[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-a-peek-into-the-studio":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Here's a look at the my desk right now. I'm working on the follow-up book to \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>. The second book's going to be the same size and format as Seawigs (and a collaborative adventure with \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/Philip Reeve\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a>, of course), but it will feature entirely different characters and a new setting. I'm already very fond of this little robot; its name is Pilbeam. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cakes_wip1_zpsde3e4578-b9c121ab07.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd the setting is - did you guess? - SPACE! I'm having loads of fun designing spaceships and stuff. If I get stuck, I look at pictures of sea life and take the shapes and make them mechanical. That largest space ship here is definitely based on a fish.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cakes_wip2_zps792b7604-3cbfce394d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nGood ol' Reeve sent me a care package with some helpful reference material. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/moonresearch_zps3ed0bd79-9b9a52dadc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click for more under the cut!-->\\r\nI love the film \u003Ci>Moon\u003C/i> so, so much. If you haven't seen it, slip this one to the top of your pile of videos to watch.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2457\"/>\\r\n\\r\nSo what else is happening in the studio? Well, we're braving the cold...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/studio1_zps68f75467-d3233ed62e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n...and floods....\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/studio2_zpsb13e7397-3da9663ef2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n...and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.com\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>... Oh wait, did I tell you that \u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://makeitthentelleverybody.com/2014/01/gary-northfield/\">Gary's featured in the latest Make It Then Tell Everybody podcast\u003C/a>? The sound from the Skype interview is a little ropey, but it's worth sticking out for the fascinating things Gary has to say. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.elissaelwick.co.uk/\">Elissa Elwick\u003C/a> and I just happened to photobomb him for his interview shot:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://makeitthentelleverybody.com/2014/01/gary-northfield/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gary_interview_zpsbec35776-dcafceb750.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://makeitthentelleverybody.com/\">Make It Then Tell Everybody\u003C/a> is an excellent series of podcasts, do have a look at the whole list of things Dan Berry has recorded. (You can listen to \u003Ca href=\"http://makeitthentelleverybody.com/2013/09/sarah-mcintyre/\">my interview here\u003C/a>.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://makeitthentelleverybody.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dan_header_zps2a168eeb-51d904d98a.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nIn the meantime, I'm becoming more like my Iris-the-mermaid character every day. I've discovered that if I use lots of dry shampoo, I can make my hair do ANYTHING. Why didn't I know about this stuff earlier? It would have been ace when I was in school, trying to make my flat hair look like Princess Diana's. Never mind, I'm having fun with it now.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bighair_zpsc4ce9fb7-1958a3d7b5.jpg\">","2014-01-21T13:07:00.000Z","a-peek-into-the-studio",[],"a peek into the studio",1776628726124]