Walt Goes to Washington: Finding Disney in DC is a new book that explores the many ties Walt Disney, and the company he co-founded, have with Washington DC, the capital of the United States of America. From Walt’s connections with U.S. Presidents over the years,… Read More »New Walt Disney and Washington DC book fills void in Disney scholarship
E.K. Johnston sure knows how to write about strong women, galaxy-threatening challenges and exquisite clothing. Between now and this Friday, May 8, Disney is gifting readers Star Wars: Queen’s Shadow via free eBook download. I took advantage of this exciting offer over the weekend and… Read More »Star Wars: Queen’s Shadow Now Available as free ebook
Please note: this is an advanced reader review of “Evil Thing” by Serena Valentino and thus does not contain spoilers but it does provide some description and analysis of aspects of the story. Please proceed accordingly. In the end, everything isn’t always as black-and-white as… Read More »Why ‘Evil Thing’ is my favorite Disney Villains novel by Serena Valentino
Two successful television writers and producers find a few spare minutes after work. What do they do? Why, they write a novel of course! Shipwreckers: The Curse of the Cursed Temple of Curses – or – We Nearly Died. A Lot is the book that authors… Read More »Interview by Shipwreckers Authors Scott Peterson and Josh Pruett
This week has been filled with a whole lot of faith, trust and pixie dust. On February 5, Disney’s animated film Peter Pan celebrated its 67th anniversary. Released in 1953 and based on the play by J.M. Barrie, the film was allegedly the final animated… Read More »Straight On Till Morning: Interview with Disney Twisted Tales author Liz Braswell
“In motion we are able to depict something we couldn’t illustrate.” While this statement by Frozen II co-production designer Lisa Keene is true, don’t underestimate what Walt Disney Animation Studios can illustrate… and computer generate… and dream up. Wanna see Frozen II beyond the film?… Read More »Book Review: The Art of Frozen II Will Wow You
Disney teaches us a lot of valuable lessons, including about “love, kindness and the joy of helping others” (thank you, Fauna, for that line from Sleeping Beauty), but it now also teaches us how to write meaningfully. Thanks to Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Disney Editions,… Read More »Disney’s Art of Hand Lettering: A beautiful lesson in writing, history and communication
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let it show… Calonita’s book is one all of us should know! Author Jen Calonita weaves webs of wonder in her Twisted Tales series. She maintains the key tenets of the classic Disney stories she adopts while developing a tale all… Read More »Conceal, Don’t Feel: Interview with Jen Calonita