Good news is golden!
New Fantasy Books on the Way:
Fantasy fans will be happy to hear the paperback of
STEALING DEATH will be out with Egmont USA August 2010.
THE DRAGONS OF NOOR, Book Two of the Noor Chronicles
will hit the shelves October 2010.
More Medieval News:
The companion book to DRAGONS KEEP, working title TESS
OF DRAGONSWOOD, will be out with Dial Books in 2011.
Awards/Stars/Special Notice
STEALING DEATH
*School Library Journal starred review
DRAGON'S KEEP starred reviews
*School Library Journal
*Booklist
THE BEAST OF NOOR
Booksense Pick
WENNY HAS WINGS
Mark Twain Award 2005
WENNY HAS WINGS MOVIE
JAPAN 2008
Wenny Movie Japan
We had a blast in Japan! I flew there with my husband, Tom. We met my
agent, Irene
Kraas, in the airport and were driven to a five star hotel.
On the morning of day one, we viewed the Wenny Has Wings movie
(Remember That Sky opened in Japan April 26th) in the Sony studio
which just happened to be right across the street from our hotel.
Irene and Janet in the hotel room getting ready to view the movie.
Note the comfy kimono.
The movie was brilliantly done. Somewhat different from the book but
that’s to be expected. The actors were perfect for their key roles:
Yutaka Takenouchi as the father, Miki Mizuno as the mom, and the
brilliant young actor, Ryohie Hirota as Will and the little, Riko-chen
as Wenny. (see poster in earlier blog).
Two days of intensive interviews with help from the interpreter,
Yoshiko Okura, followed the film -- newspapers to manga to magazines
(including Newsweek Magazine Japan) to TV spots. It was a whirlwind and
Irene Krass was there with me through it all. We drank gallons of water
to keep going!
We left for a school visit and TV spot at Kabara Junior High School
where I played the song a wrote for Wenny "You Had To Fly". We
had a terrific time getting to know the kids there. Note the green
slippers!
On day three we were free to become tourists. After another night in
Tokyo, Irene joined us on the bullet train to Kyoto.
Irene and Janet in front of Temple Gate
It rained on the day we toured Kyoto temples but we braved the
weather. Tom caught this shot of Kinkakuji Golden Pavilion in the rain.
Irene sped back to the states. Tom and I took the train with Drew
to Koyasan where we stayed in the temple two nights, went to early
morning Buddhist services, visited the historic graveyard, and hiked
steep trails through a cedar and bamboo forest.
A wonderful trip.
Traveler may you walk well . . .
Arigato
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