Farewel 2015, Hello 2016!
We're saying farewell to 2015
and what a year its been!
A year which seemed at first to
be like any other for the project, namely with me the author, being
so sure that this would be the year where I would launch the danish
railway series with the publish of the first two books. However
instead of continuing like the previous years with a short term plan
I decided to go for a longer term plan.
It was because of this that
project 2016 was created. The project was different by the fact it
had a date and a detailed plan for the goals needed before the acutal
publish of what i'd like to refer to as: “a new era for the danish
railway series”.
Because ever since my first book
was cancelled in 2015, the project have been somewhat “bookless”
in the way that it was on standby, while i've been trying to find out
which way to go with my project.
The choice was to keep on
working on the historic, while trying to keep the adventurous feeling
about it to catch the interest amongst younger readers.
This
resulted in that the two books choosen for project 2016, began to
move in different directions. While the 3rd
attempt of my first book of denmarks first highspeed train began to
sound like something for the older children, the other book (the
story of dagmar) began to move towards the younger children, namely
the pre-teen group.
And speaking of “the story of
Dagmar”, the collaboration between project D 825 and The danish
railway series is still very much alive. As recent as this december a
gift was sent to Aalborg and very much welcomed by the project leader
and the rest of the project.
But Project D 825 isn't the only
one to receive a gift from the TDRS. The Bornholm based railway
project, the DBJ society have also been given something from the
project. On a Bornholm themed christmas market on Zealand, I
presented a special drawing to the members of the society and the
foreman was so happy that I was given a free book!
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| the author with the foreman of the DBJ |
Cause 2015 was also a year which
stood in the sign of progress, namely the art!
Though in early 2015 there
wasn't much to come after. Illustrations of the project was something
to celebrate and facebook audience didn't seem to like it very much.
Therefore I needed to come up
with a new plan and fast. Then as a stroke of luck, my art tools
(tablet/drawing pad) began working again and before long I was
working fulltime to catch up on my skills!
From drawings that had no appeal
what so ever, to end up with drawings that really was something to
show to the world; was something that I hope not only I but the
current and coming audience of the danish railway series will enjoy.
For now lets face forward, for
the times ahead.
Will 2016 be the year of our
first books?
For now I have no idea, but rest
asured that I will work hard as much as I can. So that I can proudly
present to books in december!
What's left now is only to ask
you all a happy new year and hoping to see you all for more news this
year.
The author.
Sebastian J Berthelsen.
