Uh… hi. [edges nervously into blog spotlight thingy]
This is actually my first time blogging, so it’s hard to know where to begin. My job is made doubly difficult by the thought of all your stunned gasps of disbelief. “But she’s a teenager! How can she not have a blog?” is an exclamation that I am sure will feature.
Well, here I am, living proof that a non techno-savvy teen is not necessarily a contradiction in terms. I can truthfully say that I do not keep a blog: furthermore my Myspace is empty of pictures, I’ve never uploaded anything onto Youtube, and my MP3 player is still in its box, gathering dust under my bed. When I was invited to pitch for Minx with my dad, Shelly [Bond] said that the line would welcome ‘a teenaged perspective’ on things. Since I am in the core demographic for Minx, it was generally assumed that I would be able to provide inside knowledge into the mind of a ‘typical’ fifteen year old girl. No luck there though, I’m afraid, as I am probably the least typical teen I know of.
But it has been a fantastic experience writing Blabbermouth all the same, despite the frequent ‘artistic differences’ that came up between me and my dad. Actually, I think ‘artistic differences’ is a slight understatement (it was more like hurling insults- and unbound galley pages- across the room at each other).
Seriously though, it’s been fun, and I’m looking forward to pitching more ideas to Minx in the future. I hope no Minx editors read this though, or I might be forced to take a crash-test in basic technology before I dare show my face in their offices again.
June 30th, 2007 at 12:52 am
Hey, Louise (yay, that’s my middle name!) – you’re not alone, believe me. I have a 12-year-old son at home, and he doesn’t even have a computer yet! He does play games on a Playstation 2 he inherited from his older brother, but he professes a total lack of interest in owning a cell phone, an MP3 player, or anything of that nature. He only uses the computer when he has to for school, and he much prefers to read his comics in paper form.
I’m looking forward to reading Confessions of a Blabbermouth when it comes out.
June 30th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Hi Kat! Thank you for the comment (I wasn’t expecting anyone to reply!) Me and your son sound similar: I like to read comics on paper too (reading stuff onscreen gives me a headache, which made checking over the Blabbermouth script kinda hard). I do actually have a cell phone, but it’s permanently off, to my friends’ great annoyance. Anyway, I hope you enjoy Blabbermouth when it comes out, it’s the best (and only) comic I’ve ever written