A Writer's Journey

Today was a walk down memory lane. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, unofficially (DNA and all), about 20 years ago. Over the ensuing...

Sometimes life throws you challenges you never saw coming. Yesterday, our family faced those life altering circumstances. The first was...

The last couple of days have been slow going due to challenges that have nothing to do with writing and illustrating. I broke a tooth...

I'm working on the end pages for my children's picture book. I've decided to create an illusion for both. The original is called "Torn...

It's not just my grandchildren that are getting ready to go back to school. Today I did a deep dive into illustrating a children's book....

After yesterdays overwhelming series of serendipitous events, today settled into a series of resulting tasks. Most of the morning was...

You know the Universe is sending you a message when... A few days ago I was desperately searching for a way to make my work more visible...

After considerable sketching attempts, the child is finished! I am so happy to have this task completed! The child, named Taylor (Tay for...

I expected to find the child illustration challenging. I haven't taken a course on figure drawing for decades. It's not just the human...

I'm always amazed at the spontaneity that occurs in writing. From time to time a character comes along - one you hadn't planned for - and...

I bought a book off Amazon and it arrived yesterday. It's about how to illustrate a children's book. It's so big I can't hold it! Between...

A number of years ago I was introduced to an art form which combines the use of repetitious patterns and relaxation to create a Zen...

I spent the morning doing research. I've never illustrated a book before and felt the need to get as much information as I could to find...

I've heard my fellow writers talk about imposter syndrome and even read articles about it, but I've never felt it, until today. I think,...

Many years ago I created a series of watercolour paintings that represented tree elementals. One, Bruce the Spruce, is what I thought a...

For the last few days I've focused on the evolution of Devaro, the wizard, from my children's picture book A MOST CURIOUS MAGICAL TALE....

I just got word that, for the first time in years, Heirloom Literacy will be accepting direct submissions from authors! I have 21 days to...

This morning I’m facing questions that have been coming up from time to time, recently, on this writer’s journey. The big one is: What do...

Best wishes for a very happy birthday and an amazing year ahead to my son, Peter. I’m so grateful to have you in my life. You have grown...

I started learning about enneagrams today. It’s an incredibly complex system used to identify personality types by people in the mental...