To make the library used to look magical and mysterious, I wanted it to be a rainy dusk. I pulled location reference in Tivoli, New York.
Then it was just a matter of turning the pizza shop in a bookstore, widening the sidewalk, and generally to the smell of coffee in it.
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You can order Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara me and I'll sign for you
Or you can pick it up on Amazon
Or maybe you can find it in a used bookstore on a rainy night .. ...
