The Book is Released
Lauren took this picture the day the book was released. As a family we went to the Barnes and Noble near our home in Greenville. We found the book on the new-releases shelf in the science fiction department.
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Mitt Romney yes. Steve Martin no.
Our main man Mitt Romney has been all over the news lately. You know, he’s the guy running for president who also happens to be a–gasp!–Mormon. Between you and me, I’m rather tired of everyone making a big hoot ‘n nanny about the guy being LDS. I mean, from the way the media keeps carrying…
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Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
The fourth Artemis Fowl book is as wonderful as the previous three, and I continue to count Eoin Colfer as one of my favorite authors. If he writes something, I’m buying it. In the Opal Deception, Colfer takes a dramatic turn in the universe he’s created: one of the main characters dies. I won’t say…
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Digging to America by Anne Tyler (audiobook)
If you’re accustomed to reading thrillers and action-packed young-adult novels like I am, Anne Tyler can be a bit of a shock to the system. There’s no impending doom, no ticking clock, no evil villain with plans of world domination. It’s just about people. The lives of real, believable people. The Wall Street Journal calls…
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United Way Campaign
I recently completed a campaign for United Way here in Greenville County. The photographer, Kevin Bana, is out of Chicago. Extremely talented guy. I think the images are stunning. We did six posters. They all feature real people and real stories, save one. The child was a model. We couldn’t use a real kid for…
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Family Book Project
I’ve been meaning to post these posters for awhile. This is a campaign I did at work for a pro-bono account called The Family Book Project. They collect books and give them to underprivileged children and adults at shelters and rehabilitation centers here in Greenville County. Richard Salais, who was the art director on these,…