Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 596
January 30, 2014
Who likes art
Everyone who reblogs this before the end of January will get a free doodle based off their blog/interests/icon etc. I will choose two people to ask for something specific. Maybe it will help art block and eventually commissions.
REBLOG THE FUCK OUT OF THIS YOU GUYS MAKE MY BOYFRIEND RUE THIS DAY
aw!
I enjoy a doodle. And a good ruing.
"I was asked in an interview once: You’re writing another book with a female lead? Aren’t you afraid..."
I was asked in an interview once: You’re writing another book with a female lead? Aren’t you afraid you’re going to be pigeonholed? And I thought, I write a team superhero book, an uplifting solo hero book, I write a horror-western, and I write a ghost story. What am I gonna be pigeonholed as?
Has a man in the history of men ever been asked if he was going to be pigeonholed because he wrote two consecutive books with male leads? Half of the population is women. I lose my temper here. And it’s certainly not at you. It’s just this pervasive notion that “white male” is the default. And you have to justify any variation from it.
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Kelly-Sue stating the fucking obvious to anyone who actually pays attention and being no less inspiring for it. Hero. (via kierongillen)
I am so lucky to count Kelly Sue as one of my dearest friends. She’s amazing.
(via wilwheaton)
A friend of Powell’s, as well. (Plus she’s a Portlander!)
rainbowrowell:
faitherinhicks:
firstsecondbooks:
To say we...
To say we have some exciting news would be a complete understatement….
Ahahah! I wasn’t going to write about this until later today, but what the hey, I’m too distracted to work right now.
Anyway! Hey everybody, AMAZING NEWS! I will be collaborating with one of my absolute favourite writers, Rainbow Rowell!!!!!!!! We’ll be making a graphic novel together, to be published by the amazing First Second Books, publisher of my previous GN Friends with Boys and my upcoming Nameless City trilogy. Click the link for information about our project together, as well as some really lovely quotes from Rainbow, who is just too kind when talking about my comics.
Sometime last year after San Diego Comic Con I was talking on twitter about how much I loved Eleanor & Park, which I’d read on the plane up to the convention. Rainbow saw my tweets and we got to know each other a little on twitter, which was exciting for me because, y’know, I really loved her books and it’s so awesome when people whose work you love talk to you! I sent her a copy of Friends with Boys and was completely over the moon when she liked it.
Rainbow & I emailed a couple times, and she mentioned that my editor at First Second, Calista, had approached her about writing a graphic novel. Calista and I had nerdily gabbed about Rainbow’s books at SDCC; we were both big fans. I was really excited at the possibility of a Rainbow Rowell graphic novel, so began throwing all sorts of pushy comic-making advice at her (sorry, sorry! XD) and telling her First Second was the best and yes, she should absolutely work with them.
I felt kinda jealous as I was emailing with Rainbow about comics. Some lucky artist out there would get to draw a Rainbow Rowell comic. Curse that artist! I wanted that job! But I already had a job. The Nameless City trilogy had sold to First Second a month ago, so I was booked solid for the next few years.
Then I got a call from my agent. Rainbow would be doing a graphic novel with First Second, and was I interested in being her collaborator?
Me: OMG YESSSSSSSS.
… wait, what. How will that work?
As it turned out, Rainbow wouldn’t be able to start writing the comic for a while, as she had another book to write first (awesome, more Rainbow Rowell books! She just sent me a Landline ARC in the mail!). So that gave me the opportunity to finish book 1 and possibly book 2 of The Nameless City, take a break from that to work with Rainbow, then return to book 3. This graphic novel Rainbow & I are doing is a ways down the road due to us being busy, but it’s coming! It’ll probably be here sooner than you think. :)
So! I will be drawing not three graphic novels for First Second in the coming years, but FOUR! My goodness. *_*
But oh my gosh, I am so, so thrilled that everyone involved with this project, Rainbow and First Second, my editor and agent, all of them jumped at the opportunity to make this happen. Rainbow is an amazing writer (she has TWICE made me cry in airports using only her words!) and I’m so honoured she wanted to work with me. Just completely over the moon.
I am the luckiest cartoonist.
OH, and I’ve been seeing tweets from readers who are fans of Rainbow, saying that they’ve never read a comic before, but they’ll read this one because she’s writing it. I hope I can do my best for those readers, and I hope some of them like this comic so much that they find other comics to read! Because comics are amazing.
Loved “Friends with Boys”!! Sooooo excited to see what these brilliant ladies cook up.
womensweardaily:
Designers Team With Fabergé on Big Egg...
Designers Team With Fabergé on Big Egg Hunt
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Get your baskets ready — Fabergé’s Big Egg Hunt is coming to New York.
The event, beginning April 1, will see more than 250 unique egg sculptures placed around New York’s five boroughs. Each fiberglass egg, standing 30 inches tall and 22 inches wide, has been commissioned to an individual designer, artist or architect. Here, Marchesa. For More
January 29, 2014
January 28, 2014
I don't think I would be able to live with the idea of the Darkling declaring his love for Alina in Ravkan That would be too much pain. Too much
There are many declarations in Ruin and Rising.
Some in Ravkan.
Some in ancient Ravkan.
Some in Shu.
Some through the power of dance.
One of these statements may be less true than the others.
January 27, 2014
like-lucy-in-the-sky:
fwips:
like-lucy-in-the-sky:
why are the bad guys’ horses always menacing...
why are the bad guys’ horses always menacing and demonic too like
is there some kind of horse breeder for evil villains
come to uncle jim’s evil horse stables: for all your villainous horseriding needs
aR E YOU THE REASON THIS IS GETTING SO MANY NOTES
