
- [I've Made a Commercial, for My Own Radio Station!](https://geneturnbow.com/2015/09/15/ive-made-a-commercial-for-my-own-radio-station/)
- [Gene Turnbow Draws Like Drew Struzan But On a Budget](https://geneturnbow.com/2015/06/09/gene-turnbow-draws-like-drew-struzan-but-on-a-budget/)
- [T-Shirts? Why Not?](https://geneturnbow.com/2015/01/13/t-shirts-why-not/)
- [Balancing Joy and Fear](https://geneturnbow.com/2014/04/25/balancing-joy-and-fear/)
- [Video & Animation](https://geneturnbow.com/2013/09/16/video-animation/)
- [Writer's Rules for Storytelling](https://geneturnbow.com/2013/03/21/writers-rules-for-storytelling/)
- [Character Study in Black and White In 90 Seconds](https://geneturnbow.com/2013/02/09/by-htm-2/)
- [The Secret to Being Happy In Life](https://geneturnbow.com/2012/12/25/by-htm/)
- [A New Drawing](https://geneturnbow.com/2012/04/22/a-new-drawing/)
- [The Squirrel's Up on Glass in the Aquarium](https://geneturnbow.com/2012/01/16/the-squirrels-up-on-glass-in-the-aquarium/)
- [Words Have Power](https://geneturnbow.com/2011/04/20/words-have-power/)
- [What to Look For In a Good Cheap Guitar](https://geneturnbow.com/2011/03/10/finding-a-good-cheap-guitar/)
- [Superman Classic](https://geneturnbow.com/2011/02/09/superman-classic/)
- [What the World Needs Now is More Ukelele](https://geneturnbow.com/2011/02/03/what-the-world-needs-now-is-more-ukelele/)
- [The Major Scales on Guitar](https://geneturnbow.com/2010/12/07/the-major-scales-on-guitar/)
- [Warp Drive - One Step Closer](https://geneturnbow.com/2010/11/18/warp-drive-one-step-closer/)
- [That Whole 'Stop and Smell the Roses' Thing](https://geneturnbow.com/2010/09/18/that-whole-stop-and-smell-the-roses-thing/)
- [Code](https://geneturnbow.com/2010/08/31/code/)
- [Paper Cylons](https://geneturnbow.com/2010/03/01/paper-cylons/)
- [Ray Bradbury, From the Heart](https://geneturnbow.com/2009/10/01/ray-bradbury-from-the-heart/)
- [You Can Do Anything](https://geneturnbow.com/2009/09/30/you-can-do-anything/)
- [Redemption](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/11/13/redemption/)
- [Unbelievers](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/05/16/unbelievers/)
- [The Rumors Are True](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/04/16/the-rumors-are-true/)
- [They Say One Picture...](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/04/14/worth-a-thousand/)
- [Travel Broadens the Mind](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/04/13/travel-broadens-the-mind/)
- [Painting](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/03/27/painting/)
- [CG Gallery](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/03/27/gallery-2/)
- [About](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/03/25/about/)
- [Drawings](https://geneturnbow.com/2008/03/25/gallery/)
- [Optimus Prime!](https://geneturnbow.com/2007/11/14/optimus-prime/)
- [Pushing Light](https://geneturnbow.com/2007/04/14/pushing-light/)
- [LASIK!!](https://geneturnbow.com/2005/07/21/lasik/)
- [Servers, Life Drawing and Maya](https://geneturnbow.com/2005/02/24/servers-life-drawing-and-maya/)
- [That's Life (Drawing)](https://geneturnbow.com/2004/11/17/thats-life-drawing/)
- [Studying Life Drawing](https://geneturnbow.com/2004/06/23/studying-life-drawing/)
- [I Got Rhythm](https://geneturnbow.com/2003/07/07/i-got-rhythm/)
- [Speaking at SIGGRAPH 2003](https://geneturnbow.com/2003/06/23/ported-news/)
- [Done with Galactica](https://geneturnbow.com/2003/03/22/done-with-galactica/)
- [Galactica!](https://geneturnbow.com/2003/01/23/galactica/)
- [nGene](https://geneturnbow.com/2003/01/22/ngene/)
- [Sydney the Rat](https://geneturnbow.com/2002/12/04/sydney-the-rat/)
- [Writing Plugins for Lightwave](https://geneturnbow.com/2002/09/23/writing-plugins-for-lightwave/)

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