The GeeGee's require a horsebox

HELLO :)  Me again.  And this time I have something to share in the way of a BOOK TRAILER for my new up and coming book THE TRUTH ABOUT PONIES.

I have really enjoyed the process of making this movie for the GeeGee's even if i have had to put up with their millionth great idea that frankly would not fit into the storyboard at all!! You try teling them that a big picture of a carrot should not follow every slide!!  NEVER MIND, Manage I did and proud i am and i think it has really boosted me for this final furlong and give me that creative kick i needed to get this book into creative shape ready for release :)

So here is the link for the video

THE TRUTH ABOUT PONIES BOOK TRAILER

So now that the book trailer is out and the book is getting formatted ready for release my stress levels have become almost an energy of their own!! To avoid becoming overloaded, and blowing up like an old kettle left on the hot plate too long and the house filling with steam as it pours from my ears. I have been trying to learn how to switch off, relax and breathe. This is still very much a WIP.

Today though was one of those smiley proud mama moments.  The GeeGee's were taken to the studio for their professional photo shoot ready to be uploaded into the book manuscript.  Carrying them in my portfolio smiling from ear to ear like a cheshire cat on a sunny Sunday morning i carefully transported them to where they needed to go.  My portfolio is a big black case.  Bigger than A3 not sure exactly what size it is, but its big enough for the fattest of Funky GeeGee.  Anyways back to what i was saying.  So my big black portfolio just isn't quite right for the GeeGee's.  They are FUNKY characters and require FUNKY transport, And being GeeGee's well kinda needs to be suitable for such? Or that's what i think anyways. And what the FGG'S have moaned on about since i suggested it !  SOoooo it has been decided that i need to change the boring black case into a horsebox suitable for the FUNKIEST of FUNKY GeeGee!! So after they come back from their litte adventures tomorrow we are all going to sit down round the kitchen table WITHOUT fighting over chairs and TOGETHER decide on a design for this FUNKY automobile that these quirky characters require.

 I shall post photos after we have . . . 

 . . . . PIMPED THEIR RIDE!!

Until then?  Boring normal portfolio it is, but i'm sure not such a boring photographic studio tonight.

I really do hope that the photographer knows what she has let herself in for, having them lot over for a sleepover?!! OH MY WORD . . . Imagine the mayhem!!

It is VERY quiet here tonight in Funky kitchen studio. It also turns out that my air freshener is quite nice now i can smell it and the flooring is actually quite nice in contrast to my kitchen now i can see it without so many chunks of half eaten carrots all over the floor !! BUT I am indeed missing them.  By now i would of heard the word carrot about 2 million times. I am missing it so much i said it a few times to myself whilst sitting working just to make it less weird of an atmosphere.

  CARROT ? . . .There said it again.

I am missing them, I wanted the peace but now the peace feels weird. LIKE WEIRD KINDA WEIRD!!  I am indeed (may regret saying this) but I'M LOOKING FORWARD to their return tomorrow. Shhhh don't tell them i said that :) Lets just hope their return is without a bill for damages and replacement of goods??? AND Pleeeeeease don't eat the camera!!

Well I am off to make a cuppa and chomp on a carrot. I am missing the taste, i've normally chomped through half a bag trying to half them to share round by now.  BUT there is a whole bag in the fridge tonight untouched and well one won't hurt will it?  Shhhhhhh best not tell em GeeGee's they will be after me with the yard broom and shavings fork . . .  YIKES!!

Catch you soon <3 Miss Funky 

Book almost complete. . Yes I said BOOK !! Finally !!

Hello, And yes again i am repeating myself when I say It's been a long time I know !!

So lets skip that one and get straight to the NEWS . . . Yep I actually have some ! And hey I think it's canny good news to be sharing with you all :)

So Cough, cough, HANG ON WAIT . . . . I need to go get my official hat on, and maybe find the hairbrush. HA You really should see me, I look like a pretty good interpretation of a scarecrow.  Amazing how your whole image can change when you forget about it.

 WHY ?? I mean surely the hairbrush is not an epic challenge ?  NOPE no challenge just boring in comparison to what i am on with.  What, what, what are you on with ? I hear you say.
You mentioned the book word . . .  what does that mean ?


WELL, Exactly that . . . . I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED MY BOOK !!

Only a year later than i wanted to, or maybe two or three, 

I'm really not sure. Bluuuur of all sorts and that

 four letter pain in the hindquarter word 'LIFE'.

 BUT now I can honestly say . . . .IT IS COMPLETE . . .  COMPLETE . . .  DONE, and I'm actually happy with the final result. WOW, aren't I doing well?
Changes, Miraculous things they are. Making them has the side effect of doing something.
Make them positive and you have DONE SOMETHING POSITIVE.

SO WHERE IS IT ?? 

It is in its final stages now, and this is erm . . . Headache mazes of html code and formatting stuff that frankly goes STRAIGHT OVER THE FORELOCK !!  It seems that the easy bit was actually the writing of the story and the pictures.  Computer stuff? YA LOST ME !!
So it's not quite there.  But the journey to get there I would like to share with you so I shall blog a little more often in these final few weeks to book launch.

 Date for launch is still to be determined, BUT it is going to be in March 2015

 . . . YES INDEED THIS YEAR, I promise.

And so the hard work I thought i had done, seems to be just beginning.  I must treat it as an adventure, avoid becoming disheartened and SMILE . . . .Must remember to smile on through there.  And soon I hope to pat my self on the back and say WELL DONE you did it.  Now go take a long bath, find the hairbrush, and GO TO BED.  SMILE and be pleased with One's self :)

So keep your eyes peeled. NEXT WEEK will see Book trailer launch.  I really enjoyed working on the book trailer. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

AND THE BOOK ?? If you giggle half as much reading it, as I did writing it.  I'm gunna be over the moon.  In a serious world ? Humour is much needed. And humour and the GeeGee's ? WELL Thats pretty easy, they go together like a saddle and a numnah . . . Cosy !!

 And these GeeGee's they are full of humour.  They never cease to surprise me with their antics and mischief.  After helping bring their story to life i have had to work alongside some of the most funny but at times TOTALLY annoying characters. Who if you take your eyes off them for more than two minutes they will be eating the manuscript or pooping on the illustrations. And at this stage I'M JUST NOT HAVING IT !!
I literally have to have eyes in the back of my head and at times it has come to the point where i have had to say GET OUT . . .Go and chew on the grass in the garden. I can't have you guys in the studio anymore.
Of course then every two minutes you get . . . TAP, TAP on the door and a 'feeling sorry'
 for himself  GeeGee waving his hooves at you through the glass with them big googley eyes and pet lip. Pleeeeeeeease Miss Funky, I promise to be good.
       
How can i not let them back in when they do things like that ??

After all im telling their story, and beleive me when I say, It's interesting ! Oh yes, these GeeGee's are rather interesting characters ! Soooo I need to tolerate their ways, and they have MANY.
Including the dancing to the can can along to the tunes playing through my speakers.  Believe me it is VERY HARD to try and draw straight lines when the ground is shaking like a mini earthquake.
 Im trying to pursuade them to try some yoga.  Theoretically then it should be quiet in the studio as they stretch and open chakras.  But well with the relaxation comes the side effects of flatulence .

Have you ever tried to edit a word document when the room is full of a distinct rotten grass smell ??  Not to be advised.  It plays havock with your eyesight when trying to read the letters of a sentence !! And as they tend not to be of the steadiest on their hooves these GeeGee's.  Well there usually ends up a whole heap of alphabet and numbers on screen to delete back out.  VERY FRUSTRATING.

But tolerate it I must.  They are fun characters to have around.  And I am loving bringing their story to life. Even if it means putting up with the mayhem that comes along with it.

And here i am creating one of the Illustrations . . .  Like I say, I must brush my hair lol !

Sooooo hopefully my next blog post should be a very positive one. And the book trailer will go live.

 And I'm hoping to also be able to give a final release date for the book . . . . Eeeeeeek exciting and nerve racking all at the same time.  Thankgoodness for these GeeGee's cheering me up with their antics or id be crying all over the watercolour . . .  

. . . OH MY, Imagine that, I'd be dooooomed !!!

Catch you soon

<3 Miss Funky.