Happy New Year

Happy New Year

With 2014 upon us, I wanted to wish all of my readers a happy holidays and an amazing New Year. I also wanted to thank them for their support and following. Whether you read my books, purchase my illustrations, “Like” me on Facebook, endorsed me on...

New Spark Award Offered By SCBWI

The SCBWI has multiple awards for which to apply, but they recently announced a new award for all those independently published children’s authors and illustrators. According to their website, the Spark Award is: “An annual award that recognizes excellence in a...

Summertime Fun

During the summer months, things get hectic. I usually do not get many opportunities to write or illustrate. My kids are home from school and we have to deal with camps, yard work, and preparing for the next academic year.  This year we are adding on to our home for...

MagicBlox and Their New Site

If you did not already know, some of my books are readable at MagicBlox.com. This is an eBook library of outstanding children’s books from premium publishers and self-published authors and illustrators around the world. They recently made some changes to their...

Illustrating Challanges

My next book is in the review process and I have been slaving away at the illustrations. Always Feed Your Chocolate Bunny is an instruction manual for adolescents to help them cope with stress. I chose to keep the illustrations simple, and in black and white. I found...

Coming Soon

You are thirteen and your life is a whirlwind of activity. Homework, family, activities, friends, puberty; it is all too much to handle. Notes passed in class, not being first pick on the team; you just want to scream. You want to sleep in but you have to get up and...