Namely – mine!
Some writers pretty much stick with what they began with whether it’s
novel writing or scriptwriting or journalism for an entire career. That’s great
for them, or, if you’re a writer and that’s the way you go, for you.
For me, things keep on a’changin’. It’s not that I move away from one
type of writing to another and leave the ‘old’ behind, it’s more like I add to
what I’m doing. That can get a bit crazy, but it’s the way I Iike it. Spices
things up for me, keeps the fresh and the new ideas rolling.
I began with novels, published with Doubleday, Harlequin and others.
Then I added script writing and I loved it. Had a wonderful mentor in Larry
Brody of TVWriter.com (for whom I'm a Contributing Editor), sold a script, optioned some others and am still working
with scriptwriting having completed one a short time ago. All I had to do was
know how to type and be creative...and learn the formatting.
But that’s not where it stops for me. I’m also creating a novel from a
previously written script. Its great fun and I intend to publish. I have a romance novel I’m working on
finishing up as well. Still typing, still milking the creative juices.
What’s the newest? Comic books. Kid’s books. Yep, an unusual
undertaking for me. I’ve partnered up with a great friend and we, together,
write and illustrate the comic series Planet Of The Eggs with five adventures
published so far and more in the works.
As an off-shot we’re now creating our first ‘read-to-me’/’young readers’
picture book based on the fun characters of Planet Of The Eggs. The first is
celebrating the differences in us all, as well as what brings us together, and
is as yet untitled, but that’s coming!
The learning curve was pretty steep on comic creation. We’re still
using a combination of photoshop, powerpoint and comic life software. Now we’ve
also thrown in the free photo manipulator from Paint.net and got a couple of
special effects packs so we can create cool pen sketches and other kind of
amazing effects.
The results so far is the near completion of the first volume (six
issues) of the Planet Of The Eggs comic book series. But wait, there’s
something afoot! The series is about to
find itself in a reboot as we evolve from the very young adventurous eggs to
the more confident, determined Superhero eggs and their friends, companions and
arch enemies. We’re on the very cusp as we complete the first picture book and
dive into plotting for the sixth adventure to complete our first volume.
Oh, and the fifth, Planet Of The
Eggs-Eruption 2, Saving Dot has just released in Kindle format and paperback
will follow in the next couple of weeks.
Want to keep up with it all?
Go to our facebook page for Planet Of The
Eggs, tell us your thoughts, which heroic egg is your favorite, what villains
you would like to see, whatever comes to mind. We love to hear from fans. Oh,
and there’s a monthly newsletter as well – just click the sign up button near
the top of the page and get access to the first adventure in PDF FREE! Or sign up directly here.
So, my personal writing career has become a fantastical juggling act
and I love it. Yep, I’ll be finishing that romance novel, probably creating
more novels from scripts and the reverse as well as finding new and exciting
things to pursue with my writing. I’ll
let you know what I come up with next.
Meanwhile, happy reading and writing.
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