{"id":211,"date":"2014-05-09T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T17:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2023-10-05T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T19:37:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artist, Writer, Dog Lover.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian indie author Bey Deckard wanted to be many things when he grew up: veterinarian, vampire, paleontologist, crane operator, sniper, ophthalmologist, brain surgeon, marine biologist, lawyer, forensic anthropologist, set designer, underwater archaeologist, mortician, rock star, philanthropist... but writer was not on the list. Artist wasn\u2019t there either because he\u2019d been drawing and painting since he was a tot and figured that made him one already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freelance graphic design paid the bills while Bey levelled up with a BFA in Art History (minor in Anthro). However, he landed in the tech world where the degree was worth FA, and stayed there for over a decade before leaving, thoroughly sick of working for The Man. That\u2019s when the writing started, and Bey still can\u2019t believe it wasn\u2019t on that list above because he absolutely loves doing it and can\u2019t really imagine doing anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bey\u2019s books aren\u2019t quite romance and aren\u2019t quite erotica, and they jump from genre to genre, but they\u2019re all character driven and he likes to think they\u2019re interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These days, if Bey\u2019s not writing or working on graphics, you\u2019ll find him cooking up some tasty vegetarian eats, hanging out on facebook, or sitting back to watch a movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a reader, Bey\u2019s usual staples are biographical works, medical research papers, all sorts of history books (nautical, medieval, and medical being his favourites), science fiction, fantasy, horror, KGB\/CIA thrillers, and graphic novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u261e <strong>NEW: Come join Bey at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/deckardsdiablerie\" target=\"_blank\">Deckard's Diablerie<\/a> <\/strong><em><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"Interviews &amp; Guest Blog Posts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/interviews\/\">Interviews &amp; Guest Blog Posts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Reviews of My Books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/reviews-of-my-books\/\">Reviews of my books<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CV.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bey's CV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Find me here \u2b07\ufe0f<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/beydeckard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4926\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/beydeckard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/beydeckard.png?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beydeckard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/beydeckard.png?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/beydeckard.png?w=250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4926\" style=\"width:250px\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/beydeckard.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/beydeckard.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/beydeckard.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/beydeckard.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/beydeckard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/beydeckard<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist, Writer, Dog Lover. Canadian indie author Bey Deckard wanted to be many things when he grew up: veterinarian, vampire, paleontologist, crane operator, sniper, ophthalmologist, brain surgeon, marine biologist, lawyer, forensic anthropologist, set designer, underwater archaeologist, mortician, rock star, philanthropist&#8230; but writer was not on the list. Artist wasn\u2019t there either because he\u2019d been drawing and painting since he was a tot and figured that made him one already. Freelance graphic design paid the bills while Bey levelled up with a BFA in Art History (minor in Anthro). However, he landed in the tech world where the degree was worth &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"About\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/about\/#more-211\" aria-label=\"Read more about About\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-211","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4sexs-3p","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1651,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/kt-cover-newsletter-page\/","url_meta":{"origin":211,"position":0},"title":"Help Me Pick a Cover!","author":"Bey","date":"April 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to everyone who chimed in! I got some great feedback. Tomorrow (April 27th) I'll be drawing a name from the list of those who voted to win a copy of the ARC before it hits the digital shelves. \u00a0","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1922,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/gallery\/covers-by-bey-deckard\/","url_meta":{"origin":211,"position":1},"title":"Covers by Bey Deckard","author":"Bey","date":"July 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Visit bad-doggie-designs.com for covers and formatting.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Bad-Doggie-Designs.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Bad-Doggie-Designs.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Bad-Doggie-Designs.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":785,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/shop\/","url_meta":{"origin":211,"position":2},"title":"Shop","author":"Bey","date":"November 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Redbubble Shops: Bey Deckard If you're looking for book related merch, you'll find it here. Redbubble If you're looking for generally geeky stuff, pro pit bull merch, octopuses, and other odds and ends, you'll find it here. 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