31 Days will be continued!

I'm discovering my own limitations. This business of packing for a move, writing a second book, answering questions as to the whereabouts of Boy (it's coming! Hold your horses!), and trying to do a new installment of 31 Days of Halloween every day is proving somewhat impossible. And since there's a fixed deadline for the whole moving-to-another-part-of-town that's approaching  faster than a truck full of chickens toward two men carrying a glass pane at exactly the wrong time... I'm giving it my priority. I will pick up Constance's misadventures on November 1st (or what I like to call Second October 1st). I will also post a little somethingsomething on Halloween (the real one). It probably won't be animated because that would take more time than I have, but there will be something.

Thanks for waiting!

A bit of Carousel for your ears

With my upcoming relocation, I haven't been as punctual with my 31 Days of Halloween episodes as I've been in previous years. Not to worry, though. I'm swiftly catching up! And while I do exactly that, here's a little something to occupy a few minutes of your time. Tim Jones and I have both recorded excerpts of Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow for your listening pleasure, whether you've read it yet or not. And if you haven't read it, what are you waiting for?

From Chapter 1, read by me: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn6abSK2XZs&hd=1
From Chapter 3, read by the excellent Mr. Jones: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u4S29k9HmE&hd=1

RIP Steve

Because I'm still trying to catch up over here, let me use this space to say RIP, Steve Jobs. It may seem silly, given that it's just technology and all, but I learned a great deal about graphic design on a Mac, and my iPod kept me company on many a creative project. Pixar wouldn't be where it is without him, either, nor the animation world. Aside from all that, 56 is just far too young to go for anyone, and cancer too unkind. He will be missed.