We are happy to say that the launch of I Saw Bigfoot is in the books! And what an incredible launch week it was. What made it so incredible was all the love we felt coming through the special messages and encouragement we got from our readers. Toward the end of the launch week, we…
From state highways to county roads to gravel lanes, a recent trip to our new printer did not disappoint and I can’t wait to share the details! A few weeks ago we got word that the first run of books for Hope’s soon-to-be-launched I Saw Bigfoot book was complete. Rather than have the books shipped…
Have you ever wondered what goes into character creation? I’d like to walk you through a brief explanation of my character development process where I go from new ideas to finished sketches. Where the ideas came from When I started brainstorming for my book I Saw Bigfoot, I had a couple of character ideas bouncing…
The book is finished, but that doesn’t mean we’re quite ready to publish. We are in the middle of the final, and one of the most important, steps: proofing the proof copy… and then the final proof copy. It’s so tempting to skip the final proof copy, but let’s talk about why it’s worth the…
You may be wondering why I chose to write a book about Bigfoot. Well, let me be honest, that wasn’t my original idea in the beginning! It took some serious brainstorming to land on the final story. Back when I chose to write and illustrate a children’s book for my capstone project in school, I…
Last week, we promised to share why we are parting ways with Amazon. ”A break up?” you ask. Gasp! Really, it’s not quite as juicy as it sounds. To be honest, like millions of others, our family has come to rely on Amazon’s unlimited options of products, low prices, and fast shipping (which really isn’t…
Hey guys! Hope here! It’s been a long time since I’ve worked on any publication projects here at Talya Press. It’s been a crazy (but amazing) past couple years full of learning for me. During my last two years of high school, I completed a two-year program at Alexandria College and earned my AAS degree…
Isn’t there just something about spring that brings a sense of hope and a promise of new things to come? This time of year I can start to feel the overwhelm of pushing through this last quarter of the school year. It’s also the time of year when I revamp our homeschool routine a bit…
Just the other morning, I shared on our Instagram feed that the first words out of my 3-year-old’s mouth were, “I want to go to the library.” Unfortunately, with COVID-19 keeping us all at home, that means no more weekly trips to the library. No more extracurricular trips to anywhere. Now is a great time…
Whether we like it or not, we are finding ourselves living in unprecedented times. In just a matter of weeks, words like pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, quarantine, and social distancing have become part of our everyday vocabulary. And whether we admit it or not, it’s likely that most of us have felt a certain degree of…