Debbie Glade has a degree in creative writing at the University of Florida State. He worked as a freelance writer, primarily as a travel writer for luxury cruise ships. She describes herself as "armchair traveler", the pursuit of reading and writing, never meant to travel. Today, it is now with us for Costa Rica travel experience through their characters.
Tyler: Welcome, Debbie. Matthew and I are very curious to learn more about your book. Matthewhas a question to start us.
Matthew: How did you get the idea for this story?
Debbie: The story developed, as were the characters I created. Lilly knew I wanted to be smart and play the piano. I also wanted them to use their wits to solve a big problem. To add to what was important to teach the reader to the geography and culture. Before a word of the story I wrote a list of goals for my story. E 'was to be unique, adventurous, funny, scary and informative.In addition, he had to make use of my vocal talent. I hope to get everything!
Tyler: Debbie, tell us a bit 'the main character, Lilly P Badilly?
Debbie: Lilly is not only a hero because he saved his family and new friends, but also because you learn to control their fears and emotions, using their intelligence. Like the other children (and adults), Lilly has different fears that make the new frightening experience for them. But talk of these phobias andFocus on solutions, you bravely a very alarming situation.
Lilly is always friendly and helpful. She uses her power and knowledge of the brain book to solve problems peacefully and reasonably. She is curious about everything in the world and know how to learn a lot through books.
Lilly is also very musical talent. Music motivates her and reassured.
Matt: Why do you need to be a centipede Lilly instead of allelse?
Debbie: I love bugs! Living in South Florida most of my life have been exposed to a lot of crawling creatures. When I lived in Denver, Colorado after college, I often had comments about how terrible it would be in Miami, a place to live with so many cockroaches, other insects and lizards. I would laugh at the thought that people were afraid of South Florida because of our mistakes and reptiles. I am an avid gardener and have seen some of the most unusual insects, spiders and snakesin my garden. I tend to look down when I go, so I see a lot of bugs on the floor.
I chose a particular centipede, because I find that fascinating creatures. You can go through very small places, and thrive in the humid climate of southern Florida and Costa Rica (I'm sure there are many hidden in and around the Miami International Airport.) I love the fact that they have so many legs! And they live by eating decaying plant material. Is there a better character for aChildren's book as one who eats only plants in decomposition? In the real world, centipedes never harm people or destroy houses, such as termites.
Tyler: What have you decided that Lilly would play a voracious reader and piano?
Debbie: My daughter aged 15, Rachel, drove me to Lilly for the development of character. Rachel always loved books, and many members from the day of his birth bed. He taught at a very young age to read and ask us to buy their booksand go to the library. She is in high school and is now a very avid reader and student discipline. Rachel is an incredible problem solver! I'm more the guy a bit 'cranky. Their rational and practical way of thinking is very reassuring for me. It 's the first person I go for advice, and I can honestly say that has always guided me in the right direction. My daughter is also a pianist who daily hours of practice. Their advanced skills can read at a glanceexperiment with all genres of music. My husband plays guitar and sings, and our house is always full of music. The only downside is that I often travel notes on stilts.
Tyler: And what is lyrical as wonderful Lilly? There is a story behind its creation?
Debbie: Yes. My brother, Eric, always called my daughter "Silly Badilly" when he was young. He would tickle and tease her relentlessly and repeatedly says, "You're a stupid Badilly!" She asksTo stop but he would not listen. Needless to say it was a bit 'painful, but it stayed with me. (Now my brother has two children, his personal plane and I to be with him again to get around, but her children too sweet. I think a lot about my voice in the cartoon, though, and I love it!) I liked the rhyme of Badilly Lilly and truly kicked by his nephew when his grandfather called Willie "Silly Badilly. Of course, my brother wants credit for the name.
Matt: I l 'Centipede go to Costa Rica, rather than elsewhere?
Debbie: They do not need to go somewhere in particular. But it was important for them to go somewhere interesting and unique with lots of nature. With all my trip was writing experience Costa Rica the ideal location. In addition, there are a lot of flights from Miami to Costa Rica and other cities of Central America.
Costa Rica is home to some of the major natural resources of the world. About a quarter of thatsmall country is protected wildlife. The variety of plants, animals and volcanoes of Costa Rica are like any other place on earth. There are over 1,500 species of orchids alone. MorphOS and blue light are among the many species of butterflies in the cloud forests and rainforests. One of the most beautiful animals I've ever read on the cutting ants. Some scientists devote their careers to the study.
I really thought that because Lillyas an avid reader and environmentalist, Costa Rica would be a nice place to stay. I hope that the book is a message to all the children that we must preserve our precious environment.
Matthew: Have you ever been in Costa Rica?
Debbie: Not yet, but I hope to go soon!
Tyler: Debbie, how on earth has a centipede trip to Costa Rica?
Debbie: Well, Lilly and his grandparents live in a hole in the wall, in Hall A of the Miami International Airport.They never really seem to go anywhere. E 'idea of Nellie's grandmother one day that members of the family in a briefcase, a flight to Costa Rica aboard slip. Of course, most millipedes pack easily, but traveling with backpacks Badillys.
Matthew: Where were the parents of Lilly and there is no need to go on the road?
Debbie: This is a big secret that some time be revealed in the future.
Tyler: Tell us a bit 'of passengers on Lilly?
Debbie LillyLife and travels with her grandparents, Nellie and Willie O. Badilly Z. Badilly. Nellie is very arrogant and adventurous. He wears a gray wig! Grandpa Willie is very attentive and kind, so his wife usually make the decisions! These two characters were in real life by my grandparents who have been inspired by wonderful and fascinating in every way. Grandpa Willie has some traits of my husband, too.
Lilly's grandparents will be the protection from it. But to see themKnow-how of a lot of things because they know how smart is their grandson, and what they read.
Tyler: I can not imagine it's easy, a centipede. What type of risk to Lilly and her family meeting in Costa Rica?
Debbie: The baby has its challenges. (And I know firsthand, because I'm only 5 feet tall.) Badilly Family members must ensure that they are not crushed by anything or anyone on the road. You need a hiding placeBriefcase or a suitcase on the plane, so that no one sees it. People tend to scream when they see errors, causing a big stir. And it is fear in the dark! Fortunately, his grandfather Willie had a flashlight.
Another challenge is the transport for them, if they get to Costa Rica but with proper planning and study, it encrypts everything. It may be useful to adapt to squeeze through small spaces and cracks.
After facing the rainforest, the Badillys not familiar withArea. Not only have to protect themselves from bad weather, without leaving the comfort of your home, but also protect themselves and others they meet along the way. All I want to say, is a less fearsome opponent named Ruth. It seems that there is a solution for the white sticky, but Lilly is better.
Tyler: Why did you create a CD accompanying the book?
Debbie: I have a special cartoon voice I've ever used, it really isPeople laugh. I have a couple of other voice characterizations, too. Lilly wanted a memorable voice and make the story come alive. Moreover, although "The Adventures of Lilly P Badilly Travel" is an illustrated book, is quite advanced for young readers. With the CD, children, young or not yet ready to read at this level are to enjoy the story. Even those who read and the multidimensional aspect of voices, music and sound effects. All the sound effects of rainForest Costa Rica are real images from a website http://www.naturesongs.com amazing. We notice that parents are just like the CD as the children because it is very funny.
Matthew: How did you do all those voices on the CD all by yourself?
Debbie: I had the voice of my Lilly since I was 9 years old. And I'm always joking with the voices. I tried on what everyone would like to think of the book's characters sound. Then I experienced aMany different ideas before voting on the CD. I was not sure that a lot of practice confused with the different voices during the recording of all! It is not as easy as it seems.
Tyler: Can you tell us something about the CD? Who wrote the music and the lyrics and how it was received?
Debbie: Like I said, I use different voices for each character. I also tell the story. The CD is very lively and really bring the emotion and depth of the plot. I wrote theTexts of all the songs. Rachel wrote the entire score, then worked with me the songs fit in the themes of individual scenes. It was a long process, because all of us to be original, funny or scary and vivid. Rachel is always overwhelmed with homework, so it was difficult to adapt in time for the writing sessions. Somehow we have. And I must say that we laughed a lot during the process.
My husband, John, wrote two songsand really, the live music with his harmonica! John and Rachel practiced with the music and showed me the day of admission. I am the only family member Glade without musical talent. I'm not that great of a singer, but with my voice cartoon, it works somehow.
The day of admission was really something special. Somehow we have the CD for 35 minutes straight, from the narration, music and voice vote. We went back and changed some things, but we were well rehearsed. Cliff,sound engineer at Sunflower Recording Studios had a good laugh that day with my voice.
John plays guitar and harmonica on the CD. Rachel plays the piano, sitar, and tambourine. I would never even try to pick up the story without music, and I would have done without their talent!
Matt: Why do you sit for music and song in the book?
Debbie: Music is such an important part of life. My house is always full of music, because my daughter playsPlan every day and sometimes the sitar, and my husband plays guitar and sings often. Plus music is what saves Lilly from the enemy!
Matthew: Why the song was really funny? I liked the song and I thought it was funny to hear.
Debbie: I'm glad you thought it was funny! I think readers really want to laugh and have fun. Even if there is something scary happens in the story, it's okay to laugh. And I can tell you first hand that parents want to be entertainedas much as their children.
Tyler: I thought the music was fun, me, Debbie, but I want to ask the illustrations. They must be seen as colorful and fun. Were you inspired by photos of Costa Rica in the choice of colors?
Debbie: Yes, I was inspired by photographs and most of the gardens around Miami. I have a lot of gardening books. We have a similar climate in Costa Rica and some of the same plants grow here. Of course, not all volcanoesFlorida! I wanted to make the picture as colorful as possible. Like most people, I'm always attracted to books and art with bright colors.
Tyler: How did you go? They seem to have been written with a pen or pencil, but did you know that the paint or markers or colored pencils, or a mixture using?
Debbie: I have watercolor pencils, then a wet brush to turn them into colors. I also used watercolor pan to cover large areas. And I put most of the characters to do with the black inksting. experimented with a technique, I design with some of the smaller insects and animals, was on a sheet of paper. Then I cut and pasted on the page to other works of art. After scanning the pages, the images seemed that are activated on the page.
Tyler: Did not you on the illustrations as the story to write? What made you decide to take pictures and do it myself?
Debbie: I have so many hours onThe illustrations, revisions of history and music over 1 year. But I think, rewriting and proofreading lasted longer. I wrote several versions of the book and then began to paint. If the images were not interesting enough, because the story is not developing fast enough, I changed the story to flow better. It 'important to keep the reader interested at all times.
I painted the dining table in my house because the room is the best naturalLight. I went back and forth from the dining room in my home office to make changes to copy on your computer, on the other side of the house. I wonder how many miles I've walked in my house.
Tyler: Have you been painting long? What kind of art you have done in the past?
Debbie: I've always been an artist of the species. I used pastels to paint when I was younger. I have conducted thousands of CRAFT projects. Rachel and I volunteer at a senior center to make more timeHoliday Crafts. I'm on the decorating and painting walls at hand. I like to sew and I made the costumes for my daughter's school play.
Tyler: What do you enjoy old age group, "The Adventures of Lilly P Badilly Travel" and what answers you got from readers so far?
Debbie: children 5-10 years will enjoy the book. Those who are too young or not advanced enough to read the book to listen to the CD and look at the pictures. Even if you read lots of ten yearsChapter books, they will still enjoy this picture book because it is very demanding. The first child, my book is to read my friend's son ten years. He is brilliant, but has some 'problems focusing when reading. He sat still through the entire recording and follow along in the book. He loved him!
So far the reaction to my book is very positive. People actually laugh when they heard on the CD. I have had many positive comments on my pictures as well. My goal iscollect short contributions from children who read the book and on my website on http://www.lillybadilly.com.
Tyler: Debbie, you always wanted to be a writer?
Debbie: I want players to be used, so I guess in a way I had the opportunity on the CD. Ha! The truth is that I went to college with no direction and was confused about what to study. I chose to communication on a whim, but soon learned that was a very popular, I had problemsThe classes that I needed to finish in 4 years. I was waiting in a long line to register for classes (before computers and the internet). I heard some students want to take her 6 years to finish their studies because there were not enough places in each class for all students. I asked someone in line behind me what was in college brick building located on the road. I was told it was for the English majors, so I left the line and changed my major. I did not want to spend sixYears looking for something that should be (and is) able to finish in fourth course I would not do that I would not write and read.
What's funny is that they are in some way in becoming a writer was true. I worked for a bank to do some customer service and marketing efforts. A lot of people have put their work, including myself. A woman with whom I, who had also worked lost their jobs, got a marketing position with a shipping company. One day she cried in desperation begged me to helpBail them out. Your professional writer had a personal crisis and the shipping company had to interrupt a period of emergency on a huge brochure. He had forgotten that I was known at the Bank for my writing skills. I told her I did not know anything about travel writing, but I would do my best. They gave me some information that I could use on the destinations, and I went to the library and checked a lot of books on the world. I had to stay awake, how many hours I have over a period of 72 hours andWrite, write, write. E 'was hard, but I did. The photography and layout of the final prospectus has been spectacular, and the shipping company had a premium advertising. This was the beginning of a career of 13 years, writing for luxury cruise ships. (The artist responsible for the brochure, Tim Ravenna, then helped me with the layout of my book 20 years!)
I also wrote a lot of resumes and cover letters for people and other marketing pieces for a wide range of companies. Over the yearsYou would not believe how many times my name for people to help if their authors were not asked to pass is required. As reliable as important as writing well.
Tyler: Debbie, do you hope children to read about Lilly and her adventures to win?
Debbie: More than anything, I wrote the book, so the children read a life of pleasure possible. When I got the idea for this adventure travel, I thought that teachers in mind as well, knowing that could helpentertain the students and their interest in books. Also knowledge of geography among students and adults, something that is missing in America, and we must begin to educate our children with the rest of the world from a very early age.
I believe that this book arouses the curiosity in all who go there and read you need more specific information, whether it be geography, culture, insects, plants, conservation, volcanoes or music. Just as I like to read andwrite, I love research. There is so much information out there on every subject, not only on the Internet and in books, but also in the minds of many people we encounter in our daily lives.
Another message that I wanted to relay in this book is that it's cool to be clever and that children do not have to adapt to any group to have a happy and productive lives.
Tyler: Debbie, do you think Lilly should have no more adventures?
Debbie: I'd like to seeLilly board another plane for an exotic location to do something new. There is a whole world outside waiting outside to discover.
Tyler: Thanks for joining me today, Debbie. Before we leave, you will tell us about your website and the information provided by our readers may not "The Adventures of Lilly P Badilly trip: Costa Rica"?
Debbie: My site is http://www.lillybadilly.com. The website offers people interested in the book, a sample of LillySing authentic sound effects and some of Costa Rica There are also sites that you can listen and try some of the 'inside the book. I devoted a long page of facts about Costa Rica, and I wrote about some of the most interesting or most abundant plants and animals. I also painted watercolors of any plant or animal described. There are photos of my family to receive the CD, and we each have a paragraph written about our experiences of registration.
Ihope readers enjoy browsing the site. It 's the side of the book to order online, and when you click on the Smart Poodle Publishing, and then click Smart Poodle Blog you can add comments. I'd love to hear from readers, parents, grandparents and teachers!
Tyler: Thank you, Matthew, to support me today. I bet you have a long career ahead of you as a reviewer, and hopefully, Debbie, will you come again, so Matthew and I talk to you. We wish you and Lilly Badilly manythe most exciting adventures.
Tyler R. Tichelaar of reader requests the pleasure of being joined by Debbie Glade to talk about her new children's book "The Adventures of Lilly P Badilly trip: Costa Rica," Smart Poodle Publishing (2008), ISBN 9,780,980,030,792 th were achieved by Matthew Feliciano, the reviewer for seven-and-a-half-years.
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