Scissorbox

A word from the author

"I started writing stories back in highschool. Mostly I was interested in Graphic Novels, like many highschool art-geeks.

I created my first full-sized Graphic Novel just before I turned 18, and it was about a manufactured child who was given a balloon for a head. It was complete with teenaged angst and melodrama about the struggle of fitting in. I have a large head, but unlike my character, it is proportioned to my build, and most people don't notice, unless I'm trying on a hat. Then I feel like that kid with a balloon for a head. Boo hoo! I gave that Novel to a friend for his wedding gift. He is now divorced.

I started a new story in college about a guy name Garrath, who's character follows through into The Hiss of Butane series (though I have changed his name's spelling to "Gareth" and he is no longer a samurai bunny rabbit. Yeah you heard me right. The name also has nothing to do with the knight of Arthurian legend.). This story was a 300 page bruiser of a novel, and many of it's themes and even some of the storyline are continued in Butane.

Now that I'm what most consider to be an adult, some 5-7 years after college, and well into my career as a Self Employed Graphic Designer, I've decided that I still like my old characters, only now I have very little interest in Anime, and I couldn't stomach writing a story about samurai bunnies or humanoids ever again. The Hiss of Butane is now my latest project. Some characters made it into the new books (Gareth, Chance, Trithian, Red, Cathar, and so on), but most got the axe because they simply didn't fit into the new theme. Gone is the teenaged angst (maybe replaced a little by a Just-Turned-30 melancholy). Gone are the bunnies and tigers and oversized swords, replaced now by a renewed need to get this story out of my head. Because the story itself never went away. It simply grew and evolved. The looming goal now is to simply get it out."

About the author:

Josh Sears grew up in the midwest and has always had a predisposition for absorption. Books, movies, videogames, music... Anything to keep his mind distracted and occupied. He put this mild obsession for good storytelling to his own tests beginning at age 15, winning numerous poetry contests and being published for the first time at the age of 18. He considers himself an "OK" author, but not a fantastic one. He is prone to typos and grammatical errors, but doesn't really mind one bit. He uses his writing skills to land a few copy writing jobs, and he is also a guest writer at IllustrationFriday.

When not writing, he is currently the Co-owner and Lead Designer of Littlelines LLC, a successful web development studio located in Dayton, Ohio. He is also an accomplished Illustrator, winning recognition in 3X3 Magazine, Print Regional, HOW Magazine, and The American Illustrators of New York. He has had the pleasure of working with such clients as Random House Books, Perrier Water, Kellog's Pop-Tarts, and Wolfgang Puck. You can check out his Illustration and personal blog at Scissorbox's sister site, PaperTelevision.