Imagination is Everything

Are you ready? We are excited to share this wonderful “teaser” clip from our interview with one of Kazmir’s BFFs — Bryan Cranston, the incredibly talented actor who narrated the Kazmir audiobook.

UncategorizedGina VivonaApril 26, 2013

Kazmir Takes Off

Since the release of Adventures with Kazmir the Flying Camel, our audiobook, we’ve received so many wonderful comments from readers, listeners and the press. Now, we’re daring to dream bigger!

UncategorizedGina VivonaJanuary 4, 2013

One Camel, Two Kids, Five Skies

I was blown away by this amazing review written by Good Reads with Ronna for LA Parent Magazine and Parenthood. Go ahead and read it, then tell me you’re not intrigued.

UncategorizedGina VivonaJanuary 16, 2012

Left Turn at Albuquerque!

I grew up on Bugs Bunny; his clever wit, his diabolical mind, and well, he’s just a plain stinker. But oddly enough, I learned that Alburquerque is to the left, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was a real book, and duck season follows rabbit season.

UncategorizedGina VivonaDecember 1, 2011Amaunet, audiobook, Bugs Bunny, flying camel, free audiobook, Jeep, kazmir

Voices, Voices, Everywhere

Colleen O’Shaughnessey is perhaps best known for her roles as Sora from the first and second seasons of Digimon, Jazz Fenton in Danny Phantom, Ino Yamanaka and Konohamaru in Naruto, and Neliel Tu Odelschwanck in Bleach.

Blum: Voice of Thunder

There is no doubt that Steve Blum is an amazing voice talent. His credits scroll forever and are so many that I can’t even pick the top 10 to list here.

The Power of Music

If you ever want to create an audiobook, I would suggest a close and personal relationship with a producer. Luckily for me, I just happened to have married one. Michael Woodrum is an amazing human being and an extremely talented music producer.

UncategorizedGina VivonaOctober 20, 2011audiobook, Bill Brendle, effects, flying camel, free audiobook, kazmir, Michael Woodrum

The Final Score

In my opinion, Danny Elfman changed the way we listen to movies. I think Beetle Juice was my first conscious realization of the impact a score can have on the mood of a film. “In Tim’s (Burton) films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don’t get the film,” says Elfman.

UncategorizedGina VivonaOctober 6, 2011audiobook, Bill Brendle, Danny Elfman, flying camel, kazmir, movie score

Crystal Tower - Sky 5

The Crystal Tower grew out of Fire, our fifth element. I had prisms hanging in my room when I was a kid. They made rainbows on the walls, but I really liked looking into them.

UncategorizedGina VivonaSeptember 29, 2011audiobook, five elements, flying camel, kazmir, prisms, rainbows

Somebody - Sky 4

The 4th Sky and element is Earth. Our resources come from the earth. It provides life and protects us. Somebody IS the 4th Sky. His whole body, uh, face, well, you'll have to hear the chapter to fully understand.

UncategorizedGina VivonaSeptember 15, 2011audiobook, flying camel, free audiobook, kazmir

The Rain Masters - Sky 3

Another of the 5 elements is Water. And as we all know, water is important for balance in the kind life. In the 3rd Sky, water surrounds us as the listener.

UncategorizedGina VivonaSeptember 1, 2011audiobook, flying camel, free audiobook, kazmir, The Kind Life

Wish Weaver - Sky 2

The Second Sky is based on metal. Although the Sky isn’t metal, the inhabitant is. She’s a 50ft tall spider who creates a delicate web of wishes.

UncategorizedGina VivonaAugust 18, 2011audiobook, Brad Oldham, flying camel, free audiobook, Taoist

The Five Skies - Sky 1

When I first started writing the story of Kazmir, I decided on 7 skies, for no other reason than I liked the number.

UncategorizedGina VivonaAugust 4, 20115 elements, audiobook, chakras, color therapy, flying camel, kazmir

Kazmir has bumps

Friday was the party at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles in celebration of the end of their 6 week Summer Reading Program.

Kazmir at Braille Institute

Adventures with Kazmir the Flying Camel was added to the permanent library collection at the Braille Institute. How cool is that? Wait, it gets better.

UncategorizedGina VivonaJuly 12, 2011

Dreaming of Stain Boy

At the beginning of this journey, the beginning of this blog, I’ve shared with you that Tim Burton is my choice as director for my movie about Kazmir. He’s not my only choice as there are some amazing talents out there, but he is my first choice.

UncategorizedGina VivonaJune 2, 2011audiobook, flying camel, kazmir, LACMA, stain boy, Tim Burton

Dream It + Do It : Author Tour

I kicked off my Dream It + Do It : Author Tour Wednesday in Oceanside at Garrison Elementary. What a great school. Their focus is on the visual and performing arts, so it was really easy to talk to them about the creation of Kazmir and the audiobook.

UncategorizedGina VivonaOctober 4, 2010

Bad is Good

Congratulations to Bryan Cranston for his 3rd Emmy! Amazing actor, amazing narrator, amazing guy.

UncategorizedGina VivonaAugust 30, 2010audiobook, bryan cranston, flying camel, kazmir

Oprah, Shmoprah

My focus is to share my story Adventures with Kazmir the Flying Camel with as many people as possible. Like a million other people, I thought it would be really fun to get on Oprah’s book list.

UncategorizedGina VivonaJuly 11, 2010

Like in a Movie Theater

I’m tickled pink! Mrs. Chandler’s 4th grade class read (and listened to) Adventures with Kazmir the Flying Camel as part of their class assignment.

UncategorizedGina VivonaMay 27, 2010audiobook, flying camel, free audiobook, kazmir

Taking Off

the back story of kazmir | going from audiobook to feature

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