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 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 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...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 13, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
I left my last blog post about Mr Middleton, staring incredulously at my fiance who had just suggested that I call the esteemed Shaun Tan about illustrating my book. Like, as if he was a regular person, and not some kind of illustrating savant. My betrothed...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 9, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
So, as I left my last post, I was looking for an illustrator. I didn’t have much of a clue where to begin. My clever buddy illustrator whom I mentioned suggested a few people, but their styles weren’t quite what I was looking for. Which begged the...