So to kick off the start of 2012, I thought it would be appropriate to write a little blurb about what’s new in the cooker.
I would like to inform all of you celebrating the ‘birth of our nation’ today, that you missed America’s birthday by two full days...
Imagine entering a church, and there, in the midst of it all is one solitary blonde-haired blue-eyed beacon, drowning in the Middle-Eastern sea of black hair and brown eyes filling the pews around her. She ardently tries to pronounce the guttural language that sounds like they are inflicting physical pain upon their own throats, but to no avail; she is the whitest girl you’ve ever known...
I once took a class that discussed culture – our effect on it, its effect on us, and the responsibilities we have toward it. We discussed in great length how before you can create content, you have to consume and foster content.
Once I finished my steampunk script about two weeks ago, I immediately began work on the manga that will be distributed at World Youth Day in Madrid this year! It’s a short graphic novel about Pope Benedict XVI – in particular, his election and what he does on a daily basis...
The PAUL books aren't a word-for-word retelling of Acts; we have Acts for that. The manga we create are a shared product of my imagination, Sean's, and yours. They are fictional re-tellings.
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. - Ernest Hemingway
I finally completed the script last Wednesday night at the somewhat reasonable hour of 12:10 AM. Now I’m just going through post-script separation-anxiety. After having my eyes fixated to a computer screen for almost an entire week, all this free time comes as quite a shock...
Think of the famous Lord of the Rings adaptation. Millions of fans loved them! But some, with an irritatingly impressive knowledge of the books, nitpicked the whole thing through. Yes, Arwen’s character was portrayed differently on screen, but that doesn’t nullify the marvelous commentary on Love and Evil, Pride and Grace that showed millions of viewers the importance of undertaking a vocation, for better or for worse, and seeing it through for the need of others, despite your own desires.
Continue reading Adaptations are delicate, sticky, and more than likely going to irritate some…...
After about a day of flight, I finally touched down and reached home a couple hours ago, and I have to say how much i enjoyed this trip to Washington DC. I had a real great time with the authors, Gabrielle Gniewek and Matthew Salisbury, here at the bookstore of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC, and I really appreciate everyone who dropped by our table!
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