Good news everyone. You know how your life is incredibly busy and you don’t have time to do the things you know are good for you? Things like doing your tax return, going to the gym, reading a book. While I [...]
Fanception by Valeria Bogado Cravero Every once in awhile comes a novel that stops my life. When you’re a Reader, all books are pretty exciting but there is a special subset of stories that drags you inside their world [...]
Once upon a time, I completed a PhD in transmedia writing. Those were halcyon days – the earnest-to-the-point-of-wanking, intellectual discussions with academics (first year), swanning around in coffee shops thinking passionately about my research (second year), taking up writing fan fiction [...]
Thank you everyone who pledged, shared and supported our Kickstarter campaign for the Stolen Button. Leila and I were blown away by all the encouragement, especially the messages of support which came from strangers around the world. We’d never thought [...]
Ever since the launch of The Stolen Button on Kickstarter, I've been spending a lot of time on the platform. No, I'm not just refreshing my Kickstarter page every two minutes hoping to see if the pledges have gone up. I'm [...]
Thanks for having me on the blog! I thought I’d go through the process I used when I created Mei Ling, the main character for The Stolen Button. As a character and environment design lecturer for animation [...]
I recently came across a blog called The Mothership Project. httpss://themothershipproject.wordpress.com/ It was run by a group of Irish artists who came together to share their experiences of being a mothers and artists. A couple of year ago, this sort [...]
Hearts are stolen every day, but a stolen belly button- well, that has consequences! When willful Mei Ling wheedles her mother Lady Lin into taking her to the circus, she catches the attention of the [...]
Here's a sneak peak at the book trailer for my upcoming picture book The Stolen Button. I've been working on this project with my illustrator Leila Honari for the past two years (in between PhDing - this is a word. Trust [...]
