tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56307209619041158192024-03-10T20:20:49.242-07:00By the Sea in MexicoThe life and times of artists Carolyn Watson Dubisch and Mike Dubisch and their familyCarolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.comBlogger873125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-48550076831264626782024-03-02T12:20:00.000-08:002024-03-02T13:11:41.816-08:00Shooting in Mazatlán<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2O1p7fukoUyEi8cKm5YaChCStdBlE_2Ui6h9dK03AWxbeM6WPLhQz43HRWDeVcGiEBk5mQiYjRD7ZqIQhGo3EHrHZO4FFSP_hbuNYGZtglpVOzEMevymAsxRKfXwS7SWBx3tv7nHuxnMeTDWwM8ViuIkj_l-Q0yNUa02GGj1TjDhNByYnbJdvSlR5yg/s1192/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-02%20at%2013.19.04.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1188" height="497" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2O1p7fukoUyEi8cKm5YaChCStdBlE_2Ui6h9dK03AWxbeM6WPLhQz43HRWDeVcGiEBk5mQiYjRD7ZqIQhGo3EHrHZO4FFSP_hbuNYGZtglpVOzEMevymAsxRKfXwS7SWBx3tv7nHuxnMeTDWwM8ViuIkj_l-Q0yNUa02GGj1TjDhNByYnbJdvSlR5yg/w496-h497/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-02%20at%2013.19.04.png" width="496" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div><div dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 xjkvuk6" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r1d:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> Phew! We did our shoot today with the monster masks. First we were on the beach, and many tourists took photos of us while we got our shots. (It was mildly annoying).<br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> Then we went over to the "Narco Mansion". It's an abandoned mansion/castle that was owned by cartel and then seized by the government. The gates have been broken down and it's a perfect place to shoot. Youtubers were there also, filming an abandoned places video. We stayed by the murky green pool area and out of each other's way. <br /> <br /><div class="x1lliihq xjkvuk6 x1iorvi4"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> When
a magnificent castle gets reclaimed by nature in the tropics it's an
amazing thing to see, but not so sure about the experience. There was a
hive made by some kind of wasps in a huge tree. The hive was the size of
a toddler, so we stayed clear, <a tabindex="-1"></a>didn't want to wake them up!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">... And there are vines hanging down everywhere. I got tangled in vines three times!</div></div></span></div>I know it's only March but I got so hot on site, especially the beach.<br /> <br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-4825992761125872812024-03-01T18:04:00.000-08:002024-03-01T18:04:05.145-08:00-NEW RELEASE!! Issue #4 is FINALLY here!<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/C5huxGo7gFo?si=1-P8flNkj8DsZRqT" width="480"></iframe></p><table role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 4px;"><a class="yiv5204916525productBooksHeroTitle yiv5204916525fonts" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/r.html?C=26VEI6OXAUL98&K=1AKKRNKI529BF&M=urn:rtn:msg:20240301184252874deb56e6ae463693c8f1432bb0p0na&R=1YWKEK3L6B8NU&T=C&U=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB0CVLRMFY7%3Fref_%3Dpe_93031160_839478560_clc_rr_af%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7bTwo5kG7fLi1aj3FmE9qQ.1ozCOySUGRYb56ET67P0Y2-a_DV8Qms26MASXz8hI8w%26dib_tag%3Drs%26pd_rd_i%3DB0CVLRMFY7%26pd_rd_w%3DSsCcK%26content-id%3Damzn1.sym.0d4b7b22-ace3-42fe-8200-013815d5a467%26pf_rd_p%3D0d4b7b22-ace3-42fe-8200-013815d5a467%26pf_rd_r%3Dnull%26pd_rd_wg%3D6yKII%26pd_rd_r%3Dfae9f0f1-9e40-4bf7-a7e3-b4d0d028f048&H=DLB4DS7KOUUCTAYUOM3YSTCSXWSA&ref_=pe_93031160_839478560_clc_rr_af" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0f1111; display: inline-block; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; margin: 0; max-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Dragon in the Closet, The Water Devil, Issue #4 </a></td></tr><tr><td><div class="yiv5204916525fonts yiv5204916525bookAuthorName" style="color: #565959; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">by <a class="yiv5204916525fonts" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/f.html?C=26VEI6OXAUL98&K=1AKKRNKI529BF&M=urn:rtn:msg:20240301184252874deb56e6ae463693c8f1432bb0p0na&R=6ZKLBOKPSKVB&T=C&U=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCarolyn-Watson-Dubisch%2Fe%2FB004CS6K4G%3Fref_%3Dpe_93031160_839478560&H=W56DGWHMGMHXBADLNZOAAQQHTBQA&ref_=pe_93031160_839478560" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0f1111; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b style="color: #0f1111;">Carolyn Watson-Dubisch</b> </a></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="padding-top: 4px;"><span class="yiv5204916525fonts" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; max-height: 80px;">Orin
Bean and Dragon continue their journey north to the Realm of the Ice
Goblins in their quest to undo Orin's curse. However, a new and
terrifying monster is chasing them.
Will they survive the attack of this powerful creature? Will they ever
meet up with Orin's Nana and his friend Lucy?
Discover this new exciting chapter of the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VGQSNVN" target="_blank">award winning series! <br /><br /><br /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><br /><br /></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-32220342112958775762023-12-25T14:20:00.000-08:002023-12-25T17:30:12.279-08:00Christmas in Mexico<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJGlN-O2wqe1P_1CQCUcMPd97CVc52vBC4N0-cgF2Ua2c2-FPZ4Jh_nyWMPxu4tCrnl_ZOFQe-MRGEKGeSAT_gHLQKEhYCBBKkREHWBiuszDYK-6nJNV8kNjQqtiLbLRadGfAt9CkRb1cHzQAhiNntVnVCJ02vxiDPBNHlRC4MACXVEGh0f1dsZ2dig/s1385/411652093_377914964926929_5060814998888154706_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1385" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJGlN-O2wqe1P_1CQCUcMPd97CVc52vBC4N0-cgF2Ua2c2-FPZ4Jh_nyWMPxu4tCrnl_ZOFQe-MRGEKGeSAT_gHLQKEhYCBBKkREHWBiuszDYK-6nJNV8kNjQqtiLbLRadGfAt9CkRb1cHzQAhiNntVnVCJ02vxiDPBNHlRC4MACXVEGh0f1dsZ2dig/w640-h553/411652093_377914964926929_5060814998888154706_n.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Last night was "Noche Buena" here in Mexico. Generally families go to a late mass at church and then gather to exchange gifts and celebrate. Our youngest child, Naomi went to Oliver's mother's house (Oliver is Naomi's boyfriend) and attended his family's celebration that started after 10pm and went on through the night. Apparently there was a lot of drinking and fireworks! Mexico loves fireworks. <br /> All the children in my classes celebrate Noche Buena. They do believe in Santa Clause but here he doesn't bring the gifts, or at least that is how it was explained to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLiAuA9h2zFZTY1F89f8nrvp813ASlF26YuNomn-3K1aPW_5zMpKYfFqskF5qIKdZm2u2hdOPAEQ51ojn3RE8jWOFiyjVlADe82JO7Pi3tQRCwzbkaF6jWee8rB1kfWyuDwsWt4bogVyV7VZSj9YVFygu8ZQzaQHYJ0WygvNuDVTNJ4pgLw1DhB3TJSw/s2048/412186102_1566602524153640_8101495785330483990_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1542" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLiAuA9h2zFZTY1F89f8nrvp813ASlF26YuNomn-3K1aPW_5zMpKYfFqskF5qIKdZm2u2hdOPAEQ51ojn3RE8jWOFiyjVlADe82JO7Pi3tQRCwzbkaF6jWee8rB1kfWyuDwsWt4bogVyV7VZSj9YVFygu8ZQzaQHYJ0WygvNuDVTNJ4pgLw1DhB3TJSw/w482-h640/412186102_1566602524153640_8101495785330483990_n.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> Mike and I went out to dinner last night and this morning we have some Christmas donuts. It's not exactly cold here in Mazatlán, in fact we had to sleep with the air conditioning on last night, so it doesn't feel like Christmas... I guess I'm still a New Yorker at heart-Christmas is supposed to be cold and maybe snowy! The fireworks did go on and on last night though. I do hope you all have had a<span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Happy Christmas!!</b></span><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqkPIqQFGB-xKqzi1VS0m7h4Aw54eacLxEnWvaogcqfrbSlH_0Hgm7bdE7rfRCJmagXRCrhzWHbvaG-ShaacUtLVXOsF4rFuypnVLNbtkwiiVL4N8VzTYmiFFltbcF_u-YECOXuGdiw01gSQGl6exYpF60gQaigxEmrhwii161X80PKpYYkxbA_eDnw/s1168/Shades%20of%20Madness-cozy%20mocku.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="788" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqkPIqQFGB-xKqzi1VS0m7h4Aw54eacLxEnWvaogcqfrbSlH_0Hgm7bdE7rfRCJmagXRCrhzWHbvaG-ShaacUtLVXOsF4rFuypnVLNbtkwiiVL4N8VzTYmiFFltbcF_u-YECOXuGdiw01gSQGl6exYpF60gQaigxEmrhwii161X80PKpYYkxbA_eDnw/w432-h640/Shades%20of%20Madness-cozy%20mocku.jpg" width="432" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Also Mike and Abigail Books is running a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shades-madness/shades-of-madness">kickstarte</a>r for his new sketchbook/art book- Get this one on pre-order while you can! The last book in this series won a Bookfest Award for non-fiction art books.<br /><br /><br />Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico23.2494148 -106.4111425-5.0608190361788452 -141.56739249999998 51.559648636178849 -71.2548925tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-10798891245001301332023-12-16T21:19:00.000-08:002023-12-16T21:19:59.834-08:00Art vs Artist 2023<p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CBKwwEYSBNy_k64Yxr0pcrs8MdW8QZz7F6W9q0Kd_7KKLhogU63fYITgDPoL9OG7-aysx43ZszubF9ufEbl-ybpzxAy7tPrGhzArctOgN8D1AP_6as72XvZqrtHsgPgZLY5dSANsrsXB0HJJDOgffyBov1-LvqGsvthAQKTMPdgvDlKcsqgH9Hyt_w/s3600/ArtvsArtist%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="537" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CBKwwEYSBNy_k64Yxr0pcrs8MdW8QZz7F6W9q0Kd_7KKLhogU63fYITgDPoL9OG7-aysx43ZszubF9ufEbl-ybpzxAy7tPrGhzArctOgN8D1AP_6as72XvZqrtHsgPgZLY5dSANsrsXB0HJJDOgffyBov1-LvqGsvthAQKTMPdgvDlKcsqgH9Hyt_w/w537-h537/ArtvsArtist%202023.jpg" width="537" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><h4 class="_ap3a _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"> For my art-vs-artist of 2023 I decided to feature the art from my children's comic series "The Dragon in The Closet"!<br /><br />It's been a banner year for this series.I
released the first <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Closet-Book-One-ebook/dp/B0BW6C7FH7/">big graphic novel</a> that compiles the first 3 issues
(plus some extra). It won first place in many categories in the
Outstanding Creator Awards and was nominated for a B.E.A.M. award!<br /><br />Since
I launched the Dragon in the Closet <a href="https://thedragoninthecloset.thecomicseries.com/">weekly webcomic</a> in 2020 I've had
66,855 visitors come to the site and read my comic. I have over 600
books from this series out in the wild. And the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UwpQ_yqiVI">Youtube performances</a> of
the first three issues and the AnimaZing Story channel have a combined
18,300 views!<br />Honestly this is so exciting for me as I have been working steadily on this series since 2017. Keep an eye out for issue 4 in early 2024 -"The Water Devil" is coming soon! Thank you all for your support. You guys are the best.❤️❤️</h4> </div><p></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-40164913748642457572023-11-30T18:34:00.000-08:002023-11-30T18:39:36.597-08:00Mike is off to another comic con and yes, I'm going to talk about my new book some more<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcfMGHEGBYpLYQXcSQZCjOgB14_Vtthipoxh4g_UXxkcKfB70IpOt8jaUB-eKlLFScLSnj4eenlFMJ1AjZnIZ3lY8RyBtpvlQqzzxL-JFUyOt9DGCUJiNlkg756zupEMq5v5OAI7rmsjGBFNbBtPmoczbZIZx5oqI6-39QToQsfHoqieDr2_szOPbwA/s1194/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-30%20at%2019.08.07.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="798" height="567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcfMGHEGBYpLYQXcSQZCjOgB14_Vtthipoxh4g_UXxkcKfB70IpOt8jaUB-eKlLFScLSnj4eenlFMJ1AjZnIZ3lY8RyBtpvlQqzzxL-JFUyOt9DGCUJiNlkg756zupEMq5v5OAI7rmsjGBFNbBtPmoczbZIZx5oqI6-39QToQsfHoqieDr2_szOPbwA/w379-h567/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-30%20at%2019.08.07.png" width="379" /></a></div>Here he is on a plane! Flying to the LA Comic Con. He's dragging books and art to sell (yes some of my books too!) and our new book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deluge-People-That-Melt-Rain-ebook/dp/B0CNNW9RXQ/">Deluge"</a> will be available at his table (which I'm not sure which number it is but Mike will be at the Monkey Gong table).<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVtTbZEsN3y8bWZsn5PzPRxf8s-i3LNbG9ktRCc3mLkZrs6nXe-9zhENtaawOWL-1kOG3yp0BYCEEtiWKy1bDBZ93N2gaUOO9IdPvDY0vv_ygvtNVAwQEHCm4c4NKDchic9VLKt6dHP1v6U2r2UbfrxjvxC2f01MckX9b67yfcQECpIC-37XCma7spQ/s3150/Deluge-Cover4web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="2019" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVtTbZEsN3y8bWZsn5PzPRxf8s-i3LNbG9ktRCc3mLkZrs6nXe-9zhENtaawOWL-1kOG3yp0BYCEEtiWKy1bDBZ93N2gaUOO9IdPvDY0vv_ygvtNVAwQEHCm4c4NKDchic9VLKt6dHP1v6U2r2UbfrxjvxC2f01MckX9b67yfcQECpIC-37XCma7spQ/w410-h640/Deluge-Cover4web.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><br />He's also going to be on a panel called "Spotlight on The World of Dario Bava" on Saturday at 11am. So if you're in LA please stop in and check it out!<br /><br />I am still in Mazatlán right now, but the exciting news (for me anyway) is that I've finally gotten a copy of my book that came out last month! I ordered my hardcovers the first of November and they've been stuck in customs in Mexico City for so long that I just went ahead and ordered a paperback from Amazon! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQV8D3D2Xc3WxvQwCUNtsgrn0lAnsBoc520Q3s8iSvb6KYAyo7p3HaVEf8skfhWUoYB1d8w-7jwvwIXFKVyf6EnPaMvQ4OBRgPqdPE4c3-edOZkSZjZDBqiRRwmw_4ac1fRUB5Uhri9DRuPwmex5PX1u_bHL4XnOo_eQfLsD8YhlQ6YXnQkIPp6B30PA/s2080/IMG_2223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="1573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQV8D3D2Xc3WxvQwCUNtsgrn0lAnsBoc520Q3s8iSvb6KYAyo7p3HaVEf8skfhWUoYB1d8w-7jwvwIXFKVyf6EnPaMvQ4OBRgPqdPE4c3-edOZkSZjZDBqiRRwmw_4ac1fRUB5Uhri9DRuPwmex5PX1u_bHL4XnOo_eQfLsD8YhlQ6YXnQkIPp6B30PA/w484-h640/IMG_2223.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><p>Anyway, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Cats-Mazatl%C3%A1n-Tales-ebook/dp/B0CKWFF1VX">The Lighthouse Cats of Mazatlán</a>" have been getting some awesome reviews and was featured today on the <a href="https://utterlygoodbooks.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-lighthouse-cats-of-mazatlan.html">Utterly Good Books </a>website!</p><p>Yesterday Naomi cam back from Arizona after visiting Phoebe at school in Tucson. Apparently they went to many Thanksgiving celebrations! We didn't do any here in Mazatlán, which is a shame because I like having the days off from teaching, but it will be Christmas before we can blink twice!<br /></p><p><br /></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-18261518971259390052023-11-19T14:13:00.000-08:002023-11-19T14:13:57.448-08:00My new book and the B.E.A.M. Awards<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3L3MGSQJ4fFRqeDghp8odFvprzgogqlDxT2wpDgCTSUeHs7f0VqoqehG1QbhUNCwarfk3NFBb28OLkFkvsQ3yAHdT3kEvAl0sJe72UR40RIuQCThp0BeZTCVjkli0zXOqQHQ_W1Zlw0lEu9-ulNAW7ENLX-HZ2wnKDdjdGBrEnlh9yMf6in55LQlR2g/s1556/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2014.44.19.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3L3MGSQJ4fFRqeDghp8odFvprzgogqlDxT2wpDgCTSUeHs7f0VqoqehG1QbhUNCwarfk3NFBb28OLkFkvsQ3yAHdT3kEvAl0sJe72UR40RIuQCThp0BeZTCVjkli0zXOqQHQ_W1Zlw0lEu9-ulNAW7ENLX-HZ2wnKDdjdGBrEnlh9yMf6in55LQlR2g/w638-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2014.44.19.png" width="638" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Today I had a new interview go live with Kidlio Magazine!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6VGHw7cOAlDUDsXyM8yecCdLHaSJoJOWSCvL6liZZi06tBy7-Llvn9nXdh_EAgbOQLvg5_JaEpMK4-goEXpffRmNcnijpzGIlQWPL0UkMHH_4mVITnE3zW-Y0lFft94fzypakrQKoQcU_qhuugf3SxHbvXA3qBbGVVKigkklHDSBBFKcuAqfpYyoyg/s1428/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2014.44.02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1160" height="651" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6VGHw7cOAlDUDsXyM8yecCdLHaSJoJOWSCvL6liZZi06tBy7-Llvn9nXdh_EAgbOQLvg5_JaEpMK4-goEXpffRmNcnijpzGIlQWPL0UkMHH_4mVITnE3zW-Y0lFft94fzypakrQKoQcU_qhuugf3SxHbvXA3qBbGVVKigkklHDSBBFKcuAqfpYyoyg/w552-h651/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2014.44.02.png" width="552" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNvE-5hzKk1872SXx7V72h5j1PK7vy4reT2Oc-G7uX-S290c6wNkkLML_ddeY7uOOhg7vZ4D1c6Hng0qJj0nMCuxT9GtvWhnYPl6OUODyriwCpLqP8vG3DkihL23yR2OPR5DmGdtpoUe5e1gZkfQOZaKIXitqZuWYqyMLp-PM_V7R6SdFIZZ14wSIxA/s1574/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2014.47.17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1574" data-original-width="1574" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNvE-5hzKk1872SXx7V72h5j1PK7vy4reT2Oc-G7uX-S290c6wNkkLML_ddeY7uOOhg7vZ4D1c6Hng0qJj0nMCuxT9GtvWhnYPl6OUODyriwCpLqP8vG3DkihL23yR2OPR5DmGdtpoUe5e1gZkfQOZaKIXitqZuWYqyMLp-PM_V7R6SdFIZZ14wSIxA/w492-h492/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2014.47.17.png" width="492" /></a></div><br /></b>They also posted a fabulous book review of my new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Cats-Mazatl%C3%A1n-Tales-ebook/dp/B0CKWFF1VX/">"The Lighthouse Cats of Mazatlán"</a>!<br /><br /><br />Yesterday we learned that Mike has been nominated for the <a href="https://4talespodcast.wixsite.com/my-site" target="_blank">B.E.A.M awards</a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MPgwQH5ESkc05JqYWm_t5MHD8lHSk0_7BVMgJQVZ-_5YCT28P7UV2w1HjOiQV2o4YnD2lWHLU9YEo2yhUAbQF36UoX2uRbdgQGb8nAxU17ezLIJ8vHcnCl-fJeanG1OL9kxgo5NNNHL18GPdIxRAXBUeeJ4YrGcEsOYrGwSjwZ23_-alxVycBTNnpg/s1380/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2014.54.45.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1380" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MPgwQH5ESkc05JqYWm_t5MHD8lHSk0_7BVMgJQVZ-_5YCT28P7UV2w1HjOiQV2o4YnD2lWHLU9YEo2yhUAbQF36UoX2uRbdgQGb8nAxU17ezLIJ8vHcnCl-fJeanG1OL9kxgo5NNNHL18GPdIxRAXBUeeJ4YrGcEsOYrGwSjwZ23_-alxVycBTNnpg/w548-h397/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2014.54.45.png" width="548" /></a></div><br />You can vote for him to win <a href="https://4talespodcast.wixsite.com/my-site">here! <br /></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">Also my book "The Dragon in The Closet, Book One" was nominated for "Best Indie Comic Cover"!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLc4jjZCokZWiy6WU_Oi4E6d8NHX1Uoo8OJZ1bzcNKiEVWqs-SBBYKQCx7KKPl-AxrdVInmKyMHlSLG9ZNKdU-WoL3B8MOHS-Wn8hQMD_vNRjRhp-24yJhdslNTo54LSXO_mShyo8kigtGzlihXNKj2GEzRJQ7RRhalKD1lcK_Wt2q0sXTWwRyUAqbKw/s2365/DITC%20Book%20one%20cover4web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2365" data-original-width="1620" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLc4jjZCokZWiy6WU_Oi4E6d8NHX1Uoo8OJZ1bzcNKiEVWqs-SBBYKQCx7KKPl-AxrdVInmKyMHlSLG9ZNKdU-WoL3B8MOHS-Wn8hQMD_vNRjRhp-24yJhdslNTo54LSXO_mShyo8kigtGzlihXNKj2GEzRJQ7RRhalKD1lcK_Wt2q0sXTWwRyUAqbKw/w438-h640/DITC%20Book%20one%20cover4web.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">You can vote for me <a href="https://4talespodcast.wixsite.com/my-site">here</a> !! (Voting just takes a second)</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">Mike's comic book anthology, <a href="https://forbiddenfuturesmagazine.com/shop/p/the-wet-nurse-and-other-tales">The Wet Nurse and Other Tales</a> is nominated for best anthology!<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcejSCDt8sV7Odml8rl_AqhlWdx2FDp_XGrLE2Z_v97q7TfbUeaY9fUmCVYjm9mOe0JGu8_vfoQg2cE-cNZtzJgSAPAYxCvejCLcV1Lo5WqPnlCzG7Pb-sPewc33ZPTHhKfeBT_cFRE8VqB2oP5zb21fY6RqCfDF_ECec9nnJvUP9_d-yTLOaVlCf3IQ/s1242/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-18%20at%2010.51.58.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="880" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcejSCDt8sV7Odml8rl_AqhlWdx2FDp_XGrLE2Z_v97q7TfbUeaY9fUmCVYjm9mOe0JGu8_vfoQg2cE-cNZtzJgSAPAYxCvejCLcV1Lo5WqPnlCzG7Pb-sPewc33ZPTHhKfeBT_cFRE8VqB2oP5zb21fY6RqCfDF_ECec9nnJvUP9_d-yTLOaVlCf3IQ/w366-h514/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-18%20at%2010.51.58.png" width="366" /></a></div><p> Again ... this is the link to <a href="https://4talespodcast.wixsite.com/my-site">vote!<br /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">And... Mike's publisher, Forbidden Futures is also nominated, so while you are over there (if you go over there ) please <a href="https://4talespodcast.wixsite.com/my-site">vote for them too</a>!!<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-E5tf6gIiiFGsqhH1mPRZZGyCkqq0qi_64URUpEhviL_eVp78rGmgAEcghP2WBcIaf73Rgvog8mpAwu519VNRFivQyjwjs1rKz8nJlNzxxrXEGHloeYNaKnIORMkzQnTjQa8VdgkNngeCIL9LjgRAtT1CUzpl99Xuh0C_Fk7DZnGaHxSDW4kLMJz1oA/s1478/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2015.05.46.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1478" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-E5tf6gIiiFGsqhH1mPRZZGyCkqq0qi_64URUpEhviL_eVp78rGmgAEcghP2WBcIaf73Rgvog8mpAwu519VNRFivQyjwjs1rKz8nJlNzxxrXEGHloeYNaKnIORMkzQnTjQa8VdgkNngeCIL9LjgRAtT1CUzpl99Xuh0C_Fk7DZnGaHxSDW4kLMJz1oA/w573-h381/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-19%20at%2015.05.46.png" width="573" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Anyway we will find out all the winners on Nov 25th on the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2Gcm89RO76p8APvIsVu9vt">4 Tales Podcast</a>, which will be live!!<br /></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-1002795442219932902023-10-27T12:08:00.001-07:002023-10-27T12:08:07.861-07:00A new story from the Mexican Coast<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/EM0EKhGk9zM?si=fW-Vj4bbHLcVrTeZ" frameborder="0"></iframe>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-76276559972735529642023-09-26T13:47:00.004-07:002023-09-26T13:47:35.587-07:00Ghosts and witches and the Creature from under the bed!<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/aqD0wigTmsU?si=fQey4CNmK0ymZDoA" frameborder="0"></iframe>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-7118072088923604812023-08-29T17:50:00.006-07:002023-08-29T19:26:34.037-07:00My book on the Shepherd's Books website!<p><b> My book "Andy and the Mask of the Dead has been recommended over on Shepherd's Books!</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd04TDKrQfNnbmZyVNPMD-_-kV-gpkpxSgJSuA14fHXTloPKMc6f4EwrvtECTkFr9MlR4XltcY7E926JYhTFlwCBipYfvxJfQ-E-4Rrxm5Z6pfoQnLtGIxLlhhnO_X6WYWleE7tJV1wKqN7vlfiNsNew27qBq9kwNvyfeMRguPa8Y-11iGjky3EDcLkA/s1980/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-29%20at%2017.48.03.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1980" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd04TDKrQfNnbmZyVNPMD-_-kV-gpkpxSgJSuA14fHXTloPKMc6f4EwrvtECTkFr9MlR4XltcY7E926JYhTFlwCBipYfvxJfQ-E-4Rrxm5Z6pfoQnLtGIxLlhhnO_X6WYWleE7tJV1wKqN7vlfiNsNew27qBq9kwNvyfeMRguPa8Y-11iGjky3EDcLkA/w640-h326/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-29%20at%2017.48.03.png" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b>Check it out <a href="http://shepherd.com/book/andy-and-the-mask-of-the-dead">here!</a><br /><p></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-60787621951572492732023-08-09T01:32:00.007-07:002023-08-10T09:07:58.391-07:00A trip to San Diego and a sweltering summer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBm4we-gEtWSNkTQtKKOX77fWxD0hlGFm9qCkDtcXvVirPXVCMm8ujE-l2tOoSIkAWaDZLwt0A5jmAdWx7DPV4eeVr_ZXOkfMRlPAnR3LHbW9a9CwdrVfoRzijnmcaEif_jXgySo8jHU3jsIO-RyvVIievXPovu8sM3ZwnKgQb-SwgNlqPz88Z5RNb3g/s1290/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-09%20at%201.02.34.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBm4we-gEtWSNkTQtKKOX77fWxD0hlGFm9qCkDtcXvVirPXVCMm8ujE-l2tOoSIkAWaDZLwt0A5jmAdWx7DPV4eeVr_ZXOkfMRlPAnR3LHbW9a9CwdrVfoRzijnmcaEif_jXgySo8jHU3jsIO-RyvVIievXPovu8sM3ZwnKgQb-SwgNlqPz88Z5RNb3g/w502-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-09%20at%201.02.34.png" width="502" /></a></div> <p></p><p>A few weeks ago was San Diego Comic Con and Mike and I made the journey north to attend the show.<br />This is the two of us waiting in a massive line at the Tijuana International Border. It took 2 hours to get across (which is the longest we've ever waited.)<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BdDVAosXll9hG8pCLz_RCS-rEGjzwsKhSHdE94HbiP7VnyhfsCnMZfzQvEqHaJnfd-Dbh9eNTTQy01gsF4wBztJRKWRthsMb6mVwAPMk9YYd-sw3plcDv3gAknIS4PvlYWXxue8lSh0Q7gZ8VizTqL9N8c9TL7YLikEOU0jX_6GTyirE7LFwOOuKnQ/s1330/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-09%20at%201.06.57.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1330" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BdDVAosXll9hG8pCLz_RCS-rEGjzwsKhSHdE94HbiP7VnyhfsCnMZfzQvEqHaJnfd-Dbh9eNTTQy01gsF4wBztJRKWRthsMb6mVwAPMk9YYd-sw3plcDv3gAknIS4PvlYWXxue8lSh0Q7gZ8VizTqL9N8c9TL7YLikEOU0jX_6GTyirE7LFwOOuKnQ/w640-h476/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-09%20at%201.06.57.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Mike spent the entire show working at the Forbidden Futures booth with a brief hour or two off.<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OfgkUwI9yeXaackdimm0QPwExdEc2WpVscUmO64PQdlZUpqFX_T6OpVlN5NF47cwc9idax4q25RUN1-M7UPQOXdN8sAJiFbxAxdOa53W_99HizJ2E10b6-LOY18oZdcfLxqcH0nxBBDZsC5ytclDJjmtRGmwR9KpRE-WmjGhsAdEwhY27_Yb8l9jCg/s1310/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-09%20at%201.02.58.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1050" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OfgkUwI9yeXaackdimm0QPwExdEc2WpVscUmO64PQdlZUpqFX_T6OpVlN5NF47cwc9idax4q25RUN1-M7UPQOXdN8sAJiFbxAxdOa53W_99HizJ2E10b6-LOY18oZdcfLxqcH0nxBBDZsC5ytclDJjmtRGmwR9KpRE-WmjGhsAdEwhY27_Yb8l9jCg/w512-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-09%20at%201.02.58.png" width="512" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I managed to get some table space here and there with some of my books and sold quite a few. I also spent two hours of the show at the Cartoon Art Museum booth drawing in the sketch-a-thon and scouting for children's graphic novels to include in an article I was writing for Shepherd 's Books.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiop_zaqSCQd13O2s_8Wm0_vBODUodIFhkDD-MAo1pB4e-nA4ncf5RPnK6xE70GP2d7YPjzqp4JOKb3lNX5OyQfzMeLVIOp8v_iDSscz8ycPYJvv-R3Ye6ERDLyey1PDTRP7CMhlWpghpnSNApPB4h37ZirQETfoBjxfzZtxaJCUueLewh6rRTA0pgGDg/s1920/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-09%20at%201.03.33.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1920" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiop_zaqSCQd13O2s_8Wm0_vBODUodIFhkDD-MAo1pB4e-nA4ncf5RPnK6xE70GP2d7YPjzqp4JOKb3lNX5OyQfzMeLVIOp8v_iDSscz8ycPYJvv-R3Ye6ERDLyey1PDTRP7CMhlWpghpnSNApPB4h37ZirQETfoBjxfzZtxaJCUueLewh6rRTA0pgGDg/w640-h468/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-09%20at%201.03.33.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />Probably the best part of going to SDCC was seeing people. Socializing can be challenging in Mexico and suddenly being around SO many people who understand every word I'm saying was thrilling and maybe a little terrifying...<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78lBS7_JU-EhGfzMNZYgeXymqW6DFAhbcXRg03CSqw5lUATZymxTkTOEvnNJ1-GEz8isD4vTuTY6KdPEs5LqjnL4IX1yGjAbVYKoyjYV4VPk0qRR8V56PjWE_Ie4wVYwPR4yPXlaPg38m7plIQtkst3ibbO5e80VuxIVMgamS_5Q5MyAoVoqyBibRTQ/s1160/Normal%20Person%20meme.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1020" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78lBS7_JU-EhGfzMNZYgeXymqW6DFAhbcXRg03CSqw5lUATZymxTkTOEvnNJ1-GEz8isD4vTuTY6KdPEs5LqjnL4IX1yGjAbVYKoyjYV4VPk0qRR8V56PjWE_Ie4wVYwPR4yPXlaPg38m7plIQtkst3ibbO5e80VuxIVMgamS_5Q5MyAoVoqyBibRTQ/w562-h640/Normal%20Person%20meme.png" width="562" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, yeah , this was me for an entire week. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> The good news is that I made new friends and reconnected with old friends.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Our journey home was more challenging. The last day of the convention I wasn't feeling all that well, then the day we were traveling it hit Mike like a ton of bricks. He was crashing on the chairs in the Tijuana airport for 5 hours while our plane was delayed, delayed, and delayed again.<br /><br /> Since we've been home we've been trying to get back to work and survive the heat and humidity. It's been probably the hottest summer I've ever experienced here. Just a few minutes outside and I'm covered in sweat. Today I took three showers to wash it all off and, yes, it's a cold shower every time!<br /><br /> This week a wonderful children's book I had the honor of illustrating was just released. This is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CF7QWXXS/">The Adventures of Goodie and Kookie Sugar-Ant</a> by RH Bynum:<br /><br /><span><i>Anywhere you see a patch of grass, a world exists within it. The
“Forest of Obstruction” as it has been named, is a part of that world,
and it is where you may see “Giants”. Excitement and danger await the
Sugar-Ant brothers while they are in the “Outside World” beyond the ant
colony. There are lots of questions and so much to learn. Will the big
brother step up and teach his little brother everything he needs to know
to survive in their world?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-W2VDPSwpGlf61zUsT44ZYsbFP3UI6REk1giwKdFqcXJf5Nv3Qsi9x4c8kURN5Fm9nGm1KQ24y5Tg21hT5Prhh96JwXoZvI9U7vtJDwzkhzx0t-gQ0aqfms-M8uIvJYu5pUtilnIxQzF1qyS6rKphIxs-4yoHCoJbkShng6kpF-ru1vqCeDmHPk0Kg/s3001/G+K%20ebook%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3001" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-W2VDPSwpGlf61zUsT44ZYsbFP3UI6REk1giwKdFqcXJf5Nv3Qsi9x4c8kURN5Fm9nGm1KQ24y5Tg21hT5Prhh96JwXoZvI9U7vtJDwzkhzx0t-gQ0aqfms-M8uIvJYu5pUtilnIxQzF1qyS6rKphIxs-4yoHCoJbkShng6kpF-ru1vqCeDmHPk0Kg/w512-h640/G+K%20ebook%20cover.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the next two weeks I have a new book coming out. It's my first activity book for kids. Based on my Andy books, it's full of puzzles, games and coloring pages. A very different sort of book for me to make, but it's been fun!<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVRmso_fZrDosQ5tLfW_PXpr-ne0a6uTvlS1BAmCaIRy4z7gHYLkYaToMLY8phW5tWEc8-WqLe-Cqqv9hbk9Jeoqx5GM3-AH35aPiW2ZOLtTBBfwoeSZ8A_h7R2Cd0WwH08JLcsqEMIYY_wrD9lMGFaW-_7oWt-qwYE_PV1v9DtNRMUfblnbI68TAVg/s3075/Andy-Activity%20Book%20cover4web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3075" data-original-width="2428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVRmso_fZrDosQ5tLfW_PXpr-ne0a6uTvlS1BAmCaIRy4z7gHYLkYaToMLY8phW5tWEc8-WqLe-Cqqv9hbk9Jeoqx5GM3-AH35aPiW2ZOLtTBBfwoeSZ8A_h7R2Cd0WwH08JLcsqEMIYY_wrD9lMGFaW-_7oWt-qwYE_PV1v9DtNRMUfblnbI68TAVg/w506-h640/Andy-Activity%20Book%20cover4web.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><br /><br />Anyway it seems to be hot everywhere right now, so be sure to stay cool where ever you are!Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-81137721529392827542023-08-01T10:28:00.004-07:002023-08-01T10:28:45.349-07:00Circle Time Books presents Fireflies By Carolyn-Watson-Dubisch<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/evXO1PXiV3g" frameborder="0"></iframe>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-70947827127188948682023-07-14T18:57:00.001-07:002023-07-14T18:57:09.288-07:00The Earthlings-Everyone's talking about it<p></p><p></p><p>Mike's new book is out!</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/wIOvWVLS-Fw" width="480"></iframe></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico23.2494148 -106.4111425-5.0608190361788452 -141.56739249999998 51.559648636178849 -71.2548925tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-61837359074795354652023-07-11T17:57:00.003-07:002023-07-11T17:57:21.345-07:00New Release-Check out my comic!<p></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/T45Aq5VzkUY" width="480"></iframe></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-76762517085119125162023-06-20T17:14:00.004-07:002023-06-20T17:14:29.388-07:00Hey Everyone!!<p></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Iy5dctb5TfQ" width="480"></iframe></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":rfv:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">So excited about this! The Outstanding Creator Awards have finally been announced.:<br /><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The Dragon in The Closet has won 1st place for best Children's book overall!! </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">As well as in these categories:</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">1st Place for Comic books and Graphic Novels</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">1st Place in Middle Grade Books</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">3rd <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>Place in Illustrated books and Picture Books</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">2nd Place in Magic and Wizardry</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">1st Place in Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, Mythical Creatures and Cryptids!!</div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-36084134337823292842023-06-11T11:39:00.002-07:002023-06-11T11:40:43.871-07:00Mask making and 29 years of marriage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgul_iLnGTQtBfZabwKDIm0oqOF3R5sgi6ucqtnV1TxcJkm-OUOLLyHui3eRkEeJLQu1Jgy001qmA_89-0ZWhXkbBJ15KL5nJsdd4-_Ldbhkn_dWlavZcHAtboTCSOsOTpq1-QewP3qEPOlxW0HDBgNvwNWH785WMqQwUYlhK9G8xcQoFoPnAHZMYg/s2048/345077300_120604137715123_831611484138677532_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1417" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgul_iLnGTQtBfZabwKDIm0oqOF3R5sgi6ucqtnV1TxcJkm-OUOLLyHui3eRkEeJLQu1Jgy001qmA_89-0ZWhXkbBJ15KL5nJsdd4-_Ldbhkn_dWlavZcHAtboTCSOsOTpq1-QewP3qEPOlxW0HDBgNvwNWH785WMqQwUYlhK9G8xcQoFoPnAHZMYg/w442-h640/345077300_120604137715123_831611484138677532_n.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><p>Mike and I had our 29th wedding anniversary last week. This is us at a local resort (before we went swimming). We dated for 5 years before getting married, so I can honestly say I've been with him my whole adult life so far. Not sure where I'd be without him by my side.💖</p><p> </p><p>Last week I won a Gold Literary Titan Book Award for my new book "Jabberwocky, Scary Stories For Kids"!<br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='460' height='382' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzRuus-b27FvJ_E5xn-K6XJf27dmbHpIabdUBvFQnvgZ1Eq04v1oCwh4wqwOrIuBC3nThikcxlfgGxkM5cCdg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p> In other book news I have a new issue of "After The Robots Died" coming out this week it's called "The Eye in The Sand"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxx6ebb3FrGhpWJjsI34FwBGk9fLlgwlqRvpZBJfICLwkhroHapjsqD0dFaPcW2B_YCV2wC3ju4q5WmrP-GeY_hjIT9PGLl2sRmIGfeFpOcrzdhCvOjQalrPgeRlyRmnSBnBmnx4XafMYnrxrjbQXAxTATB-xL4fBEhY1m65nlj4FUYBWvy1MAPg/s3420/Issue2-cover4web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3420" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxx6ebb3FrGhpWJjsI34FwBGk9fLlgwlqRvpZBJfICLwkhroHapjsqD0dFaPcW2B_YCV2wC3ju4q5WmrP-GeY_hjIT9PGLl2sRmIGfeFpOcrzdhCvOjQalrPgeRlyRmnSBnBmnx4XafMYnrxrjbQXAxTATB-xL4fBEhY1m65nlj4FUYBWvy1MAPg/w478-h640/Issue2-cover4web.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><p>Also my children's book,<a href="https://shepherd.com/book/andy-and-the-mask-of-the-dead" target="_blank"> Andy and the Mask of The Dead</a>, has received a book recommendation on the Shepherd books website.<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJa6zeEGnCJMvkIZ4riugw0tphinHskWIgkKIZvndGtMq203x3CEDknXytnTw5l1cMtrwSyO0odxF-jC6gnLxB_m2_e17MrWnEoLMUufgVdQ4LVufTB4IKWeYxRT8OghH2QSz4CnDtr3LB06diLzUycgjsUPJdZN3Bp_afyyQCUG1kZCw9__1a-I/s1096/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-10%20at%2013.31.24.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJa6zeEGnCJMvkIZ4riugw0tphinHskWIgkKIZvndGtMq203x3CEDknXytnTw5l1cMtrwSyO0odxF-jC6gnLxB_m2_e17MrWnEoLMUufgVdQ4LVufTB4IKWeYxRT8OghH2QSz4CnDtr3LB06diLzUycgjsUPJdZN3Bp_afyyQCUG1kZCw9__1a-I/w630-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-10%20at%2013.31.24.png" width="630" /></a></div><br /><p>Now that my school year is complete, I've been working hard on mask making. I'm creating some monster costumes for a video being shot locally. So some really big monster masks are in order. I've been <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.w.dubisch/videos/1117110199036713">painting them on FB live</a>. This is me sanding a mask just before my live.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYJ9HLg0YtyB6ifmlxz0eKuGI7BmV7yzxB3iKNB2S4_wHRIUNMEB_z-A9TfxCB5tT5Jk_1e3H5qWMt9R5cQXfXoNbII8HtikKxM4O--vcEaXLnu2xH8ikpG6JLZq08OvkioU9NR3Pe4ztd7L41c8xBtnCAvQafNrh5vKbytY1gGHMFLHij30ONTo/s1416/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-02%20at%2018.27.42.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1128" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYJ9HLg0YtyB6ifmlxz0eKuGI7BmV7yzxB3iKNB2S4_wHRIUNMEB_z-A9TfxCB5tT5Jk_1e3H5qWMt9R5cQXfXoNbII8HtikKxM4O--vcEaXLnu2xH8ikpG6JLZq08OvkioU9NR3Pe4ztd7L41c8xBtnCAvQafNrh5vKbytY1gGHMFLHij30ONTo/w510-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-02%20at%2018.27.42.png" width="510" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is the second monster mask I painted. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPO8Dgc4ZY28ZCPDAioPX5JrIzhlFhebejJauD3sVCJwxgIyBh855U9_eIcNNvhAGYBdtUe-IGwiWeM3lf4b39dfz4xjeT0xdrsW6HHFhEaIXjVKzyLzwjLNVTz7DPyeZopDArTewHSOigZXGib6v6gTxacym48PjZlxCDffCT0nYtKEsWRQ21KZY/s1296/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-11%20at%2011.30.28.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="738" height="726" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPO8Dgc4ZY28ZCPDAioPX5JrIzhlFhebejJauD3sVCJwxgIyBh855U9_eIcNNvhAGYBdtUe-IGwiWeM3lf4b39dfz4xjeT0xdrsW6HHFhEaIXjVKzyLzwjLNVTz7DPyeZopDArTewHSOigZXGib6v6gTxacym48PjZlxCDffCT0nYtKEsWRQ21KZY/w413-h726/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-11%20at%2011.30.28.png" width="413" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">After my FB live yesterday.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAto5qutFDMsAt7DyC1nQc97CtWEqJyqmKyKrVOSUHTpEa3gQma0rf3F-4oh4_ITpORuFiF1fONy7y37UIGW0radLZnL78qkroG3x_yZv4qnJce2CoETwpPDpkE3IRjjFr6ZCRoTHmngwKNajqtynKJxnVbpkIaZTG-fwDZ49coDJzyw8jovoDyk/s1290/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-09%20at%2016.44.24.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAto5qutFDMsAt7DyC1nQc97CtWEqJyqmKyKrVOSUHTpEa3gQma0rf3F-4oh4_ITpORuFiF1fONy7y37UIGW0radLZnL78qkroG3x_yZv4qnJce2CoETwpPDpkE3IRjjFr6ZCRoTHmngwKNajqtynKJxnVbpkIaZTG-fwDZ49coDJzyw8jovoDyk/w572-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-09%20at%2016.44.24.png" width="572" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Of
course my mask orders keep coming in from my shop so I've been keeping
up with other orders. I just completed these ant masks for a client in
France. As you can see one is pink and the other is orange to match the insect costumes they have.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugD7SP_xgvlW4tKTyoqaUJHftTK7u1-HG6plyCi6bWZIbrHGaURDOxywQzmMFgMlAohIxRRl-vI_c6gxZABsSs3BNpHN53gIQwr0JhmSSTYgRWQQXh9KrXQwYRbxtbvV2yDQKWFTwmalvfq0y41b8FKPYVlgTC9vVW1S4oWf_FIS4hl_YtfbSoGs/s1820/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-11%20at%2011.29.46.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1820" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugD7SP_xgvlW4tKTyoqaUJHftTK7u1-HG6plyCi6bWZIbrHGaURDOxywQzmMFgMlAohIxRRl-vI_c6gxZABsSs3BNpHN53gIQwr0JhmSSTYgRWQQXh9KrXQwYRbxtbvV2yDQKWFTwmalvfq0y41b8FKPYVlgTC9vVW1S4oWf_FIS4hl_YtfbSoGs/w640-h474/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-11%20at%2011.29.46.png" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">Anyway, it's been a busy week, making masks, working on books and celebrating!<br /></p><br />Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-27298654947385025692023-05-31T10:58:00.002-07:002023-05-31T10:58:25.613-07:00Jabberwocky | Read Aloud by Reading Pioneers Academy<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/M200zS-284I" width="480"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>A fantastic reading of my new book "Jabberwocky, Scary Stories For Kids" from Reading Pioneers Academy!!!<br /></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-27767683397418290882023-05-28T11:07:00.004-07:002023-05-28T11:34:37.725-07:00It's raining mangoes!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's Mango Season!!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzlkb_jlCWBGZOMU6kMv341sD6aq8WxY9J_UsDzGIjhEckM8ooPzO9Xrzv_Xxo0ZTofpO5DGtdRG02HrbyB4vQBczlXt5orda1CswX7EyBXILae6DLWgENp4HeJe118ypczjxTQPOaGETRnjudKPjjCRpLO82rEGu8NWJDPWgXqkumIf0fUnRa_Y/s4032/IMG_8470.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzlkb_jlCWBGZOMU6kMv341sD6aq8WxY9J_UsDzGIjhEckM8ooPzO9Xrzv_Xxo0ZTofpO5DGtdRG02HrbyB4vQBczlXt5orda1CswX7EyBXILae6DLWgENp4HeJe118ypczjxTQPOaGETRnjudKPjjCRpLO82rEGu8NWJDPWgXqkumIf0fUnRa_Y/w480-h640/IMG_8470.HEIC" width="480" /> </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Which means every day we are out in our yard grabbing mangoes before birds and other animals take a bite out of them. We can't always get them before they are attacked as you can see in this photo. Any mango that looks orange has been pecked at by birds. Those fall to the ground and start to rot in the corner where we rake them, then the rains come and we have saplings that we give to other people.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3i9psQppymVyjHnUtJfqiYSk6wInQi1sxiGT2QnzfgXPrrffoi8ZxKAmhDbsEtKw64K7I_H1lZmW1uhsnaMx8wkdN4aaYQUUz4QVDcD5E3iBQPu01reKsDd_6vAWUo9UFzyd-DcOdbTVyMvjU9ESyoNZzPFfr3lJbZP_4077mYv5558fViobkoU/s3024/IMG_8471.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2949" data-original-width="3024" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3i9psQppymVyjHnUtJfqiYSk6wInQi1sxiGT2QnzfgXPrrffoi8ZxKAmhDbsEtKw64K7I_H1lZmW1uhsnaMx8wkdN4aaYQUUz4QVDcD5E3iBQPu01reKsDd_6vAWUo9UFzyd-DcOdbTVyMvjU9ESyoNZzPFfr3lJbZP_4077mYv5558fViobkoU/w640-h624/IMG_8471.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /> We get hundreds of mangoes a week and give away as much as we can.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVtMhBdp00M5SWPu927Ka5rHOUsxi_3IPTVGVgmbd5lcKFO7NJ4id7-vIJEkU4jJLlKlS3k5n_I-CUEoJndztr4eEUP2kZ-FPB7T_K-orsJKK59O2CvYkwAEA9mGl9rbf89rgxs3egevodOdDc2lnpYXjGdVfvBWCEenq-7qlwe_qm-Sjg2JTHwY/s4032/Monster%20mask-3%20eyes%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="4032" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVtMhBdp00M5SWPu927Ka5rHOUsxi_3IPTVGVgmbd5lcKFO7NJ4id7-vIJEkU4jJLlKlS3k5n_I-CUEoJndztr4eEUP2kZ-FPB7T_K-orsJKK59O2CvYkwAEA9mGl9rbf89rgxs3egevodOdDc2lnpYXjGdVfvBWCEenq-7qlwe_qm-Sjg2JTHwY/w640-h640/Monster%20mask-3%20eyes%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">This week I did a live demonstration on Facebook painting this monster mask. It went surprisingly well!<br />I will do that again I think for other masks in this series. Thank you to all who watched me ramble on while I painted! This is a link to the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.w.dubisch/videos/2316622615211239"> recording.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwK2shQCdbjk8ivBEygpSkB2zTiT2K7-p7Oc4VBXEGLb2JS7d1W5j7SpJjyh2nuBcWsV3K4bxL7gw1YmN37BEygY2gXgc660ec6ApYs_7Ga-ievZb7Okzl9R8YDNZtxgnS5yJHSsbNyuxDnxRfcuacXpnCTsVJv4Y1LzgaPxSOA1YrjtTHz9aiWM/s1524/Most%20Disturbing%20Books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1524" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwK2shQCdbjk8ivBEygpSkB2zTiT2K7-p7Oc4VBXEGLb2JS7d1W5j7SpJjyh2nuBcWsV3K4bxL7gw1YmN37BEygY2gXgc660ec6ApYs_7Ga-ievZb7Okzl9R8YDNZtxgnS5yJHSsbNyuxDnxRfcuacXpnCTsVJv4Y1LzgaPxSOA1YrjtTHz9aiWM/w640-h640/Most%20Disturbing%20Books.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Anyway, the strangest thing happened yesterday, two of my children's books turned up on this list on Goodreads!<br />Honestly I think it's so funny I can't stop laughing about it. Anyway if you have a Goodreads account you can <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2455.The_Most_Disturbing_Books_Ever_Written?page=30#58809775">go to this list</a> and vote for my books. If I'm going to be on a list I want to be on the top!!<br /> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico23.2494148 -106.4111425-5.0608190361788452 -141.56739249999998 51.559648636178849 -71.2548925tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-34784337771991203922023-05-19T11:07:00.008-07:002023-05-19T11:17:07.897-07:00A new Mazatlán Book and some "interesting" changes coming to the city<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG36brRNfDfTXOQ1fa0Wg3AUHlEALi7yZdnw1WHpuePGgU0Lhjh9hc8TJX4WNDFACdL7paB3CH7qgVvj0F8fFfo6GI8rJjkuqcFCo-dmIaxE6TxB-uKGG-XqaeGwjeo61gc5H9QIPL8DUSvyPgdyRjIdZe4T4tSZBsAk9FzV4hRyAZL-rXOu31tME/s1138/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-19%20at%2010.27.06.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="858" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG36brRNfDfTXOQ1fa0Wg3AUHlEALi7yZdnw1WHpuePGgU0Lhjh9hc8TJX4WNDFACdL7paB3CH7qgVvj0F8fFfo6GI8rJjkuqcFCo-dmIaxE6TxB-uKGG-XqaeGwjeo61gc5H9QIPL8DUSvyPgdyRjIdZe4T4tSZBsAk9FzV4hRyAZL-rXOu31tME/w482-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-19%20at%2010.27.06.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><br />So this is a real photo from el Centro here in Mazatlán. Apparently the mayor has announced these outside urinals will be installed around the city to "reduce the smell". I would just like to point out that half the global population (aka women) manage to hold it until we are in a bathroom... More double standards. 😛<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NhFckt5-xybcGuq8bsB0wyHgua1azz28FKUwAJCZPLzXZakH3md-NNwqznNBwg7KIeVPFyiLkSDrJckm95P_AtLCRR1jmAfVvOTjnfbe5nZidwbKn8l8HuquVg5ZDCkOe76js_8zsxEfKXMoCNwqzxBVYJXZwm10EWQyteWLnKaL7m6XwWsYaiY/s1112/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-19%20at%2010.58.37.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NhFckt5-xybcGuq8bsB0wyHgua1azz28FKUwAJCZPLzXZakH3md-NNwqznNBwg7KIeVPFyiLkSDrJckm95P_AtLCRR1jmAfVvOTjnfbe5nZidwbKn8l8HuquVg5ZDCkOe76js_8zsxEfKXMoCNwqzxBVYJXZwm10EWQyteWLnKaL7m6XwWsYaiY/w522-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-19%20at%2010.58.37.png" width="522" /></a></div><p></p><p>A few weeks ago the little kitten who had been living in the tree out front on the street climbed up onto our patio and fell asleep on our bed. We have named him "Tree Cat" and he is now a new foster around here until we can get him adopted through the cat rescue that helped us out last year in Orange County, California. He's VERY energetic!<br /><br />In the last few weeks I have begun my illustrations for my next children's book about Mazatlán, Mexico. It's called "The Lighthouse Cats of Mazatlán".<br /></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegAHMvj5cXZIVvXEvMszCHxwrezBI8t9f92uVM-ZryUzKN6OT4xkwuWpwZme4D_xwhALDHrvvVo_7pY2p7z0lno_Aw_oVQeiI5KCg_MOpwLzg4rZxeyrr86gxeQMbuFwv9R6uX9oBD9nywekkI24Q98AbpwNYPH_-MDDEeIQPcITLJ9GJ10DwqUw/s5100/illo-English-pg%206-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3573" data-original-width="5100" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegAHMvj5cXZIVvXEvMszCHxwrezBI8t9f92uVM-ZryUzKN6OT4xkwuWpwZme4D_xwhALDHrvvVo_7pY2p7z0lno_Aw_oVQeiI5KCg_MOpwLzg4rZxeyrr86gxeQMbuFwv9R6uX9oBD9nywekkI24Q98AbpwNYPH_-MDDEeIQPcITLJ9GJ10DwqUw/w555-h388/illo-English-pg%206-7.jpg" width="555" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-aO9Cqte-yo92SUGKJbPv_G_sD6bgXURq2ng-Y8XClWuCm7O3b5D_5S3yGnNDY9_JdXCEJiF_ECmAVzzXumGF0l5GoVVczeIV-S5N3yh9wmgnLckKFqopy9qC7jTmTD5wLMPJHU7CzzeBDOt4jz-OE8MunGLxX7YRXh8nmmIjdKZTTQnDQRLDcE/s5100/Illo%20English%20pg8-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="5100" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-aO9Cqte-yo92SUGKJbPv_G_sD6bgXURq2ng-Y8XClWuCm7O3b5D_5S3yGnNDY9_JdXCEJiF_ECmAVzzXumGF0l5GoVVczeIV-S5N3yh9wmgnLckKFqopy9qC7jTmTD5wLMPJHU7CzzeBDOt4jz-OE8MunGLxX7YRXh8nmmIjdKZTTQnDQRLDcE/w564-h363/Illo%20English%20pg8-9.jpg" width="564" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8xBGMcSFbMLWWH38O07WhoB-WITIy558SSSAJe_bLcxHHc3ZM0HVv7dzjWuy4_NNF3QGJw9CnL8Ne5Fr2SETU0BigpULwmksA3QCzp-EkhFPzmbf1isqKkvvvrvYwaYOCHv2Yn2HOiQyfpV78L5B-i-bz84W5qbTsMCkBnuXwtTr59ZBf_b2_gs/s5100/illo-English%20pg10-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3303" data-original-width="5100" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8xBGMcSFbMLWWH38O07WhoB-WITIy558SSSAJe_bLcxHHc3ZM0HVv7dzjWuy4_NNF3QGJw9CnL8Ne5Fr2SETU0BigpULwmksA3QCzp-EkhFPzmbf1isqKkvvvrvYwaYOCHv2Yn2HOiQyfpV78L5B-i-bz84W5qbTsMCkBnuXwtTr59ZBf_b2_gs/w567-h367/illo-English%20pg10-11.jpg" width="567" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two of my 3rd grade students modeled for me for this book last Christmas. We hiked up the lighthouse trail and I managed to get quite the sunburn. The art however is coming out great! <br /></div></div><br />Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-40456703965491596652023-04-13T15:56:00.002-07:002023-04-13T15:56:48.749-07:00Deep in Tugley Woods<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/BwZTfOp8hIM" frameborder="0"></iframe>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-7901052054401997492023-04-07T18:17:00.004-07:002023-04-07T18:17:29.655-07:00Talking to Tellest<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88a0ze_gE0mal2-S58rr_UVFSXqH3yDt0Bz4NS-D9bMwPnalPlq1eomn4lRPY-NkSMEaRRAbIiGmxf6kFF5zq662ydtSxtHA60Ma-fw-Lo6VfaUPx-ybWTJD6tI09kdWNUGODprsUrpR8QWO1GNnVyezCtBDvdCjySoOei4waQThuguOBvWWZQTs/s1703/DITC%20author%20pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="1640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88a0ze_gE0mal2-S58rr_UVFSXqH3yDt0Bz4NS-D9bMwPnalPlq1eomn4lRPY-NkSMEaRRAbIiGmxf6kFF5zq662ydtSxtHA60Ma-fw-Lo6VfaUPx-ybWTJD6tI09kdWNUGODprsUrpR8QWO1GNnVyezCtBDvdCjySoOei4waQThuguOBvWWZQTs/w616-h640/DITC%20author%20pic.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"> Today my <a href="https://tellest.com/interview-with-carolyn-watson-dubisch/" target="_blank">interview on the Tellest Fantasy Website </a>went live! </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is probably my best interview to date and it's all about "The Dragon in The Closet". </span><br /></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-73208002477778545172023-04-04T11:13:00.002-07:002023-04-04T11:13:41.563-07:00Nominated!<p> I received some great news this morning-<br /> My book "The Dragon in The Closet, Book One" has been nominated for The Outstanding Creator Award!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2-S3BJ7pXuuQJLUqRor1_AB4OCDRVuyodN9QGppfk25fdppm_10vuXgfvtNxZJ7gFwOkEgYiI-2Z5UmzsQ45lr_XOc6qzNCx_oc_FgaaG6EV3AgDRFinWrlzf4veip11lRVdT0oUfsYbI-_Q7wusoW2FpJ7NWXng5yRCHmIIUoE7y5V-pGVMTAE/s2000/Carolyn%20Watson-Dubisch%20Certificate%20of%20Nomination.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2000" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2-S3BJ7pXuuQJLUqRor1_AB4OCDRVuyodN9QGppfk25fdppm_10vuXgfvtNxZJ7gFwOkEgYiI-2Z5UmzsQ45lr_XOc6qzNCx_oc_FgaaG6EV3AgDRFinWrlzf4veip11lRVdT0oUfsYbI-_Q7wusoW2FpJ7NWXng5yRCHmIIUoE7y5V-pGVMTAE/w530-h386/Carolyn%20Watson-Dubisch%20Certificate%20of%20Nomination.png" width="530" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not sure about when they announce winners, but a nomination is cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJSgrs51pEGoiIXMZO4GiGv0wwfx-NVSqH18AyBPGIQ1lZkesHrwsFNnPWtoKqDrc3r65LvgjHEQCkKwnJYbxfFPzNDln5xZ5h6a0WjMqrY1DNYnetEbKIoIrH1ed2Fq4OGXeIcTN4Kuu4Q43gO9gYBEB0h6_GIT4EJPZLMKeebW1fH1-CzWADZw/s1080/Nominated-Outstanding%20Creator%20Award.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJSgrs51pEGoiIXMZO4GiGv0wwfx-NVSqH18AyBPGIQ1lZkesHrwsFNnPWtoKqDrc3r65LvgjHEQCkKwnJYbxfFPzNDln5xZ5h6a0WjMqrY1DNYnetEbKIoIrH1ed2Fq4OGXeIcTN4Kuu4Q43gO9gYBEB0h6_GIT4EJPZLMKeebW1fH1-CzWADZw/w640-h640/Nominated-Outstanding%20Creator%20Award.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, we are on Spring Break right now from school, which is nice because I managed to get a virus right when school was wrapping up and needed to recover. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F4YdQvWlWbNfH4AdTnJsAlGG3ctGrOqecKOnrzdDlHaclZrq9Gt1kP_8RJXpNlFxXnTHHwCtTvu02AZ0yR9PoYPovOa78eZ7gx7ms6Q0dv-2GRgIv4zpCQBQkP8QrUmHmNgphc_Dsry-KOOEihrg0pVfInulmC2_6sV0IUuERg_8WZmBxGFqH6A/s2166/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-04%20at%2011.05.05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="2166" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F4YdQvWlWbNfH4AdTnJsAlGG3ctGrOqecKOnrzdDlHaclZrq9Gt1kP_8RJXpNlFxXnTHHwCtTvu02AZ0yR9PoYPovOa78eZ7gx7ms6Q0dv-2GRgIv4zpCQBQkP8QrUmHmNgphc_Dsry-KOOEihrg0pVfInulmC2_6sV0IUuERg_8WZmBxGFqH6A/w640-h482/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-04%20at%2011.05.05.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> This coming week is Semana Santa (Easter week) so the city is slammed with wall to wall people. Traffic is crazy (crazier than usual for Mexico).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndINdXUsKhZ5Qq-OpO8YCz7jQNqCPdHHN-R5sjrPlhlUBNhUlnjw2epl36PQ2bI0pwa0g1VYvUvAvlPKTWWwwj0033B_lf5Nv7Kd9K40VZ4bpVsxK9ZAMCDOgQj4r72aPlKpriuWDTNObWTkjW5YdvVlY2EOImAbQrfx-vn3YQ6Uy7Cz8Hzn1sWI/s1264/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-04%20at%2011.10.23.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="1264" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndINdXUsKhZ5Qq-OpO8YCz7jQNqCPdHHN-R5sjrPlhlUBNhUlnjw2epl36PQ2bI0pwa0g1VYvUvAvlPKTWWwwj0033B_lf5Nv7Kd9K40VZ4bpVsxK9ZAMCDOgQj4r72aPlKpriuWDTNObWTkjW5YdvVlY2EOImAbQrfx-vn3YQ6Uy7Cz8Hzn1sWI/w640-h104/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-04%20at%2011.10.23.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br />I am also excited to announce that I am finalizing my plans to go to San Diego Comic Con this year! <br />It's been quite a while since I've been able to promote at comic con and I'm really excited to go.<br /></div><p></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico23.2494148 -106.4111425-5.0608190361788452 -141.56739249999998 51.559648636178849 -71.2548925tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-83491759012086117652023-04-04T01:16:00.002-07:002023-04-04T01:16:26.701-07:00Winner at the Bookfest Awards!<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/7lQCvitV9k8" width="480"></iframe></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-83122592572988259062023-02-21T13:53:00.006-08:002023-02-21T14:36:05.425-08:00Another goodbye<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXImSDKhHOGVpta2oRCCfY2pNedEf4L0DeGRQEkqXkEQ-ng5fHq1gIQqBoaBywfh55m3C7CuaY1XkeLi9At9j2XqEtCFBWRRx4yGdors2Rh1BUMZFy1iw7ma5igjA6dSd48IhX6U3vSClytD5gY0detahyzfegNj_s6gyym9RAQ6QZaIQn42GL4Y/s836/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-19%20at%2014.03.41.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXImSDKhHOGVpta2oRCCfY2pNedEf4L0DeGRQEkqXkEQ-ng5fHq1gIQqBoaBywfh55m3C7CuaY1XkeLi9At9j2XqEtCFBWRRx4yGdors2Rh1BUMZFy1iw7ma5igjA6dSd48IhX6U3vSClytD5gY0detahyzfegNj_s6gyym9RAQ6QZaIQn42GL4Y/w526-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-19%20at%2014.03.41.png" width="526" /></a></div><br /> A couple of weeks ago Mike's aunt, Jill Dubisch passed away. A brilliant and quiet woman who was an amazing presence in our lives. She was a scholar and an author and a world traveler. This photo was taken in Greece several years ago, where she did much of her research. She was fluent in Greek and studied the roles of women on the outer islands. She will be greatly missed and I'm devastated that I can't make it to the funeral in Arizona, but Mike and Phoebe will be traveling up to be there.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5Oif4sIHEzIRC1HFRyHUuP62tKW_qE3KWnPuGTOZrlYtVV26Hli30HlI419eZsuBw-fBRvX3KsBDwNhuW5NJbPhFceTo2WKL6e30S8Yp4oW3DGY3qI7YBUVw7agdeij27Msmm3AMyH_Z1T184s5W504zB3tEqOYParwBDTqANBlxyg0SmEzHDWc/s1000/DITC%20Book%20one%20cover4web-sml.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="685" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5Oif4sIHEzIRC1HFRyHUuP62tKW_qE3KWnPuGTOZrlYtVV26Hli30HlI419eZsuBw-fBRvX3KsBDwNhuW5NJbPhFceTo2WKL6e30S8Yp4oW3DGY3qI7YBUVw7agdeij27Msmm3AMyH_Z1T184s5W504zB3tEqOYParwBDTqANBlxyg0SmEzHDWc/w438-h640/DITC%20Book%20one%20cover4web-sml.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm excited to announce my new graphic novel of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Closet-Book-One-ebook/dp/B0BW6C7FH7/">"The Dragon in The Closet"</a> is out. This is a big compilation book and I'm so thrilled to share it with the world!<br /><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/45aj0ZQm0d8?feature=share">This is the little trailer</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Today is the last day of Carnaval here in Mazatlán and Mike, Naomi and I went down for the parade, and Naomi is going again tonight with Oliver.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh752S5HaVyQGLPy9ZQoKGNjmDCA5733tTQTVECSvbi0f-ukWSMz3_mHDUDR-lCdOTBkH0DvAMTA0GWCUCYLARZ6arf6yWzcVjr_n8tqEzqAUuNse0-nqD36GkZmFUZsT4EV3wyjJ2V9O_YE0z6D98kaDPOBi_LqbFskD0D4F5N0kgsJ-WoqxNDiI/s4032/IMG_8372.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh752S5HaVyQGLPy9ZQoKGNjmDCA5733tTQTVECSvbi0f-ukWSMz3_mHDUDR-lCdOTBkH0DvAMTA0GWCUCYLARZ6arf6yWzcVjr_n8tqEzqAUuNse0-nqD36GkZmFUZsT4EV3wyjJ2V9O_YE0z6D98kaDPOBi_LqbFskD0D4F5N0kgsJ-WoqxNDiI/w380-h518/IMG_8372.HEIC" width="380" /></a></div> It almost seems like an understatement to say it was loud. <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAzebIR7gF77aeqIZ7npdjXw0FXNoSmcdQK-grzwHzFUqYyufLFgFZgaTWjdLI6XXT0i6i_Bzw8PAeeRmYqpeQiUymxKWU2-6vPHfeWHJPoS0vc9XML9UnNxF2aNJCv0-ZLGS5SouoAe0E75QHJgxFrDXaGWGarVUsr4Ao7M6nyn363ErfNR050o/s4032/IMG_8362.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <br /></p></div>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico23.2494148 -106.4111425-5.0608190361788452 -141.56739249999998 51.559648636178849 -71.2548925tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-62767864352745731992023-02-19T09:59:00.002-08:002023-02-19T09:59:06.626-08:00The Dragon in the Closet, Book One<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/45aj0ZQm0d8" frameborder="0"></iframe>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630720961904115819.post-46102418339252153782023-01-28T15:11:00.011-08:002023-01-30T10:30:54.331-08:00Family in town!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPEhXddczvCaCQk5LnOXuGtQybzoqhR3J7Io2pO3Ykh7gAG35iAN1v7a3jc9T00DbuaHjtB2V0nHfmIuZNMp-taEm4LbzSPxLZju1iwKGq388DwEy59lqE-l45TODZ3ko9eBWep56lhAk3E2iNoElml3d9t4iD1BtqjD8aJTPlLKEqE5LAYzmRdA/s629/327627003_3221778571372469_883186771975272468_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="547" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPEhXddczvCaCQk5LnOXuGtQybzoqhR3J7Io2pO3Ykh7gAG35iAN1v7a3jc9T00DbuaHjtB2V0nHfmIuZNMp-taEm4LbzSPxLZju1iwKGq388DwEy59lqE-l45TODZ3ko9eBWep56lhAk3E2iNoElml3d9t4iD1BtqjD8aJTPlLKEqE5LAYzmRdA/w556-h640/327627003_3221778571372469_883186771975272468_n.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><p></p><p>Mike's cousins from Oregon came to Mazatlán! We actually had family visit us abroad (this really never happens for us so I'm a bit stunned.)</p><p>This is Alan and Debbie visiting from Portland, Oregon and yes, a terrible shot of me as I jumped in at the last second. They were staying at a resort nearby and we actually went over and spent some time there!</p><p> It was so strange for me to see so many English speaking, white people all in one place. They told us that a lot of these people never leave the resort, which is honestly so odd. I mean they came all the way to Mexico, why not rent a hotel room across town in their own city and hide out there? <br /><br />Anyway Debbie and Alan toured the whole city and really loved Mazatlán. It was great to get to know them (and also use the hot tub as we haven't had hot water for several weeks and cold showers get old fast!)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1SnV0KItdOUClZmaIj7vNT9E6dLT1KZ5S2i1OJs72Gq2m7VM9yh0Imi4UkSY6vIRWG86YVYxBhnctRnANxk-bTUAI3nkklCVgalwTsGit20BGdzyl8j5xbkD2ZFPzp0X2_ObdYG59y396cA0mZmIMHEP8V_vHJHY6hkaCBON6yJI1C5etXGhWWI/s3725/front%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3725" data-original-width="2610" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1SnV0KItdOUClZmaIj7vNT9E6dLT1KZ5S2i1OJs72Gq2m7VM9yh0Imi4UkSY6vIRWG86YVYxBhnctRnANxk-bTUAI3nkklCVgalwTsGit20BGdzyl8j5xbkD2ZFPzp0X2_ObdYG59y396cA0mZmIMHEP8V_vHJHY6hkaCBON6yJI1C5etXGhWWI/w448-h640/front%20cover.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><p> Mike and I have been running a crowdfunding campaign for his new art book of compiled sketchbook art. I have been laying out the book over the last two weeks and it looks fantastic. The Kickstarter has fully funded and did really well for such a short term fundraiser and I'm really excited to get this book in my hands soon!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmP0Jps7HsmP1GRKbhF9_WSpMkSANS9q1QS8J0c7kRmq86GOt-rWuQRvrEMn178MbqeCkXyW6S9DHninyvE-e5TSA7rc_z54fnGE0gHz_TMCIOFkTQbcveNHvjS4XKjkDeT5w2JUJc1Ntlz4SUBg_7AY0SS3UU4b27xKqj-m1bLDxudiVXipqUV8/s1980/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-19%20at%2016.33.46.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1980" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmP0Jps7HsmP1GRKbhF9_WSpMkSANS9q1QS8J0c7kRmq86GOt-rWuQRvrEMn178MbqeCkXyW6S9DHninyvE-e5TSA7rc_z54fnGE0gHz_TMCIOFkTQbcveNHvjS4XKjkDeT5w2JUJc1Ntlz4SUBg_7AY0SS3UU4b27xKqj-m1bLDxudiVXipqUV8/w640-h360/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-19%20at%2016.33.46.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> In other exciting news my new <a href="https://www.amazon.com/After-Robots-Died-Issue-Rabbits/dp/1387504290/">comic book</a> has won first place in the Comics and Graphic novels category of the Firebird Book Awards for their quarterly competition! I'm so thrilled to get this honor!<br /><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMfDdreOQ-WZLQ4ltaPpGNdQy_iBtKLSU9dptEOeSFu_7Uo5MAJDbffMnnvW1tXoqakulIhuZ1nQ8xNkUx1FESWIgcMtLKdeAUQAvkMY0JYd1bZ3kv3zKJqUxICHUVV6a_RDOjWcyJB0EvsBGg3YgUuYkoVKy0ZXOtlBCZW-Pt5zXTTm2Onoxtdk/s2048/Profile%20with%20DITC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMfDdreOQ-WZLQ4ltaPpGNdQy_iBtKLSU9dptEOeSFu_7Uo5MAJDbffMnnvW1tXoqakulIhuZ1nQ8xNkUx1FESWIgcMtLKdeAUQAvkMY0JYd1bZ3kv3zKJqUxICHUVV6a_RDOjWcyJB0EvsBGg3YgUuYkoVKy0ZXOtlBCZW-Pt5zXTTm2Onoxtdk/w481-h640/Profile%20with%20DITC.jpg" width="481" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Lately I've been busy teaching art at the elementary school and gearing up for my next publication. "The Dragon in The Closet, Book One" is going to be my next book. It's a big graphic novel that compiles the first three issues of the series and half of issue#4, it's also the official halfway point in the story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1X6r_0VzZ9nEAESyQQqPEE06UvFKyvNAKN1rbcXIzO0n1PXsPOZAIvU3bEux1J0USHr7BosXrjOsVXLnoogJBuhCdS3VQyCu6sh1HpHbneA1VE7vWKkWzikJxLbAL036Ia9ovaiOUOLpMlMz6HI07MdHuhYpt2uqLSOOTQf7R4nOcYiv6kT92dBw/s1456/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-28%20at%2015.56.57.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1456" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1X6r_0VzZ9nEAESyQQqPEE06UvFKyvNAKN1rbcXIzO0n1PXsPOZAIvU3bEux1J0USHr7BosXrjOsVXLnoogJBuhCdS3VQyCu6sh1HpHbneA1VE7vWKkWzikJxLbAL036Ia9ovaiOUOLpMlMz6HI07MdHuhYpt2uqLSOOTQf7R4nOcYiv6kT92dBw/w640-h528/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-28%20at%2015.56.57.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> We are also busy searching for an apartment for my youngest, Naomi. Naomi and Oliver are looking for a new place of their own somewhere in the city which is an exciting step!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSD941ocQS9fayVwo02qRvsC2WBdav5QQ4wzuP3vTmdY2Chz3ceCEDc8pLfjQkqwqvZZjQHzJ5XLTpx4i6yP6RGxxJ1kr-8QwrRz80nJmoOnGIsYFVJ7cPLl9ieXxCClr2o3nN1wRj62lmxhPpanoh9AIviYBoM03vOurnQ505KadqV-Tv7vdx6H4/s1920/Chloe%20representing%20FF.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSD941ocQS9fayVwo02qRvsC2WBdav5QQ4wzuP3vTmdY2Chz3ceCEDc8pLfjQkqwqvZZjQHzJ5XLTpx4i6yP6RGxxJ1kr-8QwrRz80nJmoOnGIsYFVJ7cPLl9ieXxCClr2o3nN1wRj62lmxhPpanoh9AIviYBoM03vOurnQ505KadqV-Tv7vdx6H4/w360-h640/Chloe%20representing%20FF.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Chloe is busy in Chicago working and studying for her masters degree at the University of Chicago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Phoebe is still studying as well in her Astrophysics program in Tucson at the University of Arizona and just informed us we can't move from this house until after the solar eclipse in 2024 which aligns exactly with our rental.... Unfortunately, since I know the landlord has said he will do nothing about our hot water situation we may not make it in this house with over a year of cold showers ahead of us.<br /></div><p></p>Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.com0Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico23.2494148 -106.4111425-5.0608190361788452 -141.56739249999998 51.559648636178849 -71.2548925