New Project
Last week I started a series of photos for my new book
project. It is a bit of a departure from what I have done to date. I have
listened to the feedback and constructive criticisms of my current works and
one thing that has always come through is that people like my photos and story
ideas a bit more than my writing. Well, as I have always said, “I am not a
writer, I am just an artist who likes to tell stories.” So like with my last
book, Flight of the Christmas Witch, my new one has a greater focus on the
photo illustrations, but with a bit of a twist.
I have always looked to my childhood for inspiration, and
when I was a kid one of my favorite books was Star Trek The Motion Picture; The
Photostory edited by Richard J. Anobile. I had several other photo novels from
numerous films and television shows all of which were science fiction based.
Science fiction has always been my favorite genera and I have always wanted to
do a sci-fi project. So that is what I am doing now, and I am turning the story
into a sort of photographic comic book. This will enable me to tell a bigger
story than I normally do with far less words and a greater focus on the photo
illustrations as my fans have suggested. This project will also give me the
opportunity to pull more extensively on my filmmaking background. In a lot of
ways this book will be like a photo-finished storyboard for a film.
Believe it or not I have never be a fan of comic books. In
fact as a boy I only ever had two, The Star Team, and a Star Wars adaptation,
So, I have been buying some comic books lately for research and have been
surprised to see how little their format has changed over the years but they
have provided me with some good insights. I still intend to stay true to my
philosophy of not allowing the pictures alone to tell the whole story. My
illustrations will still be designed to inspire the viewer to read the written
words to find out what is going on in the book, there will just be a lot more
of them.
I will continue to up date you on this project throughout
the year.
Good Luck and keep writing.
Morgan
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