Yay for Shaun Tan. He won an Oscar for his work on The Lost Thing in the Short Film category!
Bet his mum and dad are proud of him!
Category Archives: Fun Stuff
Almost Squeee for Firefly!
According to this article the Science Channel has acquired the rights to Firefly and will be screening it in its entirety. Plus there’s an interview with Nathan Fillion about Firefly, where he says that if he won the lottery, he’d buy the rights to Firefly, make more episodes and distribute them on the internet!
Who’s seen Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog?
Now we can all dream what would happen if Nathan Fillion and Joss Whedon won enough money to pick up the Firefly series …
Filed under Fun Stuff, Genre, Movies & TV Shows, The World in all its Absurdity
Story telling across mediums …
I’ve never done this before, but this advert is so well done I just had to share it. The art direction is excellent. There is no dialogue to clutter it up and all the emotion is told through the child or perhaps a small person’s gestures. (In the close ups they appear to be children’s hands). Very economical.
Since I teach script storyboard and animatic, I’d use this as a fine example of economical story telling! (I’m not into cars, so I’ve no idea what sort of car it is. But I suppose the advert has achieved its aim because I’m talking about it).
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Filed under Fun Stuff, Genre, Movies & TV Shows, Script Writing, Writing craft
Featured Author on Drey’s Library
I’ll be visiting Drey’s Library for the month of February, where there will be competitions with give-aways.
Here’s the link to the first post, a chat with Drey.
Drey is a working mother who 'inhales books' when ever she can.
Thanks for inviting me along, Drey!
There will be a series of posts following on from the interview:
9th of Feb – The books
16th of Feb – My fave reads
23 of Feb – Surprise post
As a lover of good reads, I can relate to Drey. And thanks to blogging, we readers can keep in touch and share the book lurve.
Filed under Book Giveaway, Fun Stuff, Genre, Readers
Shaun Tan up for an Oscar!
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann has been nominated in the Short Film Animated section of the Oscars.
Here’s what Shaun has to say about the nomination.
It’s not every day that someone you know is nominated for an Oscar. Not that I know Shaun all that well, but I have met him. A couple of years ago, when I was on the Queensland Writers Management Committee, Shaun Tan ran a workshop for the QWC and I took him out to dinner. Since then, one of my sons has become a mad Shaun Tan fan and has all his books.
His artwork is quite haunting, so take the time to look him up.
Shaun is one of those quiet unassuming types and I have to confess I have a very dark sense of humour and no impulse control. When I took him out to dinner his books had won the Children’s Book Council award several times and he may have a won a World Fantasy award at that time too. I asked him about his family and he told me about a brother and sister, one was a lawyer and one was a doctor (or something like that). Gee, I said, Where did you parents go wrong with you?
He stared at me for a moment, then gave a dry little chuckle. I don’t think Sean gets teased much, but he took it in good humour.
So, here goes Shaun, wishing you all the best and I’m sure your parents are be very proud of you!
SF Nerd alert …
Okay, I admit I’m an SF nerd, but … there’s a new series of Red Dwarf coming out!
Craig Charles, who plays Lister says:
‘We’ve gotta recapture the highlights like series 5 series six, that kind of stuff. If we can hit that mark then brilliant. There’s no point doing it if it’s a bit so-so.’
Filed under Characterisation, Fun Stuff, Movies & TV Shows
King Rolen’s Kin Facebook Page
Sending out a big thank you to the person who set up the King Rolen’s Kin facebook page. You made my day!
LOL Cat picture to say thanks!
Filed under Fun Stuff, The World in all its Absurdity
It must be holidays …
I’ve noticed the number of hits on my site has gone up over Christmas. I can only think of two reasons.
People got copies of my books for Christmas. (Thank you for giving my books as presents, who ever you are!).
And/or people have time on their hands over Christmas holidays and are surfing the net.
Of course, if you are like me then you probably have less time over the Christmas holidays. Why did I think renovating and writing the new trilogy at the same time would be a good idea?
Filed under creativity, Fantasy books, Fun Stuff
Go Clint!
Kudos to Clint Langley, the cover artist for the KRK trilogy. Clint’s cover for book one ‘The King’s Bastard’ has been nominated for the Ravenheart Award. That’s the cover section of the Gemmell Award. Fingers crossed Clint!
Filed under Awards, Covers, creativity, Fantasy books, Fun Stuff, Genre, Inspiring Art
David Gemmell Award Poll Opens
David Gemmel said:
‘There is no gratuitous violence in my books, I tend to concentrate on courage, loyalty, love and redemption. I believe in these things. If there’s anything I’d like my books to achieve, it would be to increase the desire of people to do good.’
The David Gemmell Award Poll has now opened and will stay open until the 11th of March. (See here for the post) According to the team behind the David Gemmel award, their aim is:
• Raise public awareness of the Fantasy genre
• Celebrate the history and cultural importance of Fantasy literature
• Appreciate & reward excellence in the field
• Commemorate the legacy of David Andrew Gemmell and his contribution to the Fantasy genre
All this leads up to the fact that The King’s Bastard is nominated for the DGLA this year. If you enjoyed it please drop by and vote for it. Here’s the link.
Filed under Awards, Fantasy books, Fun Stuff
