...and I see the artist take this picture and make a mask out of it (so he can be like the image on the cover). And I see him stick his head out the window (see cover) and shout something at the angel floating outside the window (again, see cover). So, I go to bed and I have one of those just before you awake dreams about the artist who makes a Dylan mask to be "Nowhere Man." (And at some point he puts on a pair of magic cowboy boots) And he goes around fixing the world's problems (or just getting through his day) with a little bit of magic (maybe some help from his friends) quoting song titles from Beatles' albums as his only dialog.
29 November 2012
"Yesterday, all my troubles..."
28 November 2012
"We can work it out..."
Ain't it funny how those things happen?
26 November 2012
"The Henderson's will all be there..."
In a POSTER kind of mood this evening...
One for a show that's up at the coffee shop. One that's on it's way.
23 November 2012
"Friday morning at 9 o'clock.."
BLACK FRIDAY OR CYBER-MONDAY
It's your choice: A Place I Don't Belong (along with "Ain't gonna hang no pixel" and "Emily comes to my house") will be on sale today at Northfield Coffee & Books.
You can wait til Monday or CLICK HERE to buy
A Place I Don't Belong online now.
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21 November 2012
"Who put all these things in your head?..."
BOOK-TALK Some photos by my good friend Kathleen at Northfield Coffee & Books last Saturday.
17 November 2012
"Good Day Sunshine!..."
TODAY'S THE DAY! 'Hope to see you there!
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17: The stories behind the story, its poetry, its art and the creative process. This event takes place TODAY at Northfield Coffee & Books at 12 noon.
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16 November 2012
"And the singer's gonna sing a song..."
LAST NIGHT at the Western Massachusetts Illustrators Guild meeting, I sang the three verses of the song that became this book.
ON SATURDAY I'll sing A Place I Don't Belong for you!
The stories behind the story, its poetry, its art and the creative process. This event takes place on November 17 at Northfield Coffee & Books at 12 noon.
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15 November 2012
"Do you wanna know a secret?"
ON SATURDAY, WHEN I GET TO PAGE 11 there's a "special dedication" I'd like to make. And well...., it's secret. So, you'll just have to join me at this event.
The stories behind the story, its poetry, its art and the creative process. This event takes place on November 17 at Northfield Coffee & Books at 12 noon.
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14 November 2012
"Tell me what you see..."
THIS SATURDAY Find out how a 3-verse song became a 13-verse poem placed into a 16-page full-color magazine and with all those pages to choose from, two of the three song verses end up on one page.
The stories behind the story, its poetry, its art and the creative process. This event takes place on November 17 at Northfield Coffee & Books at 12 noon.
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13 November 2012
"All I gotta do is THANK YOU..."
ON PAGE 16, I thank BRENNON SLATTERY, BARBARA ETLIN, KELLY R. FINEMAN and ALAN HOPKINS for their editorial and art direction assistance. JULIE HAURI-FOSTER for giving me her collection of ball point pens I used in the illustrations. And my cats, KATO and MAGIC who kept me company on many a very late night during the creation of this project.
ON SATURDAY find out "who else" I thank for their "help" in creation of A Place I Don't Belong.
The stories behind the story, its poetry, its art and the creative process. This event takes place on November 17 at Northfield Coffee & Books at 12 noon.
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12 November 2012
"I'll be writing more in a week or two..."
THIS SATURDAY find out which of these spreads -- 12-13 and 14-15 -- came together almost immediately from the very beginning and which one was edited and revised right up to the final week of the printing deadline.
The stories behind the story, its poetry, its art and the creative process. This event takes place on November 17 at Northfield Coffee & Books at 12 noon.
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10 November 2012
"There will be a show tonight..."
FIVE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS have been added to the display at the coffee shop. They are the ink illustrations for these images from A Place I Don't Belong.
(Yes, five. Two ink drawings were used
to create the image above)
These drawings join the following already on display.
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08 November 2012
"1, 2, 3, 4. Can I have a little more?"
13 VERSES, 16 PAGES (Well, actually 14 pages -- two are the front and back cover). Pages two through five each get one verse (pages 7 through 11 also get one verse per page). On page 6, we have two verses. As explained in an earlier post, the first verse of the song was spread out over four pages. On page 6, that verse is recapped with the refrain of the song added. What follows on page six is the second verse (with added lines). The song has one more verse which shows up on on pages 12 and 13. In an original layout, the in-between story was to be pictures only. But that gave way to a new a verse about "going to a nightclub" on page 7. And 3 became 13.
The stories behind the story, its poetry, its art and the creative process. This event takes place on November 17 at Northfield Coffee & Books at 12 noon.
NORTHFIELD COFFEE & BOOKS
105 Main Street
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(413) 642-7119
Hours: M-F 7am - 4pm
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