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Lee Edward Fodi



Last Updated: 4/9/2007

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Gender: Male
Age: 38
Sign: Sagittarius

Country: CA
Saturday, May 12, 2007 
I've had some great news this week! As part of my role with CWC (the Creative Writing for Children Society of Vancouver), I'm off to Seoul, South Korea, this summer to teach a writing camp. This is very cool, as I never travelled so far just to spread my love of writing and storytelling. So the summer will be very busy for me, as I teach both a Canadian and Korean summer camp. It's too bad my next Kendra Kandlestar book won't be ready, but I'll be taking over a sneak peak to show the kids. Many of these students I'll have met in the past, when they lived in Vancouver, and I know they'll be salivating over the next edition of Kendra's adventures.

Now, of course, if my old nemesis Malicio has his way, I'll never make it so far as Korea. There have been more and more sightings of him in my neighbourhood. Now, some people--strangely, these seem to be mostly students of mine--have dared to question the existence of Malicio Ricketts.

Oh, how I wish he wasn't real.

Oh how I wish I could have concocted such a vile character.

I tell you, I would rather face an entire show of sock puppets than have to deal with the diabolical devil known as Malicio Ricketts.

Still, I realize that some people are obsessed with what is "real" and that's why I made the brave journey into my attic recently to battle spider webs, rat nests, famished mice, and crates of Anne of Green Gables books to dig through my shoeboxes of old photos to see if I could discover a picture of that scoundrel, Malicio Ricketts.

And I did find one.

Here it is:

Malicio Ricketts in Cairo This was taken several years ago when I was travelling through Egypt. One night I was returning from the Cairo museum, after viewing the royal artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Well, needless to say, I was already a little jittery, after seeing so many mummies in one place. Then I turned a corner on one of those gritty Cairo streets and what should I see but the crooked figure of Malicio Ricketts staring right back at me. I was so shocked I just froze like the Sphinx itself. Luckily, my companion had his camera and he quickly took this photo of old Malicio. As you can tell, it seems that the vile villain was as surprised by the encounter as we were! (You can also tell that he does NOT like his picture being taken). Well, I'm sure if I had been alone that Malicio would have pounced on me, sunk his crooked teeth into my shoulder, and dragged me off through the streets of Cairo like some wild beast. As far as I know, Malicio has secret lairs all over the world and it's from these horrid chambers that he plots to destroy me.

Sigh. . .

Well, I suppose, I better get back to my work on Kendra Kandlestar and the Door to Unger. If only there was a door through which to pitch that heinous villain, Malicio . . .
2:42 PM
 
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