May 13
Wow! Who knew that Denki was so fast huh? Down a hill and into a park in a little under five minutes! Flaeka sure is impressed of course! Ciclia on the other hand is, well… not so much! I mean they’re supposed to see a Queen today! And just because you’re snow and ice people doesn’t mean you have to have snow on your dress right?
Well, see as the kids set out to start their tour next week!
May 05
Well, maybe not the way Ciclia thought anyway. You may want to move dearie. Unfortunately for her, Denki’s coming in a bit too fast to slow down in time. Looks as if he’s tapping into that Light’nin speed of his to make it. But Ciclia may not be too happy about it!
That page and the color copy next weekend!!
Apr 28
I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not the past two updates, but lately I’ve been adding a splash of color to the slider images. You know, just to make it a bit more stand out than just black and white. And this has gotten me to think a bit.
Remember that review of ThunderKid by Ms. Bola Ajumobi aka Slimy Bookworm? Well I remember that one thing that she wishes the book had was color though black and white she said still looked equally adorable. So wanna see what the last page would look like in color?
I admit that color pages in ThunderKid would be nice. Maybe a few in the beginning when Volume 2 prints. And perhaps I may have some colored pages to give away at an event this summer as a sampler. But I’d really like to do a full color children’s book of ThunderKid with either a retelling of a chapter or a different story all together! But this color page exclusive to the blog thing may be something I keep up for sure, so stay tuned for next week!
Apr 28
Good Saturday morning! I’m happy to report that all is well, all files have been transferred and saved and everything is back on schedule! Thanks for all your prayer and support.
Apr 28
Poor Ciclia. This week we find our young Freezan lady in Pinesnow Park waiting on her friends for a particular meeting. Of course you know that means Denki, Flaeka, and Flarai. Stay tuned for next week when they roll on in!
Apr 25
Hey ho! A bit of news concerning the site. First, I am getting ready for a big update and overhaul of the website which is going to be great. It will have more character bios, coloring sheets, and info than ever before! That’s what I was working on for the past two weeks.
The second bit of information has to do with the status of that. My main workstation, my laptop, had some hard drive issues so for now I’m waiting on the data to be recovered. This is also why there was no update last week, but worry nor because this time nearly all my files were backed up and I will have the next page ready for this weekend! Though some stuff still needs recovering (like the last three pages) and I’ll pray that it will be recovered in due time.
In the mean time, prep for the next big event the for ThunderKid, the Gaithersburg Book Festival, continues. I would love to have the new site operational by then so here’s to that! Keep expecting a lot of big things this summer!
Apr 14
Hey hey! This page was a bit late due to a busy last two weeks but it’s here at last! And this week our little Flaeka is getting a bit carried away (literally)! Don’t worry about Denki slipping or anything though. He has lots of practice running late around winter time.
Apr 01
You didn’t think I’d forget our little hero’s birthday did you? Happy Birthday Denki!
The ThunderKid himself! Like Haruka, Denki has quite the story too. Very humble beginnings as a sketch on paper, Denki grew into the loopy young hero we’ve come to know and love! I do this for all the kids on their birthdays so I have to ask: what is your favorite Denki moment? His first flight to Atmos? His first fight with a Warrior of the Storm? Or something else?
Mar 26
Ah me. Well, as I said last update, we had a very good time with the first market day for ThunderKid in 2012; very good indeed. God was with us in a big way that day! It was a pretty packed indoor flea market where people were selling all kinds of stuff. New stuff, old stuff, handmade stuff, and commercially made stuff. Let’s have a look at the booth.
My dad and I came out early Saturday morning and set up our booth. As you can see, we tried doing a new layout for the booth: an L-shaped configuration. By having this setup, I had hoped that we could indirectly invite more shoppers into the well to check things out. Plus we removed the barrier set up between us and the attendees: namely the table. It’s just one of the tips I had acquired while getting ready for this flea market. This way we were able to communicate with customers on a more personal level.
While the well wasn’t as big as I had planned, (I had bought a bigger extra table) it was still a decent setup. We had our posters in frames this time around so that they would look more presentable. I plan to keep doing this in the future. I need more frames just the same since one of them fell and the glass broke. We also had balloons which were reasonably cheap for what we were doing. I had a chance to give them away to some of the vendors’ kids at the end of the event! And we also had a “What is ThunderKid” setup, something we never had before, which gave customers, parents, and such a quick overview about ThunderKid, what it is, and what it’s doing.
Overall we had a pretty good turnout, though it was significantly less people than the market in February because of the rain. In spite of that however, we were able to do very good. We introduced ThunderKid to a lot of people and a lot of kids too. And we got as much business as we got at our last event of 2011 the KidtoberFest. We got our books, posters, and buttons sold to some new people and it was great! And what was more satisfying is the knowledge that when we are granted a sunny day, I believe that our business will be much better. That’s a good thing to think about for the upcoming markets this spring, summer, and fall! The staff and fellow vendors were very nice and friendly too, and some even stopped by to see what our booth was about, and we would do likewise.
The next event we’ll be getting ready for will be the Kentland’s Farmers Market God willing. That will be starting on May 5th. Then we’ll be at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 19th, followed by the Gaithersburg Outdoor Flea Market on June 16th. And this will all be leading up to the big event in August, the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair from August 10th to the 18th. No doubt It’ll be one new learning experience to another.
Mar 25
Oooo what an amazing day yesterday. Tiring but very amazing. The Gaithersburg Indoor Flea Market was every bit a good event but it cost me an early update this week. Still, I’ll give a recap of the event later this week.
Now it’s update time! As Flaeka takes Denki and Flarai to Pinesnow Park, she spots a nearby clock which gives her some woe. Boy this is a lot of snow! You think that Icenoz kids have to deal with staying home because of snow days?