#tracy mack

[coverspy]

The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Sherlock Holmes & the Baker St. Irregulars), Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin (F, below 10, L train)

[scattershotsilly]

I realise this is a really old article, but I only recently came across it, and particularly enjoyed the ending insight into the editing process: "Because [Brian Selznick] tended to think in pictures, he just described what he saw in his head. He gave an example: 'Hugo turned to the old man and the old man looked at Hugo and Hugo looked up and said ‘Give me back my notebook’ and the old man put his hand on his hips and said ‘I’m not going to give you back your notebook’ and Hugo got really mad and spit on the ground.'” The editors’ suggestion: 'Give me back my notebook.' 'No.' 'And suddenly,' Mr. Selznick said, 'it was a scene.' Though he didn’t give many details, Mr. Selznick said he has hatched another novel that will, like 'Hugo,' be told partly in pictures. Ms. Mack said that for many authors, a book like 'Hugo' would have crowned a career. But, she said, 'To me, this is just the beginning for Brian.'”