Sea Zendoodle

     This is what I've done in the evenings since giving up the video game - Bejeweled. I did it with a Bic medium point pen on a piece of my sketchbook paper.  I worked an hour at a time here and there. I had a lot of fun with it and would like to move on to another. Next time - a little nicer quality paper and a different pen.  I'm sticking with black and white for a while but I have seen some absolutely gorgeous zentangles in color.

Illustration Friday - WINDOW

     Nothing better than reading on a rainy day. I've never had a bay window myself but I've fantasized about having one some day. So this is a future picture of me reading to my future grandchildren on a stormy spring day.

Baby's First Easter

This is my son, and today is his 22nd birthday. He is now 6'5", somewhere over 200 pounds and has a pretty bushy beard on his face.  I, personally, think he's cute no matter what.  This is a from a photo taken somewhere in the vicinity of his first Easter. Dressed like an Easter egg, he looks to be having a great time.

Bookmarks for SCBWI

     Here's a few bookmarks I designed for the Ohioana Book Fest in Columbus on April 25.  The local chapter of the SCBWI asked for some bookmark designs that kids can color in the children's area that day. Hope the kids like these. They were fun to do!

Illustration Friday- OUTSIDE

     It is almost time for this!!!  I have to say, I'm one of those people who enjoy winter.  I like the snow, and feel like a kid when there's a big snowstorm coming.  I live in Ohio, enjoy all four seasons, and each one helps me appreciate the others.  But, the approach of warm weather, not having to bundle up to go outside, going barefoot, and the smell of that freshly mown grass. . . aaahhhh (deep sigh here) - nothing like it.  I always forget the energy boost I receive until it rolls around again. 

     I've posted this image to my blog before, but this is yet another updated version of it.  You'll probably see it again someday with even more tweaking done.

Pages 12 & 13 of Serenity

Here's the spread for pages 12 and 13 of my manuscript Serenity. The story and illustrations are turning out to seem like the easy part. The hard part is the business end of it. Do I look for an agent? Do I submit straight to publishers? I'm going back and forth and weighing the pros and cons of both. There is sooooooo much to research! By this time next week either my query to an agent or a cover letter, manuscript, dummy book, and a copy of this illustration WILL BE ON ITS WAY TO SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW. As soon as it's on its way I am popping open the bottle of champagne I received from my step-daughter for my birthday!!!  Can't wait! Then, it's on to the next story!