Everyone says you’d have to be bonkers to write more than one series at a time. You’ve just split your writing time, your marketing time and dollars. And while some fans will come over from the previous series, especially if you’ve changed genres, you’re sort of starting over. Well, I’m just that bonkers. Introducing The Orchid Caper, a humorous upper-YA… Read more →
Just a quick picture post this Monday. This week’s theme for the 52-Week Illustration Challenge was “Ode to Favorite Children’s Book.” Like a lot of folks–especially those of us in our preteens or teens when the first book came out–the Harry Potter series was a big influence for me. I even stood in a few midnight release lines. Kids actually… Read more →
It’s been a heck of a weekend. It started off with some fantastic marches all around the world, some so big, they couldn’t even move. I wished hard I could have been there, but I’m pregnant. While everything went smoothly, you never know what could happen with huge crowds like that. It would be one thing for me to take… Read more →
This week’s theme was feathered animals. This was also the week in which my Prismacolor art markers came in the mail. Hooray for starting a new medium! Much as I love watercolors, I’ve been wanting to try art markers for a while and I find them much more convenient for life with a toddler who interrupts me a lot, as… Read more →
Hi, there! I haven’t used this blog much, but for 2017, I’m making it a goal to post regularly. For a long time, I enjoyed podcasting as the regular stuff I put out into the world, but as a work-at-home mother of a toddler (soon to be a toddler and a newborn!), finding time to record, i.e. getting the house… Read more →