Curlilocks Book Launch Curlilocks and her best friend Nelson are off to Auntie Lizzie’s house for a Jam session. Curlilocks plays the the cello and Nelson plays the Violin. There’s one hurdle in their way… the Sleepy Giant. The Sleepy Giant needs to be fast asleep or no one gets across his bridge! This is Curlilocks …
This past December my illustrator created several images for me for the upcoming Story Bird Dance Journal. I’m in the middle of designing the lay-out. Readers of Story Bird Dance will be able to write their daily thoughts and complete how they were -brave -kind -challenged There’s also a space for the next days goals. …
Ok… I’m so excited, just started writing a “winterish” story for the next Story Bird Dance book. I was heading in a different direction. Originally, I was going to do a party story, but another fabulous author, Marti Dumas (of the Jaden Toussaint series is putting together a winter writing bundle. Fingers crossed that I …
Putting together the final tweaks for ….the first book in Story Bird Dance series. Something’s going on in that house… Sky, Jada and Nia love their dance studio and their instructor, Ms. Kenya. But when they learn that their studio is being moved to an empty old house, their excitement turns to dread. While exploring …
It’s summer. My kids are home. We’re having fun and making messes, big messes, that I only seem to clean up. A little venting never hurt. I’m birthing several projects and having to make sure I’m present in my daily interactions. First, I’m excited about my new website. The hubby has been helping big time. …
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Writing my latest Curlilocks story and I’m slightly frustrated by the box I’ve created for myself. The inspiration for this one comes from my daughter and her cello lessons. I’ve fallen in love with a title and now writing to the title, Curlilocks and the Wicked Cello. This is the third Curlilocks book. I’ve decided …
I finally got the coloring book storyboard out to my illustrator. Curlilocks and the Pink Panda’s and Curlilocks and the Big Bad Hairbrush will both have an Activity/Coloring Book. I did an outline for each of the pages and took some advice from a friend and made two coloring books instead of one. Originally, I was …
Curlilocks and the Big Bad Hairbrush is available on Amazon.com and BN.com. Yes! This one took a little longer on the production end, but it was worth the time. From start to finish it took about eight months. That’s writing, editing, illustrations, final edits and dun dun duuuuu formatting. I was able to assemble most …
My new favorite iPhone app is the 5-Minute Journal. It’s helping me get things done. For months I’ve needed to do a few final touches on my second book and make different health choices. They were small things, but I continually found more interesting things to do instead. Like clean the bathroom mirrors, or dust …