Radar - the communications officer
Apollo - the scientist
Jet - the geologist
Halley - the explorer
Sputnik - fix-it girl and junk specialist
At first there were a couple of extra crew members, but the power of editing and the confines of and early reader plot line.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Astroblast activity fun
Everyone wants a logo
A high school project
Monday, May 3, 2010
Alpha-Oops! H is for Halloween
There is something really emotional about getting that first copy of a new book. I find myself both excited and nervous. The last month or so of working on a book seems to get very intense. A lot of time and thought. Then it just goes away for about six months. When finally, and often unannounced, it shows up on your doorstep in the form of an advance copy. It's one of the lucky ones that got to fly back while most of the books are still on a cargo boat somewhere. I will examine the cover, sniff the fresh ink and then set it aside. I need to get up the courage to open it up. I know that it's done. I can't change it anymore, this is it, this is what the kids will get. I need time to take off the creator hat. I try to forget all the struggles, the alternate versions, the second guessing and try to look at it new, like someone pulling it off a library shelf.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The pitch
To kickoff the work on the Astroblast series I met with my Scholastic editors and art director at the planetarium in the Natural History Museum in New York. After a lot of cosmic dreaming and an evening of good food I created the pitch for the series. These were images I created to countdown the idea.
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