Author Archives: Rick Novy

Click to Play This is a bonus edition of the Novy Mirror.  Episode 0 was created as a dry run to go through the process of creating an episode.  In this episode, Rick Novy interviews himself. www.ricknovy.com

I did a little more work on the Novy MIRror opening and I think this one looks even better. (I also got rid of some pesky copyrighted images…) What do you think? www.ricknovy.com

This afternoon, I went down to the Phoenix Art Museum to see a short film collection by Greg Benson and Kim Evey of Mediocre Films out of LA. I went to get some inspiration for my video company that opens next week. Spend some time poking around their web site…. Continue reading →

I mentioned in at least one previous blog post that I intend to start a video podcast. I’m posting below the special-effects-loaded possible opening sequence for the video podcast. Interested in feedback. The music is an original score and performance, both copyright me, all rights reserved. www.ricknovy.com

Check out my new home page. I decided to move to another server with much more generous disk space and band width allowances. That will let me do some things I wasn’t able to do on extremezone. There will eventually two major additions. One, I’ll be adding PHPBB bulletin board… Continue reading →

I love that I can snap a quick photo with my cell phone. Otherwise, I couldn’t share this great candid shot with you. www.ricknovy.com

One can only drink so much lemonade. www.ricknovy.com

I received a broadcast tweet from Alethea Kontis claiming her grass is greener than “yours.” I think it’s about a tie, but I should note that I haven’t had rain in a month and only turned the irrigation back on yesterday. What she doesn’t know is that I overseed rye… Continue reading →

It’s only fitting. I had a story appear in the last online edition of The Martian Wave. I just got word that my story, “The Pillars of Europa” will appear in the first print edition of the same magazine. It is my fourth sale overall to TMW. I need to… Continue reading →

My little kumquat tree is loaded with fruit. This bugger doesn’t come up to my waist. Kumquats are the ideal citrus fruit for lazy people. You eat them skin and all. No peeling, no mess. www.ricknovy.com