Author: grasshopper

The Bronchitis is gone, but I’ve pulled a muscle due to strenuous coughing. All I want is to feel 100% again! I would love that!

In other news, I’ve still been working on revising my NaNo novel and have started another drawing. It’s almost complete; I just want to tweak a few features on his face before uploading the polished piece. Here is the basic sketch for it:

He’s holding a pair of silver tongs with a single ice cube. This drawing has been purely digital. Normally I’ll do the sketch on paper first because I like the feel and the control of using a pencil. However, sometimes I like to practice on digital media only. There are always areas to work on.

From the Burpleberry Newsstand!

Sara and the Burpleberry Rescue is now available on Amazon!

Mr. Burple Berry is thrilled that his world is now visible on the Internet giant, Amazon.com! He hopes that more and more people can experience the adventure that saved his world from a gloomy doom. He had a blast on Twitter for Fiction Friday, and here is his tale:

“I’m stuck here. I know they can see me! They said hello in 1969, but they couldn’t take me along. I guess I’ll always be The Man on the Moon.”

He looks forward to tackling next week’s prompt because it is what made the rescue possible. He hopes to see you on the 29th. …And the prompt is Math.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

When you’ve been sick for nearly a week and get hit by something else the second you feel better, cranky doesn’t even scratch the surface. I’m afraid I don’t have anything profound to talk about or any new art to share this week. However, my week long dance with two left feet and a bottle of meds opened my eyes up to something. Federal employees get 13 paid sick days a year. There is no Federal law that guarantees employees in the private sector get anything….and I’ll leave it at that.

Time to liven this post up with something positive! Since my mind is drawing a blank on the subject at the moment, I dug up something fun.

The Burpleberry News Reel 

Mr. Burple Berry was last spotted chasing down a rainbow in search of an elusive pot of gold.  One anonymous reader was able to snap this photo of him:

Before his disappearance, he dropped off the prompt for next week’s Fiction Friday. He’s always had an interest in “the moon.” The Burpleberry News Reel looks forward to reading any and all 140 character stories revolving around the moon. Perhaps this past Fiction Friday sheds some light on Mr. Burple Berry’s whereabouts.

Thank you, Internet, for letting me know that we jumped an hour ahead this morning! I had honestly forgotten all about Daylight Savings Time. I was up an hour early anyway, so I don’t feel effected that much. Why was I up early? Let’s just say that it wasn’t even 10 pm when I hit the sack last night. I caught one of the bugs that’s been going around and am thrilled that it decided to bite during the weekend (please note the sarcasm!) 😉

I tinkered with an old drawing I did in Paint (oh how I used to love that program!). I started a redraw of it, but since I’m not interested in elves anymore, I don’t know if my dissatisfaction with it is based purely on my disinterest in the genre or not. The new one originally had a similar background, but it didn’t look right, so I went for something simple.

The Burpleberry Newsstand

A stroll down revision lane

I’ve started the revision/editing process for my NaNo novel. This is going to a be a slowly–very slowly–but surely project. As long as I keep up with it and do a little bit each week, it will see the light of day. I think working from an outline was the best idea I’ve ever had. The ending was planned out and written down before I even started writing!

I’m thinking about drawing a comic of one of the chapters. The chapter is unique in that it can stand alone as a short story. I’ve drawn several sketches so far. Here is one of them:

From the burpleberry news reel

Mr. Burple Berry completed his first ever Fiction Friday on twitter. He successfully wrote a story in 140 characters. The wingless ding is sitting back and enjoying the sights and sounds of Earth while he plots his next story. He dropped by to give us a copy and next week’s prompt. Word has it that he is spending his lazy Sunday afternoon doing word search puzzles.

His boot crunches into a gritty substance. The brawny alien before him jabbers in gibberish; the translator catches it. “Welcome to Earth.” – Mr. Burple Berry

Mr. Burple Berry invites you to join him next Friday, March 8th, for another round. This week’s prompt is “Meteor.”

It’s been a week since the debut of Sara and the Burpleberry Rescue! It is a surreal feeling to finally have something that you’ve worked so hard on in print.

A very burpleberry introduction

One of the wingless dings was so excited about it, that he wozzled and wazzled his way to Earth. Mr. Burple Berry has opened a twitter account, and he will upload photos of his Earth adventures. You can follow him here:

He’s decided to try an invisible hand at writing by offering weekly prompts! Can he write a story in 140 characters or less? Find out this Friday! Want to try it out and play along?

This week’s prompt is “Astronaut”

Mr. Burple Berry looks forward to reading and retweeting your stories! He’ll see you on March 1st for his first Fiction Friday!

Major Sketch, First Class

I was busy this past week, so I haven’t been able to draw anything new. I dug around Ye Olde Sketch Bin today and found a sketch I drew last month. It somehow didn’t make its way here until now.

This is one of the main characters from the NaNo novel I started in November. I am happy to report that I’ve finished the thing (I suppose that’s one of the reasons why I was too busy last week).  As for the untitled novel itself, it is waiting for the first round of revisions…I guess this means I need to get to work!