Creative Corner
Welcome to my creative workspace! As an author-illustrator focusing on children’s literature, I share my journey and resources to help fellow creators develop their craft and navigate the publishing world.
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Writing & Illustrating
Step behind the scenes of children’s book creation, from initial character sketches to final manuscript revisions. Learn techniques, explore different mediums, and develop your unique style.
Resources for Creators
Build sustainable creative habits with practical guides on time management, project planning, and balancing creative work with family life. Find tools and templates to organize your creative journey.
Author Updates
Follow along with my publishing journey, including honest discussions about challenges, victories, and lessons learned in the children’s book industry. Get regular insights into the creative life.
Start Your Creative Journey
Not sure where to begin? Here are some popular posts to get you started:
Sharing is Caring: How Stories Can Build Connections
So, why create? Besides the joy of making something that came from your head and hands, we create to connect with other people. How do people make connections with other people? By sharing truth with them. It could be a personal story or a passed-on story that we have seen proven, or even a made-up story that proves the truth we have seen in our own life. We share these things with each other and suddenly, there it is, connection.
A true story…
The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.I’ve been listening to a new podcast (not new in general, it’s actually from 2018, but new to me). It is called You Are A Storyteller. It is two screenwriters...
When the Unexpected Happens…
January was not what I expected. I was anticipating being home again after the bustle of holidays and settling down into a routine of regular life, including continuing to work on picture book projects and illustration.
Instead, I had my first task handed to me of mothering my sick children. From before Christmas until just a few days ago, someone in our home has been sick. There were a few days in there of wellness, where kids all went to school and I did sit down to do a little bit of the other work I am trying to do.
Remembering the Year
Hello friend. Another year has blasted by! I hope your holiday season was filled with love and family, friends and memories to cherish in the future. Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing...
Happy Thanksgiving!
We hail the merry autumn days,When leaves are turning red;Because they're far more beautifulThan anyone has said, We hail the merry harvest time,The gayest of the year;The time of rich and bounteous crops,Rejoicing and good cheer. Being thankful for hard things...
“The Cloud”
Digital ink illustration of Gandalf, contemplating the dangers Frodo would be facing as he carried the Ring of Power.
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