Wonder of wonders…it happened! Today I got the news. My book was no longer to be referred to as "the latest version." It was now to be referred to as "the manuscript." It was going into production!!! Woo hoo! (I tried to post Chapter One, but LJ says it’s too long. Trying to find another way to do…
Recently, I heard something I thought was quite interesting. Someone was talking about the idea that artists desire to “Speak truth to power.” (Alexandr Solzhenitsyn writing in spite of the Communist Regime in which he lived was given as an example of this.) The speaker then went on to say that modern American artists are…
When Orville was three, someone lent him 73 episodes of Pokemon, which he kept until he was 8. (Incidentally, as of this birthday, we’ve managed to replace those episodes. He now has them all again.) In Pokemon, the premise is that on his 10th birthday, a child goes to chose his first Pokemon and begins…
The Great Pokemon Journey Birthday Party, which I have been planning since last September when Orville turned nine, was a great success. Here are a few pictures. Like all Pokemon Journeys taken by ten year olds, this one started with each child choosing his or her starting Pokemon. Each tissue paper ball contained a plushy Pokemon.…
If so, here is your chance: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/anteater-needs-knife-and-ive-got-mine.html
Just realized that I neglected to explain that the scanned picture below was drawn by John.
Our new printer scans too. Here’s my attempt to fix the ripped picture of Theseus of Avernus that the Cherubin pulled off the wall when he was three or four. You can kind of see the line where it ripped, but stil…cool! I was going to make a comment about his appearances in my…
Yes, hard as it is to believe. It has finally happened. Juss is in Kindergarten! He headed off Tuesday quite bravely but reported upon returning that Kindergarten was boring. Apparently, all they did the first day was talk about what they are going to do. Even in Gym (now called P.E.) You think they would have…
Two years ago, someone mentioned the fact that another branch of our church, out in California, had held a VBS. The idea struck me like a lightning bolt. I went around thinking about nothing except this idea for two or three days. At the same time, I’d discovered that Jodi Beatty, one of the other…
Several people, here and otherwise, felt that they did not get into the story until Victoria set off to speak to the magician. So, I’m experimenting with starting the book at that point…though, of course, this postpones the first dialogue to page 6. Not sure that’s a good idea. Anyway, I’d love to hear what…