This is mostly about trying to get sentient dust bunnies animated in the most delightful way possible. And a wee James Bond story.

The author attempts to justify his actions in ABOUT. The BLOG explores animation, creativity and the production process. And, to my own surprise, there's also the story of my dad's Commando dagger. 

In RAYON & THE DUST BUNNIES there's an introduction to the characters and extracts from the story. My sci-fi stories and travel writing are in OTHER WRITING.

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Often about animating dust bunnies but with sundry other detritus along the way.

I'm hoping to make an animated film about sentient and occasionally mouthy household dust bunnies and their existential duel with a 1500 watt vacuum cleaner. The story’s a very serious bit of whimsy in the spirit of The Clangers, The Borrowers and Beatrix Potter's tales.

 
On Animation: From to eew to aww. Part 2 - Discount Store dust bunnies versus Ai
Strange how potent a bag of fluff, googly eyes and styrofoam balls from the discount store are. Strange how bad Ai is.

24 November 2024
 
On animation: From eew to aww. Part 1 - Dust bunnies are going to need a makeover
Sadly dust bunnies are unprepossessing items in the harsh light of day. For their animated debut they’ll need as much romancing and glamourising as modern technology allows.

23 November 2024
 
What does your messy bedroom floor look like to a wee dust bunny?
There's a big, big, big world down here on the floor

01 March 2024
 
Dust bunny thwarters
Somebody must have been very hostile towards dust bunnies to go to all the trouble of designing and making these

24 January 2024
 
What to do when you don't know what to do next
As per bloody usual, the inspirational Muse is a no-show.

10 December 2023
 
Fluff and nonsense. The seed of a lovely but tragic idea
High whimsy inspired by the god of Wind

18 October 2023

Rayon & the Dust Bunnies

An appliance fiction novel by A. Michael Collins

Nature abhors a vacuum and dust bunnies don’t like them much either. This is the story of Rayon the dust bunny - and his encounter with the vacuum cleaner that’s about to inhale Rayon and all the other tribes of dust bunnies around the house. Meet the cast below and read a chapter or two.

I’m hoping you might enjoy it as animated movie one day too.

 
Introducing Rayon, the newest dust bunny
Extract 1: Rayon the dust bunny and a vacuum abhorred

We meet Rayon, the newest dust bunny in the house. He’s about to encounter static electricity, Knickers and the Biddies, a tribe of ill-natured dust bunnies found under the bed.

21 November 2018
 
The passing of Pure
Extract 4: Rayon the dust bunny and a vacuum abhorred

Rayon gets to see the central vac in action for the first time and witnesses what happens to the dust bunny called Pure.

21 November 2018
 
Dramatis Personae
Meet the cast

Dust bunnies, The Wind, The Central Vac, The Peoples... the characters you’ll find in Rayon the Dust Bunny and a Vacuum Abhorred

21 November 2018
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About

Developing a serious case of whimsy

This is about having a story about dust bunnies and trying to sneak them into an animated film.

 
The Grand Plan
Bringing the dust bunnies from the basement to the page to the screen - the Big Picture.

11 February 2019
 
This 'A' Thing
About the author

A. Michael Collins is an anagram of the author’s real name, Michael A. Collins. So what's with this A. Michael Collins nonsense?

11 February 2019
 
Instruments of dust bunny doom
The author's collection of vacuum cleaners

The machines that create the Wind That Blows Backwards

19 March 2019
 
The Author's motives
Immortality, egoboo and cash

I exhort you to buy the book. Why?

13 March 2019