Category Backstory
[For the full episode, go to MDA 12: Lily and the case of the lost doll, part 2] So, the opposite of Rosie (who has dreams and brings back objects). Lily can hold an object and paint a dream. And… Continue Reading →
Go here to read this episode: MDA 11: Daisy and the mysterious stranger . . . second shoe dropped. You can probably tell that this is the other half of the torn photo we saw in Daisy’s previous episode. We’ll… Continue Reading →
Go here to read this episode: MDA 10: Rosie’s doll adventure, part 2 And so ends Rosie’s doll adventure. On Wednesday I’ll talk a little about what it was like to place Rosie in another type of world altogether, and… Continue Reading →
Go here to read this episode: MDA 09: Storm at sea [Note on reposting in 2024 – I managed to lose the text for this backstory]
Go here to read this episode: MDA 08: Lily and the case of the missing doll, part 1 Lily has less of an adventure and more of an adventurous life. Her story begins with a little mystery and a small… Continue Reading →
Go here to read this episode: MDA 07: Daisy and the mysterious photos First shoe dropped. The second shoe will drop next month when Daisy meets a mysterious stranger and her adventure begins in full. I’ve avoided using words within… Continue Reading →
Go here to read this episode: MDA 06: Rosie’s doll adventure, part 1 First, great news! I managed to reattach the head of the severed-head doll so that she can star in this adventure as Rosie’s doll self. More about… Continue Reading →
On the 12th page of my doll notebook – where I jot down tasks and notes – I’ve written”sort out ocean.” I even have a checkbox next to it, so that I can check it off my list when the… Continue Reading →
Go here to read this episode: MDA 05: Enter raven, stage right One of the difficult things about posting drafts of in-progress work is that I’m forever realizing that I did something wrong the first time. In this case, that… Continue Reading →
There’s one more character, waiting in the wings. Lily is the only doll I had custom made. My other dolls are all variations of Andrea’s (from Wildwood dolls) available characters. But, when I went looking for an older, female doll,… Continue Reading →