We launched the comic book this weekend at the TNNA trade show in San Diego. This meant a few things. First, I had to get to San Diego, which we did slowly but surely via El Paso, Albuquerque, and Las Vegas, where we stayed for a month, doing show prep and getting our stuff together. […]
I got head(s)
Las Vegas Mannequins was out of head stock. The photos of the Craigslist heads showed they have faces and gigantic stickers on the fronts– not quite what I was looking for, and I don’t think I have time to clean them up properly. So, I went out to Sally’s Beauty Supply and picked up 2 […]
Looking for a Head in Las Vegas, Nevada
Yesterday, I got a bee in my bonnet and decided I needed two extra heads. No, really! See, at the trade show next week, I’m showing off two handknitted projects (from the comic book, in case you didn’t know), and, well, the project goes on your head. I would disclose more, but the pattern designer, […]
Super awesome secret superheroes are coming to town!
No, not Santa Claus. It’s the awesome superheroes who grace the pages of my new (first ever) comic book, Handknit Heroes! It’s also the first graphic novel for knitters. Each issue features a knitting pattern and an awesome story, illustrated by a terrific comic book artist named Marc Olivent. Issue #1 has an excellent pattern […]
NaNoWriMo-No
In years past, I’ve attempted to do NaNoWriMo while also starting a new job or project, and it never really works. The kind of concentration I need to maintain to write a novel in 30 days is so intense, whatever else I’m working on tends to fall to the background. Well, yesterday I got a […]