Category Archives: Random Musings
Madeleine L’Engle’s Newbery Award Acceptance Speech for a “A Wrinkle in Time”
I was in the grocery store yesterday and purchased the 50th Anniversary edition of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. I read it first when I was 13 and loved it. I thought it might provide some inspiration as I … Continue reading
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Disney-Hyperion Picks Up The Safety Patrol
Yesterday I (actually my agent Dan) closed a two book deal for my new middle-school illustrated novel series, “Safety Patrol,” with Disney-Hyperion. It’s about three misfit 8th graders who suffer peer allergies. Nick, Molly and Karl are forced to band … Continue reading
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Dead Serious Screenplay
Occasionally, with great effort and little to no reward, I write screenplays. Dead Serious is one of these flights of folly. I started Dead Serious with my RingTales partner Jim Cox back in 2000. It’s been through many iterations along … Continue reading
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Over the Hedge: 15 Years Old Today
Apparently we’re 15 years old today. I was reminded by this nice acknowledgment at the Daily Cartoonist blog. LEWIS AND FRY’S OVER THE HEDGE TURNS 15 Posted by Alan Gardner June 10, 2010 T Lewis and Michael Fry’s Over the … Continue reading
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Crickets and Cicadas and Frogs, Oh My!
I recorded this last night at about 11 PM on our back porch. We live southwest of Austin, near Buda, TX on the edge of the hill country. What you’re hearing is our nightly cacophony of insects and the occasional … Continue reading
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Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)
The renowned comics and fantasy illustrator Frank Frazetta died today. He was 82. I’ve been a fan since I first saw his work in college. His command of gesture (the explosive flow of his line) just leaves me in … Continue reading
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Max Fry (1997-2010)
We had to put down our yellow lab Max today. His back end had become paralyzed. His hearing was gone and his eyesight was failing. He was clearly miserable. That always chilled stoner glint in his eye was … Continue reading
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Okeanos V
Okeanos was (is?) the Greek god of Rivers. The painting above, Okeanos V, is by my good friend and fellow Buda-ite Kathleen Holder. I like her work a lot. It’s not exactly abstract and it’s not exactly impressionism. It’s … Continue reading
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To Bespoke or Not to Bespoke
I scrapped this vid of former NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman (now head of Electus) speaking at the MIPTV market in Cannes off Deadline.com. I use the term speaking loosely because I have no idea what he’s talking about. … Continue reading
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