Posts Tagged ‘Mini Interviews’
As I type this post in my toasty-warm little studio… it is SO quiet. This... is a rarity. Usually, there is a lot of noise. I have music playing, the pencil sharpener is whirring, my phone is beeping or I'm gibbering away (to myself) trying to work out some piece of artwork, or part of a story. I'm loud. I talk loudly, I laugh loudly, I love action, and hustle...
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! Which means today (in my house at least) is Pie Day! We get out all the ingredients. Make every one from scratch. Mixing, rolling, baking, testing... (The taste testing is my favorite part) When we're all done, we've made an incredible mess, but we've also made something wonderfully sweet, to savor and share. So, it seems especially fitting that today, Pie Day, is the day in which our featured...
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When I was 8 years old… I got my first pair of glasses. But I really, Really, REALLY didn't want to wear them. So, for a few years, I kept them in my pocket whenever my parents were out of sight. And as a result, more and more other things were out of sight too! I can see in my mind's eye, (more clearly than my vision would ever allow),...
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You know how you can be puttering about on the internet, idly clicking, just passing time… when, outta nowhere, one unsuspecting click leads you to something that just knocks your socks off?! Such was the case for me, when I happened upon Matt Phelan's cover for BLUFFTON. I can't remember where I was clicking to or from… I just remember that when I clicked a link and that image filled...
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I know it's only Monday morning, but I've got a feeling this is gonna be a good week! I mean, just look who's coming to visit…. Marta Altes will be chatting with Juana on Tuesday. Matt Phelan is stopping here for a visit on Wednesday Sean Qualls answers Mikela's questions on Thursday. And rounding off the week, John Rocco shoots the breeze with Laura on Friday. Yep, it's gonna be...
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The day after tomorrow is November 1st and you know what that means…. NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK MONTH! And National picture Book Month means that Juana, Laura, Mikela and I are back with our annual series of Mini Interviews! This year, we’ve decided to embrace the “mini-ness” of our annual mini interviews, and so, our interviews will revolve around... the “little” things in the lives and work of our author/illustrator interviewees....
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Kelly lives in Long Island, N.Y.. She is right now, drawing in her attic studio surrounded by old radios, books, cartoon collectibles and is usually singing very loudly. She is currently working hard on her first three books. All due out Spring 2014: ,THE QUIRKS - WELCOME TO NORMAL, written by Erin Soderberg (Bloomsbury), ELVIS AND THE UNDERDOGS, written by Jenny Lee (Balzer and Bray), LOUISE LOVES ART, by Kelly Light (Balzer and...
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Lynne Avril was born and grew up in Montana, where she received a BA in Art from the University of (Hippie) Montana, Missoula, the Berkeley of the Northwest where she was also able to (somehow) complete her degree without taking a single math class. She has spent the last 30 years, however, living in and enjoying Arizona. She has spent those years trying out several career possibilities such as dishwasher,...
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I am tickled pink to be sharing with you the work and wit of Adam Gustavson, this fine fall day! I first met Adam on another fine fall day, a few years ago in New York. We met up to peruse the artwork on display at the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. And after that, chatting over a cuppa coffee, I was totally stoked to discover that, not only...
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Hello Everybody! Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy- do I have some exciting news to share... The Mini Interviews are baaaaack!!! Last year, during National Picture Book Month, Juana Martinez Neal, Mikela Prevost, Laura Jacobsen and I hosted a series of Mini Interviews in which we endeavored to learn more about each other and our work. It was such a success that we're doing it again! But this year, rather...
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