There's nothing I love better than having something brand new to tell you about...
Last fall I was asked by my publisher at Pro Se Press to submit a script for a cartoon short based on something in A FAMILIAR NAME, featuring Lazlo Dragon. What I decided to do, after researching how cartoons are written, was write a brand new little adventure for Lazlo. It was submitted as soon as I'd finished it, and I went on to other things. That's what writers do. This was so top secret at the time, I didn't even tell my co-writers, Lee Houston Jr. and Roger Stegman, about it.
Some weeks later, I saw a couple preliminary sketches and while that was exciting, I didn't put a whole lot of faith in the project ever seeing the light of day. There's plenty of ambitious projects in small press publishing that don't, because of budget issues or other things that just don't work out. While I kept it in the back of my mind, I continued with my other work, which included editing some Waxy Dragon short stories for a future anthology, and rewriting and expanding Copper's Choice into a full scale novella. Both of those should be submitted sometime later this year, with Copper getting the next CDT slot.
So you can imagine my excitement the other day when I received the below press release...
Wowza! That made my day! Exciting stuff, having a cartoon made of one your own creations. Based on the sketches below, I can't wait to see the final product.
So keep your eyes on this blog folks, and I'll let you know as soon as I have more news of this.
BTW, I hear FINDING WAXY may be out sometime in May. Good news for all of us, as Roger's little dragon and her faithful companion Rusty... er Roger... um, Bubblehead were the catalyst that started it all.
Stay tuned!
~Nancy
Last fall I was asked by my publisher at Pro Se Press to submit a script for a cartoon short based on something in A FAMILIAR NAME, featuring Lazlo Dragon. What I decided to do, after researching how cartoons are written, was write a brand new little adventure for Lazlo. It was submitted as soon as I'd finished it, and I went on to other things. That's what writers do. This was so top secret at the time, I didn't even tell my co-writers, Lee Houston Jr. and Roger Stegman, about it.
Some weeks later, I saw a couple preliminary sketches and while that was exciting, I didn't put a whole lot of faith in the project ever seeing the light of day. There's plenty of ambitious projects in small press publishing that don't, because of budget issues or other things that just don't work out. While I kept it in the back of my mind, I continued with my other work, which included editing some Waxy Dragon short stories for a future anthology, and rewriting and expanding Copper's Choice into a full scale novella. Both of those should be submitted sometime later this year, with Copper getting the next CDT slot.
So you can imagine my excitement the other day when I received the below press release...
In the past year, Pro
Se has reached out to other professionals, trying to take our
characters into new directions, different media. Although a lot of
those attempts don't proceed much beyond the discussion stage, some
actually make progress. One in particular is a cartoon short that
animator Eric Striler is putting together for us based on one of our
Pro Se concepts. We are actually at the stage now that Eric has
storyboarded the entire cartoon featuring Lazlo and Nancy Bittergreen
from Nancy A. Hansen's, Roger Stegman's, and Lee Houston, Jr.'s
COMPANION DRAGONS TALES and now we are seeking voices and putting the
music together to move ahead. Enjoy a few of Eric's storyboards below
and if You know someone who might want to participate in this
project, email MorganMinorProSe@yahoo.com. This is an experience only
project, no money attached to any of the participants at this point.
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| http://prose-press.com/ |
Wowza! That made my day! Exciting stuff, having a cartoon made of one your own creations. Based on the sketches below, I can't wait to see the final product.
So keep your eyes on this blog folks, and I'll let you know as soon as I have more news of this.
BTW, I hear FINDING WAXY may be out sometime in May. Good news for all of us, as Roger's little dragon and her faithful companion Rusty... er Roger... um, Bubblehead were the catalyst that started it all.
Stay tuned!
~Nancy
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