I gave Carole Barrowman the actionfigure I made of her - "Bone Quill" booksigning in Bluewater

[dieastra]

I'm just back home from a short weekend in London and Bluewater, where I went for the booksigning of "Bone Quill", the second part in the "Hollow Earth" trilogy by John and Carole Barrowman. My mission was to give Carole the figure I had made of her last year, and she was very happy to receive it. She gave a loud squeal and then showed it to John: "Look what I got!" He misinterpreted it as Sarah Jane at first, but Carole and I said at the same time: "No, it's Willow from 'Buffy'!"

For those of you who are new to my friends list, here is the incredible backstory:

At first, I had made an action figure story with the Torchwood team reading "Hollow Earth"

Then Carole tweeted the link around

Then I made a second part, this time with Superman and Mulder and Jack O'Neill and the Doctor reading the book

Because I only had a figure of John at the booksigning back then, Carole tweeted that she needs an action figure

So I thought, why not, and made a figure of her, as well as John in their red pullovers

Then I showed those figures to John at the convention in Peterborough last May and he liked them very much

And a few weeks later John and Carole talked about it at a TV show and a picture got shown This post has the video links

I certainly never had expected any of that. All I want is to bring a smile to the faces of people who love my stories.

Comments

[jedi-harkness.livejournal.com]

What a thrill! I'm glad Carole loved the figure! :D

[fry-addict.livejournal.com]

This is beyond awesome! So happy for you for getting the chance to give her 'her' figure. And looking at it, yes, you can really see that you used Willow as base (*images of wide-eyed Alyson Hannigan popping up in my head*)

And thx for the links, turns out I missed the second part of the story when you originally posted it - love that Superman is reading while flying (isn't that a bit like making phonecalls while driving a car?). And there's the gasmask kid in the queue for the signing! *lol*

[hai-di.livejournal.com]

Very cool and grrrreat pic!! :D

[bk_forever]

YAY! So glad Carole liked her action figure!

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you got to give her the action figure. You do great stuff and its nice to know that the RP enjoy it!!

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Very creative and awesome that Carole likes her figure!

Stacey

[lbfmusic.livejournal.com]

So awesome! I'm looking forward to reading Bone Quill!

[sagestreet.livejournal.com]

Du bist ja echt großartig.:) Die sollten dich engagieren. Du bist mit diesen Geschichten besser als alles, was jede Werbefirma hinkriegen würde.:)

[sharp2799.livejournal.com]

this is so cool!!!

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

Your is, hands down, one of the best fan encounter stories I've ever heard. You really created something unique and it's so awesome that John and Carole appreciate it so much.

Congratulations, you deserve it!

[halie889.livejournal.com]

Darf ich vorsichtig sagen das ich echt eifersüchtig bin.
Und ja, du bist besser als alles was eine werbeagentur auf die Beine stellen kann, denn Fanswerbung ist immer noch die beste.

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I think it's so great you made an action figure for Carole, and it sounds like she was delighted!!!

[alumfelga.livejournal.com]

What a story! I'm so happy for you. Carole looks very happy in this photo and so do you. And your work was on TV, you're famous! ;)

[malice-n-wonder.livejournal.com]

So awesome!!!