There was no snoozing Saturday morning, which is what I usually do when I have to beat the roosters crowing. As my alarm went off at 3:30am to catch the early train, my brain was already racing in anticipation of the SCBWI conference. The train pulled into Grand Central Terminal just in
You’ve read the story…twice. You’ve sketched out a few ideas and in the spark of creative genius and created a dozen line illustrations for the story in one sitting. The author loves your work and concepts, and as you discuss the illustrations she brings up an interesting question, “why are all of
After more than a year and a half of secrets being held hush hush, Annabelle is ready to share them with the world. Carole and I are in the final stages of self-publishing “My COMPLICATED Week”, which should hit the Amazon shelves in at most a couple weeks. We have received final
I was thinking back to when Carole Lyn Woodring and I first started working on Annabelle and her first story. Geared up with excitement and lots of ideas snatching up control of my brain cells, I got my pencils and markers out and sat down at my desk with the excitement of
A little over a year ago, on a New Year’s Eve 2013, a little girl entered my life and touched my heart in ways I could have never imagined. Her life intertwined with mine. Her thoughts, her sadness and joy, her secrets…all became mine. I got to help create her and have