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A Picture Book Trailer- Hasel and Rose

http://www.cmagerl.com A Book Trailer about the creation of my picture book 'Hasel and Rose' Published by Penguin Australia with assistance from the Australian Society of Authors and Australian Council for the Arts. The unique pairing of verbal and visual language in the form of picture books has fascinated me forever. Having now written my own text for the picture book Hasel and Rose, I feel more repect for what writers do than ever. Oddly, it has made me also more appreciative of the image makers. Pictures have for me been little emotional lightening rods. Going through the contortions of putting into words what I would normally express in drawings was quite uncomfortable. At one point I even tried to write in German, my first language. Anything to reach some kind of musical flow. In my frustration , I oozed drawings until there was an embarrasing pile of avoidance . ...but you get the idea. I am looking forward to doing it all again soon..

http://www.cmagerl.com A Book Trailer about the creation of my picture book 'Hasel and Rose' Published by Penguin Australia with assistance from the Australian Society of Authors and Australian Council for the Arts. The unique pairing of verbal and visual language in the form of picture books has fascinated me forever. Having now written my own text for the picture book Hasel and Rose, I feel ... More