I started back at uni yesterday, so the assignments will no doubt begin piling up soon. The class I had last night - User Interface Design and Usability - seems like it will cover similar content to other subjects I've done, but at least it's stuff I'm semi-interested in and will probably come in handy for whatever job I end up in, so it shouldn't be too painful. Today's class - Designing and Producing Illustrated Children's Books - looks like it will be both a lot of fun and a lot of work. Basically over the semester, we get to write, illustrate, edit and produce (including printing/binding etc) our own children's book. So I have to come up with a story idea, pick a target age group, choose an illustration style and probably lots of other stuff before I can actually start writing it, but it should definitely be one of the more fun subjects I've ever done.
I did get a little bit of writing done yesterday. On Monday, I discovered a post-it note on my desk, with the enigmatic phrase "sunshine death butterflies" scrawled on it (I don't remember writing it, but I DO know that it is my writing because I can hardly read it). After spending a day scratching my head over what the hell I could have possibly meant, the answer came to me while I was on a V/chocolate bender, and I ended up being able to write a fairly disturbing scene for a later chapter of Dark and Silent Waters.
A photo from the vault; even as a puppy, Judgemental Dog knew about the important things in life.
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I think your class on writing a children's book sounds more than interesting. Well, I'm not sure about the illustrating part...no one has ever accused this chickie of being an artist!
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing the puppy photo.....It's settled. I'll have to finally post some photos of my Zutchka. I think they are the cutest puppies of any breed! Zutchka looked like a bear cub for the first two weeks. ~Nadja
Progress is progress, even if it appears slow. "Sunshine death butterflies" sounds fun, bet that made for an entertaining scene.
ReplyDeleteSunshine death butterflies? I'm very intrigued. Good thing you figured out what that was, it would be a shame to put a good note like that to waste and it sounds like it could be an ingenious scene.
ReplyDeleteThat class sounds so awesome! I hope you post on how it goes throughout the semester.
Good luck on starting a new term and hitting your goals!
I just want to hug and cuddle JD. He is awesome. My cuddle fluff puppy wants to know if he wants a playdate. She thinks he's cute.
ReplyDeleteGerman Shepherds FTW! They're just so gorgeous at any age lol
ReplyDeleteheh I think the scene has come out quite well and is especially effective in setting a discordant, dark mood for that part of the story. If only all of my random scrawlings were that useful...
My illustration class looks like it will be fairly intensive in terms of creative energy required, so I'll no doubt rant about it at length over the course of ROW80 :D
Rex loves to meet other dogs, though he'd probably be content to snooze while the other dog did all the playing; when he's not nagging writers, he's pretty lazy lol
Ah...the old sunshine death butterflies rear their ugly heads again. Does that mean the apocalypse is nigh? :D
ReplyDeleteGood luck on this week's ROW80 goals.
My husband would love another German shepherd. His family used to have one, and he loves big dogs. It's just not feasible for us right now. Your children's book class sounds like fun, though I'm not much of an illustrator. And that's awesome that it was chocolate to the rescue in deciphering your own note. Mmmm.
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