A canned ampersand in the sand (in honour of Ampersand Day)
Sept. 8th was Ampersand Day, so I celebrated with a canned ampersand in the sand.
Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
Sept. 8th was Ampersand Day, so I celebrated with a canned ampersand in the sand.
I was incredibly honoured to find out that SAM & EVA (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers) has been nominated for The Canadian Children’s Book Centre Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. I am especially honoured, considering the other finalists in the same category. For more info about each of these books as well . . .
No matter how busy I am, I always try to carve out a few minutes every day to do some art and writing purely for the fun of it. No pressure to show anyone or have anything be perfect….just to PLAY. I find if I don’t make regular time to . . .
Rejection and criticism are part of publishing process, before AND after publication. Work on developing a thick skin early on and you’ll not only enjoy the journey more but also increase your chances of longterm success.
o those who came here because of my Illustrator Intensive session at the SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles – WELCOME! The image above is from my slideshow presentation when I talked about how recurring themes in creative journals can be harvested for picture books, and thus how SQUIRRELS became . . .
Reminder: DO REGULAR BACKUPS. Here’s my backup system and how it saved me when an Adobe Creative Cloud update bug ate my work.
