Guest Blogger: Katie Boeck (Isabella) from Wuthering Heights Music

I actually first heard about Wuthering Heights through an ad on Craigslist. As a student at UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television I stay fairly busy with school but I happened to be looking for outside work and when I came across Mark Ryan's ad the project description intrigued me.

I sent in my headshot and resume and Mark sent me a couple of songs to listen to. I absoulutely fell in love with them from the minute I heard them. The character of Isabella especially interested me and the music Mark had written for her part was just beautiful. Mark and I spoke and he wanted to make sure that I understood the magnitude of sheer emotion that comes with playing these characters. He really stressed the dramatic intention he wanted to come through in the characters' voices. I came in to do some preliminary recording and ended up recording the songs "Women" and "Dark Passion" right then and there.

We still needed a Nelly and I knew of some very talented women from my department at UCLA and recommended Jessica Kennan Wynn, who was a shoe in. We filmed the music video and working with Jenn Korbee and Jessica was just great. Mark has been working on the project for so long and he believes in the story of these characters so much that he has a very clear vision of what he wants which makes it an enjoyable experience to be a part of.

I look forward to what lies ahead for Wuthering Heights and know that between the solid story line Emily Bronte wrote so long ago and the beautiful music Mark has written to illustrate the emotion of these characters, it is a project that I think musical theater audiences are really ready for.

The Pilgrim - Episode 3 is Live

The 3rd installment of my new graphic novel with Mike Grell, The Pilgrim, is now available on ComicMix.

Hope you're enjoying it!

Mike Grell & The Cat of Doom Part IV

This is the final installment of "Mike Grell & The Cat of Doom". I will close with another adventure involving the weathered Bergen, plus what you must know about Mike Grell...

It was the same battered Bergen that I humped into the Cascade Mountains with Mike and artist and enthusiastic survivalist: Dameon Willich (plus girlfriends) to be introduced to frost-bite and Whiskey Jacks that flew in and ate our food right out of our hands as we snow camped above the snow line.

On other occasions we've ridden Mike and Lauri's beautiful and gentle Friesian steeds into the mountains and sheltered from the roving Sasquatch and Black Bears in the small log cabin with antique primer-style, water pump and friendly mice.

Mike is the same with the aspiring artistes and fans alike that flock to his convention tables and it's a genuine and natural drive to help, gift and encourage new talent. It is an obviously genuine trait of the man and well received by his legion of fans for which he has boundless time and patience. I've seen it's effects and it's a joy to watch.

There are may precious and unique experiences associated with the “Grell Gifts” I have received and the lessons learned from his generosity and kindness. I have attempted to pass on this tradition to my other friends and colleagues along the way.

Needless to say, Mike Grell's Cat Story is now something of a politically incorrect story these days, but it's still bloody funny….If you don't know it, you'll have to come to a convention and ask one of us!

So! Mike Grell is truly a living legend and an all-around Renaissance man! And I am humbled and grateful to count the man as my friend.