A picture worth a thousand words (actually, 532)
from written word to drawing
As a writer, I spend hundreds of pages (and dozens of times that many hours) bringing a story to life in a reader’s imagination. A book, a novella, relies on the gradual unveiling of characters and relationship and plot. It’s a different animal from the visual arts, where a world can be revealed at a glance.
And when you love a story, you just want to see it—as long as it aligns with the one you’ve built behind your eyes. Show a reader the “wrong” actor wearing a beloved character’s name and you haven’t added anything to the experience, you’ve depleted it.
A graphic novel offers something in between. It preserves the intimacy of reading while adding a visual dimension that can reveal something entirely new. A gesture. A look. The Moment. It’s an exciting and new way of experiencing story.
That’s what excites me most about having First Knight included in the Parallel Truths Kickstarter, where my battle-weary knight and the bloodthirsty wife-by-proxy he forgot he even had, have been brought to a new kind of life under the talented hand of Álvaro Sarraseca.
The Parallel Truths Kickstarter runs through June 26. If you’d like to experience First Knight as a graphic novel, it’s here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorventuresllc/parallel-truths-a-multi-genre-graphic-novel-anthology?ref=e51nuo