It is now Celtic New Year’s Eve (traditionally known as Samhain Eve and also celebrated as Halloween), and in one day National Novel Writing Month will commence. I plan to participate, but I am still undecided about the subject of my new novel. Time is running out… Nonetheless, I will participate, and if anyone wants to be my writing buddy online or in the corporeal world, let me know — the more the merrier, eh?
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Due to certain obstacles of a financial or technical nature, my Halloween puppet show will not be ready in time for Halloween this year, but I will continue to work on it to the extent that I am able. The greatest obstacles are the lack of a microphone and a working sewing machine. This has reduced my momentum a bit, and I have not sculpted any new puppet heads for some weeks. Danny Boy still hasn’t painted any of the puppet heads he has finished.
We have been making puppets for two different shows. The Punch & Judy puppet heads are largely finished, but I’ve only made two of the Halloween puppets. Since several of the primary puppets are based on actual characters, I am searching for photographs to use as reference. In particular, I require Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s Monster, and maybe Peter Lorre and Vincent Price as undetermined characters. One of the two finished puppet heads is an Igor based loosely on Marty Feldman. The other is a goblin not based on anyone.
If anyone knows of any books with good photographs of these actors, please let me know.
Other smaller puppet projects I am planning include making a new Wicked Witch of the West and a new Flying Monkey. I might even go so far as to write a new play inspired by the Wizard of Oz characters, which would, of course, necessitate the making of even more puppets.
We shall see…