Well, as you can tell by looking at the date of the last post, it has been another long span of time since I've updated my blog. And that is NOT because I've been slacking off! On the contrary, I've been harder at work in my "author life" than I've ever been.
I purchased a Cintiq drawing tablet a while ago and have now completely drawn the draft pictures for my next children's book "The No-Nap Book". It is ready to present to an editor/publisher. (I've actually already submitted it once but that publisher didn't say "Yes". No worries, someone will!)
And I've added a new software program [Dramatica] to my writing arsenal of story-crafting tools. I have spent gobs of hours working on my W.I.P. (Work-In-Progress) "The World BEYOND The Toy Box". I am what is called in the writing world, "A Plotter". I have intricately plotted my story from beginning to end BEFORE I begin to write it. And, let me tell you, that takes time. A lot of it. An incredible amount of it! But I think every single second is worth it. I'm actually a little sad that the plotting stage of my story is almost over because I enjoy it THAT much.
I cannot even completely express how thrilled I am with the new chapter book W.I.P. I am now even dreaming about story structure! I think that readers will truly enjoy this book. I hope that you will be looking forward to reading it.
Well, I know this was short. But I received notice that my website developer [Weebly] was purchased by Square and I needed to do some updating and change-overs. So that is what brought me here today! Now I will be spending the bulk of today (as I do every chance I get) working on "The World BEYOND The
Toy Box". My main character, Nico, is a ten-year-old bullied child experiencing a hope-crushing series of events. This eventually propels Nico into an amazing adventure in a miniature world filled with a community of extraordinary and unexpectedly-familiar characters. There Nico has to battle a menacing adversary who forces him to rise to the challenge and overcome the obstacles which are perpetually haunting him in his life-size world.
Doesn't that sound compelling enough to read? ;)
Well, back to the plotting! I will be back here again at the next stage of the project. Till then!
I purchased a Cintiq drawing tablet a while ago and have now completely drawn the draft pictures for my next children's book "The No-Nap Book". It is ready to present to an editor/publisher. (I've actually already submitted it once but that publisher didn't say "Yes". No worries, someone will!)
And I've added a new software program [Dramatica] to my writing arsenal of story-crafting tools. I have spent gobs of hours working on my W.I.P. (Work-In-Progress) "The World BEYOND The Toy Box". I am what is called in the writing world, "A Plotter". I have intricately plotted my story from beginning to end BEFORE I begin to write it. And, let me tell you, that takes time. A lot of it. An incredible amount of it! But I think every single second is worth it. I'm actually a little sad that the plotting stage of my story is almost over because I enjoy it THAT much.
I cannot even completely express how thrilled I am with the new chapter book W.I.P. I am now even dreaming about story structure! I think that readers will truly enjoy this book. I hope that you will be looking forward to reading it.
Well, I know this was short. But I received notice that my website developer [Weebly] was purchased by Square and I needed to do some updating and change-overs. So that is what brought me here today! Now I will be spending the bulk of today (as I do every chance I get) working on "The World BEYOND The
Toy Box". My main character, Nico, is a ten-year-old bullied child experiencing a hope-crushing series of events. This eventually propels Nico into an amazing adventure in a miniature world filled with a community of extraordinary and unexpectedly-familiar characters. There Nico has to battle a menacing adversary who forces him to rise to the challenge and overcome the obstacles which are perpetually haunting him in his life-size world.
Doesn't that sound compelling enough to read? ;)
Well, back to the plotting! I will be back here again at the next stage of the project. Till then!
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