But I kind of like it, so I'm leaving it for now.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Oh my...
...I had no intention of displaying the cover of the book, SHE LOVED BASEBALL along the top of my blog, and especially not this big. While I did experiment with putting it on the side of the blog, I couldn't figure out how to downsize the image within the dashboard, so I gave up. Never published it. When I came back today — bam! — there it is, monster book cover, front and center.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Update
Ok, you're right, I haven't blogged here in awhile. Haven't had the time or, quite frankly, the interest, what with Facebook and Twitter and my other social networks. But my blog isn't as much a social network as it is . . . well, I don't know what it is anymore. So for awhile, I'll micro-blog here - you know, short, twitter-ish-type post, on the fly. We'll see.
In other news: I finally purchased my copy of Jerry Pinkney's THE LION & THE MOUSE, and as you already know, it's absolutely gorgeous. I had worried that they'd given him the Caldecott simply for political reasons, because it was overdue to be awarded to someone of color. But that's nonsense; he earned that bad-boy with this wonderfully illustrated book!
Five weeks following surgery, my shoulder is much better. Kinda. Seems like each time I sit down to write about how much better I'm doing, I realize it's only my glass-half-full attitude speaking. In all honesty, my stuff hurts. And what bothers me is that my surgeon says the pain should have subsided a few weeks ago. Thankfully, I can still paint and draw. But ug.
As I type this post, my writer and illustrator friends are hanging out at the TLA (Texas Library Association) conference in San Antonio. At 11:46 p.m., they're probably gathered for dinner and late night drinks, chatting the trade book business, excited about famous author sightings, and bragging about the ARCs collected from the exhibit floor.
I didn't go this year. Why? Many reasons: A heavy illustration schedule; a desire to finish my picture book dummy; my weak arm; my mom's long awaited arrival. Just wasn't a good time for me. But guess what. I'm not sorry. My picture book dummy turned out nice. Got my house cleaned up for mom's visit. Got a good start on a nice little EDU book for Scholastic. I'll go to the conference next year. It will be in Austin, and I'll have two new books out.
In other news: I finally purchased my copy of Jerry Pinkney's THE LION & THE MOUSE, and as you already know, it's absolutely gorgeous. I had worried that they'd given him the Caldecott simply for political reasons, because it was overdue to be awarded to someone of color. But that's nonsense; he earned that bad-boy with this wonderfully illustrated book!
Five weeks following surgery, my shoulder is much better. Kinda. Seems like each time I sit down to write about how much better I'm doing, I realize it's only my glass-half-full attitude speaking. In all honesty, my stuff hurts. And what bothers me is that my surgeon says the pain should have subsided a few weeks ago. Thankfully, I can still paint and draw. But ug.
As I type this post, my writer and illustrator friends are hanging out at the TLA (Texas Library Association) conference in San Antonio. At 11:46 p.m., they're probably gathered for dinner and late night drinks, chatting the trade book business, excited about famous author sightings, and bragging about the ARCs collected from the exhibit floor.
I didn't go this year. Why? Many reasons: A heavy illustration schedule; a desire to finish my picture book dummy; my weak arm; my mom's long awaited arrival. Just wasn't a good time for me. But guess what. I'm not sorry. My picture book dummy turned out nice. Got my house cleaned up for mom's visit. Got a good start on a nice little EDU book for Scholastic. I'll go to the conference next year. It will be in Austin, and I'll have two new books out.
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