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.
When I was a child, I remember looking around my school library and vowing to read every single book on the shelves. As a grown-up, I’ve discovered it can be a challenge sometimes to find time to read. I rarely get the luxury of reading an entire book at one . . .
Starting my week off with a BUGS AND BAKED GOODS speedydoodle. I find keeping a sketch journal fun, inspiring (getting some ideas for stories) and therapeutic (especially when crazystuff is going on in the news on or social media). See more of my art videos, found object doodles and sketch . . .
Deliciously creepy! I finished this in two sittings. I’m a longtime horror fan, and this was right up my alley; I was inspired to do some fan art, as you can see above. And now I’m even more creeped out by those old-fashioned glass-eyed dolls than I was before! 🙂 . . .
I grew up on L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables books, so was VERY excited to receive an ARC (via NetGalley) of Melanie Fishbane’s debut novel, MAUD: A Novel Inspired By The Life Of L.M. Montgomery. What I especially loved: – Fascinating to find out more about the author’s life growing up, and . . .
I’m always a wee bit nervous about sharing my darker/quirkier work, but I’m trying very hard this year to post stuff I enjoy doing even if I know it won’t get a lot of Likes or comments. This, for example, is a dark comic I did years ago when I . . .
For those on Twitter: I’ve updated my lists of children’s/YA book editors on Twitter as well as literary agents on Twitter who represent children’s/YA book creators. I’ve compiled these lists to help writers and illustrators find industry types to follow on Twitter, not as official lists of those accepting particular types of submissions, . . .
One of the biggest misconceptions about writing picture books, I’ve noticed, goes something like “While I’m working on my REAL book, I think I’ll write a picture book or two for some extra cash. They’re so short, after all.” Here’s my post about why short does NOT mean easy when it . . .