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Rider student hippity-hops into literature By Jill Templeton and Nicole Veenstra “Then with a hippity, a hoppity, and a slippery-flip-floppity, a small brown bunny appeared right next to Annabelle’s boots,” reads page six of senior Kellie Marshall’s first children’s book. Marshall, a fine arts major, has been working on Annabelle and Wilbur since the spring of her sophomore year. Although primarily interested in the illustrative aspect, she is confident in both her drawing and writing abilities and hopes they will continue to develop as she goes on in her career. “It is the first story I have ever written, but I wrote it with an eye on the future,” Marshall said. Annabelle and Wilbur is a children’s short story centered on the relationship between a young girl and a rabbit. When they first meet, Annabelle is very shy and nervous around Wilbur, a small animal with a big sense of adventure. However, through the course of the story the two learn to trust each other and Wilbur helps Annabelle come out of her shell. Marshall said she took inspiration from her own childhood when creating the character of Annabelle. “As a somewhat introverted person myself, I knew that the basis of my book would be overcoming shyness and opening oneself to adventure,” she said. “Annabelle is a reflection of me and Wilbur is a reflection of the stuffed bunny I had.” Marshall added that her passion for illustration came from a favorite childhood pastime. “My grandfather and I would spend hours drawing cartoons, comic-like strips and creating little sketches with speech bubbles,” she said. “After my grandfather passed, I decided to pursue illustration more seriously.” Dr. Harry Naar, a professor of fine arts, has been Marshall’s adviser and mentor throughout the entirety of the project. “I was really excited because I’m really open to students coming up with ideas and pursuing those ideas,” Naar said. “If I can be of any help in that regard, that becomes a really important position for me to take. She has worked really hard on it, and it’s an original idea with original imagery. Basically the role I played was more in terms of questioning her, advising her and making suggestions here and there, but for the most part it’s totally her idea.” Marshall said she is thankful for the help and encouragement that Naar provided throughout the creation of the book and during her education at Rider. “He was the one who originally encouraged me to pursue what I thought was then a very naïve idea,” she said. What she once thought of as a pipe dream is now nearly complete. Marshall hopes to put the finishing touches on the book before the end of May and submit it to various publishers. Marshall is excited to potentially see her story in print because it relates to her personal experiences — something Naar thinks plays a critical part in the success of a student’s work. “I’m really after students creating images that relate to who they are,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished product.” In the meantime, Marshall is working on another illustrating project. She was approached by an author whose story has been approved for publishing, in hopes that she would provide the illustrations for the book. Nevertheless, Marshall’s collaboration with another author has not caused her to abandon ideas for the future of Annabelle and Wilbur. “While I may not have put pen to paper, I have many ideas for more stories with these characters,” she said. “Ultimately I would like for Annabelle and Wilbur to be an adventure series, continuing into four or five individual books.”
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Rider mac léinn hippity-leannlusanna i litríocht Ag Jill Templeton agus Nicole Veenstra "Ansin le hippity, a hoppity, agus slippery-smeach-floppity, bhí an chuma ar beag donn Bunny ceart aice le buataisí Annabelle ar," léann leathanach sé cinn de na páistí an chéad sinsearach Kellie Marshall ar an leabhar. Marshall, a n-ealaíon fíneáil mór, tá sé ag obair ar Annabelle agus Wilbur ó earrach na bliana a sophomore. Cé go bhfuil suim acu go príomha sa ghné léiriúcháin, tá sí muiníneach ina líníocht araon agus cumas scríbhneoireachta agus tá súil go mbeidh siad ar aghaidh ag forbairt mar a théann sí ar ina gairme. "Tá sé an scéal chéad Scríobh mé riamh, ach scríobh mé é le súil ar an todhchaí," a dúirt Marshall. Is Annabelle agus Wilbur leanaí scéal gearr dírithe ar an ngaol idir an cailín óg agus coinín. Nuair a bheidh siad le chéile den chéad uair, tá an-Annabelle cúthail agus néaróg timpeall Wilbur, ainmhí beag le tuiscint mhór de eachtraíochta. Mar sin féin, tríd an gcúrsa an scéal an dá fhoghlaim chun muinín a chéile agus cuidíonn Wilbur Annabelle teacht as a bhlaosc. Marshall dúirt thóg sí inspioráid óna óige féin nuair a chruthú ar charachtar Annabelle. "Mar dhuine beagán introverted féin, bhí a fhios agam go mbeadh an bonn de mo leabhar a shárú shyness agus a oscailt an duine féin a eachtraíochta," a dúirt sí. "Is é Annabelle léiriú ar dom agus Wilbur is léiriú é ar an Bunny stuffed a bhí agam." Marshall leis gur tháinig sí paisean don léiriú as caitheamh aimsire is fearr leat óige. "Ba mhaith liom mo sheanathair agus a chaitheamh uair an chloig cartúin líníocht, grinn-mhaith stiallacha agus a chruthú sceitsí beag le boilgeoga cainte," a dúirt sí. "Tar éis mo sheanathair a rith, chinn mé ar léaráid a shaothrú níos dáiríre." Dr Harry Naar, ina ollamh na n-ealaíon, fíneáil, ina chomhairleoir Marshall agus meantóir ar fud an iomlán an tionscadail. "Bhí mé ar bís i ndáiríre toisc go bhfuil mé ag oscailt i ndáiríre do mhic léinn ag teacht aníos le smaointe agus saothrú na smaointe," a dúirt Naar. "Más féidir liom a bheith ar aon chabhair i dtaca leis sin, éiríonn go post tábhachtach i ndáiríre dom a ghlacadh. D'oibrigh sí gur deacair ar sé, agus tá sé ag smaoineamh bunaidh le imagery bunaidh. Go bunúsach bhí an ról a bhí mé níos mó i dtéarmaí a cheistiú, comhairle a thabhairt di agus moltaí a dhéanamh anseo agus ansiúd, ach don chuid is mó tá sé go hiomlán di smaoineamh. " Marshall dúirt sí buíoch as an gcúnamh agus an spreagadh a sholáthair Naar ar fud an cruthú an leabhar agus le linn di oideachas ar rothaí. "Bhí sé an ceann a thug spreagadh dom ar dtús dul sa tóir ar cad a cheap mé go raibh ansin ag smaoineamh an-naïve," a dúirt sí. Cad a cheap sí uair amháin de réir mar is aisling píopa anois beagnach críochnaithe. Marshall súil a chur ar an baint ag críochnú ar an leabhar roimh dheireadh mhí na Bealtaine agus cuirfidh sé faoi bhráid fhoilsitheoirí éagsúla. Marshall Tá sceitimíní a fheiceáil d'fhéadfadh a scéal i gcló mar go mbaineann sé le cuid taithí phearsanta - rud éigin Naar cuí Tá páirt ríthábhachtach i rath na mac léinn obair. "Tá mé i ndáiríre i ndiaidh do mhic léinn a chruthú íomhánna a bhaineann leis a bhfuil siad," a dúirt sé. "Tá mé ag súil go mór féachaint ar an táirge críochnaithe." Idir an dá linn, tá Marshall ag obair ar thionscadal eile a léiríonn. Bhí chuaigh sí ag údar a bhfuil a scéal ceadaithe le haghaidh foilsiú, i súil go mbeadh sí ar fáil na léaráidí le haghaidh an leabhar. Mar sin féin, nach bhfuil comhoibriú Marshall ar a bhfuil údar eile ba chúis léi a thréigean smaointe maidir le todhchaí na Annabelle agus Wilbur. "Cé nach féidir liom a chur peann le pár, tá mé smaointe go leor scéalta níos mó leis na carachtair," a dúirt sí. "I ndeireadh na dála Ba mhaith liom buíochas do Annabelle agus Wilbur a bheith ina sraith eachtraíochta, leanúint ar aghaidh i ceithre nó cúig leabhar aonair."