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What is one of the more memorable gifts you’ve been given on your birthday? Maybe it’s that car you always wanted, or those books you wanted, but never bought? Recently, for me it came from a special group of friends. My fist children’s publication was “Shivering Sally and the Scary Sounds.” When it was published…

I was just visiting Kevin Scott Collier’s blog and was immediately humbled:http://kevinscottcollier.blogspot.com/2007/06/never-draw-book-without-love.html There are photographs of him sitting on the floor, working on his illustrations, but completely accessible to his son. One photograph has his son hanging on his back while he’s illustrating his latest project. The pictures are inspiring to me. I work on…

Yesterday I recveived another acceptance from Once Upon a Time Magazine! If I weren’t so tired from taking the kids to the huge Barnes & Noble bookstore, I would have been bouncing around the livingroom. I quickly signed the contract and completed some other business the editor wanted. Any OUAT readers out there, I can’t…

Right now I am reading a book called 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey. I’m only in the first few chapters, but it inspired me enough to write about what I have read. It is a book based on Don Piper’s experience of going through a car crash, being pronounced dead…

We were the best,We were one of a kind,Four friends like us,Will be hard to find. It started one day, We got along well,Four excellent writers,Now wasn’t that swell? With our brains all a turning,We critiqued all our work,Our partners were friends,A wonderful perk! How do groups fall,And grow far apart?Won’t happen to ours,‘Twas made…

I recently read a story, If You Can’t Sleep, to my children. It was written by a member of my critique group. It’s not published yet, but it’s such a sensational story, that I’m sure it will be soon. My girls loved it. They want to hear it over and over again. Which makes me…