by Jackie Bailey | Apr 25, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
I took a detour in Part 6 of this journey, talking about an alternate reality game which we are trying to make to emulate the world of Mr Middleton. But I still haven’t told you about how I finally found the illustrator of my dreams… In Part 5, I at last...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 24, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Already, your day is looking up. Your sleepy eyes will open to the chime of bells tinkling as if attached to tiny shoes trotting away from your bedside. Don’t roll over too fast – you don’t want to disturb the elves that visited you whilst you were...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 23, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Today is Friday, which speaks for itself. When you get up today, you might feel a slight tickle in the back of the throat. That’s the premonition of laughter, later to come. As you walk to the bus or the car (or the scooter, or the train), you’ll almost...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 22, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
It’s a Thursday in the year 2009. Who would have thought it would ever be the year 2009? And yet here you are, sitting in front of a glowing screen, reading about your future, when you already live in the future. This time twenty years ago (if you were alive...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 21, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
It’s the middle of the week for some, but for others, like you, it’s a new moment in which each and every particle of your being is made afresh. The crumples in your pyjama bottoms didn’t exist last night, and will be smoothed out and rippled...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 20, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Tuesday is a day for filling out forms and riding in cars. The business of espionage also has its administrivia, and not everyone can juggle the hard-nosed management as well as the glamour of being an international agent of intelligence-gathering. But you,...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 19, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Monday, Monday. From where I am sitting, Monday looks like it’s going to be a day of hope. You will buy your morning coffee (or decaffeinated tea), hopefully; you will cross he street, glad of a respite in the traffic; you will catch your scarf (or hanky) as...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
A jump forward in time to the present. Today I spent a rainy Sunday in, helping to write an application for a funding grant to develop an alternate reality game (ARG) based on Mr Middleton, which takes the teleporter metaphor and makes it into real life. Without the...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 19, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
It’s raining where I am, and so my predictions may be somewhat rain-streaked. Your Sunday is going to be a day of seeing your reflection in windows, thoughtful and magical and maybe a little, tiny bit sad. But sadness is nothing to fear, especially if you...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 17, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
In Part 4, I recounted my phone call with Shaun Tan, asking if he might be interested in illustrating my book, Mr Middleton’s Teleporter. He politely told me that he couldn’t do it, which led my fiance to suggest that we advertise in order to find an...
