Austin, Texas filmmaker. Graduate of The University of Texas at Austin in 1992 with a degree in Radio-Television-Film. Award winning video editor and documentary filmmaker.
Animation by Leo Pickard
Here we see the adventurous young blink running along the rooftops in Alexandria. He could be anywhere in. the city. He could be looking for anyone. Or maybe he just likes getting in a little sprint in his Murakami’s, the best shoe he has ever had.
Read more about Blink in The Blue Diviners. It’s on Amazon. It’s at Book People in Austin. Digital or paperback. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWDD6NW4
Huge shout out to my son Leo Pickard whose film, Bird’s Nest, the Mourning Dove and the Cardinal, is an official entry in Baby Teeth Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York this year. He’ll be presenting and taking questions after the film.
Please review this book on Goordreads if you’ve read it.
There’s plenty of summer left to get a copy of The Blue Diviners for your summer read list. What makes this YA fantasy different? It swaps swords and sorcery for mechs and portals. Forests and towers for flooded avenues and cyberpunk dens of monitors and specialized headgear.
Jump, swim, soar into the chaotic world of The Blue Diviners.
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Really fun interview with Jenn and Rob of MythBehaving. I recalled an inspiring moment that led to The Blue Diviners sparked by this New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/05/08/resurrecting-alexandria
This is Chapter 1 ~ Blink / Fallen
Read by Kimberly Pickard, Illustrations by Leo Pickard
Donating paperback copies to Little Free Libraries around Austin, Texas. I hope somebody picks up a book to read. Many of these libraries are full with lots of interesting books for all ages.
And of course you can always order a copy for yourself https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWDD6NW4
I had a great time on Writing On The Air talking about the writing process and The Blue Diviners with host Mindy Reed. This was my first time being on the radio. I was a little nervous going in, but the questions and the conversation flowed naturally. It was a great opportunity to reflect on the novel and my writing process. Hope to do it again sometime. Listen to the full interview in the media player below.
Northeast corner of New Mexico, Rio Grande Gorge, Ojo Caliente and road to Las Vegas, NM