From the Art of Bart to the Writing Art
Former Simpsons televisions series animator and director of twelve years publishes her first memoir.
Prescott Valley, AZ, November 04, 2008 --(PR.com)-- From the Art of Bart to the Writing Art: Former Simpsons animator and director tells her story.
New author Jen Kamerman-Jenkins finally made her dream come true and made the official jump from the world of drawing and illustrating by publishing her first book, “The Vanishing Point,” a memoir, and publishing it on Lulu.com, the online marketplace for digital content.
After discussion with her family, Jen decided to make the jump at her husband’s urging to “get those words” out of her head, and quit her job so that she could stay home and write full-time. It seemed scary at first, having a computer screen to stare at and no structure like she had known in twenty-plus years of working for other people and working on other people’s ideas.
Liam Tumelty comments: “Even while she was drawing for a living, it seemed like writing was the thing that she always gravitated towards. I told her that if she wanted to set herself free, she needed to make the switch completely and give into the fact that she would make more impact with the power of her words.”
The book actually started as some tentative blog-type rants on myspace, the social networking site, and when the comments and support began to pour in from all sides, Jen’s husband pointed out that she seemed to have hit a nerve, and perhaps it was finally time to tell her story. She pulled the writing off the site, concentrating full-time on turning “The Vanishing Point” into a book, a raw, journal-style glimpse into her twenty-year fight with eating disorders.
Ms. Kamerman-Jenkins said, “I have spent my whole life working for others, most notably for twelve seasons as an animator and director on “The Simpsons” television show. It was the time, though; to do something completely original that has been in my head for almost as long as I have been alive. Now it’s out there, and perhaps I can help those who are suffering the same way, or those that love someone who suffers in this dark world that is little understood.”
The book is called “The Vanishing Point,” a double entendre about how in art lines of perspective converge into one small point on the distant horizon, and the sometimes-deadly journey for a “perfection” that can never be reached. It is available at www.Lulu.com, at her storefront: www.lulu.com/content/4716577
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New author Jen Kamerman-Jenkins finally made her dream come true and made the official jump from the world of drawing and illustrating by publishing her first book, “The Vanishing Point,” a memoir, and publishing it on Lulu.com, the online marketplace for digital content.
After discussion with her family, Jen decided to make the jump at her husband’s urging to “get those words” out of her head, and quit her job so that she could stay home and write full-time. It seemed scary at first, having a computer screen to stare at and no structure like she had known in twenty-plus years of working for other people and working on other people’s ideas.
Liam Tumelty comments: “Even while she was drawing for a living, it seemed like writing was the thing that she always gravitated towards. I told her that if she wanted to set herself free, she needed to make the switch completely and give into the fact that she would make more impact with the power of her words.”
The book actually started as some tentative blog-type rants on myspace, the social networking site, and when the comments and support began to pour in from all sides, Jen’s husband pointed out that she seemed to have hit a nerve, and perhaps it was finally time to tell her story. She pulled the writing off the site, concentrating full-time on turning “The Vanishing Point” into a book, a raw, journal-style glimpse into her twenty-year fight with eating disorders.
Ms. Kamerman-Jenkins said, “I have spent my whole life working for others, most notably for twelve seasons as an animator and director on “The Simpsons” television show. It was the time, though; to do something completely original that has been in my head for almost as long as I have been alive. Now it’s out there, and perhaps I can help those who are suffering the same way, or those that love someone who suffers in this dark world that is little understood.”
The book is called “The Vanishing Point,” a double entendre about how in art lines of perspective converge into one small point on the distant horizon, and the sometimes-deadly journey for a “perfection” that can never be reached. It is available at www.Lulu.com, at her storefront: www.lulu.com/content/4716577
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