Today I have someone pretty special to talk about! My nana! Why would I tell you about my grandma? Because I dedicated my book to her. She has a light-hearted, Norwegian humor that always makes me laugh, and she offers lots of good advice. You will find some of Nana’s characteristics in the main character…
I’ve told you about my big idea of writing a book, how I set goals to accomplish my big idea, and the steps I took to edit my proof copies. My book didn’t exactly start out as something I really wanted to “put out there” to the world. When kids create books It all started…
In my last post I talked about the thrill of getting my first proof copy. But getting a proof copy didn’t mean my book was perfect by any means. There was still so much more editing to do. Let me take you through the steps… 1. Read through proof copy many times. When I read…
If you read my last post, you will remember that I talked about how to organize ideas in a mind map. Once I organized my ideas, I started the actual writing of my book. Today I am going to explain how I designed and edited my kids book with lots of help from my mom….
In my previous post, I explained how I set goals and got to work on my ideas for my children’s book. In the next few posts, I will walk you through how I organized my ideas, how I proofread and edited my story, and how I read through my first proof copy. Before I get…
In my first post, I told you I have been working on a project that came from a Big Idea. So, by now you’re probably wondering just what was my Big Idea. Allow me to share! My Big Idea was to write a children’s book chock-full of colorful illustrations! And it sure took a long…
Have you ever had a big idea? One that seems so impossible and unreachable you don’t know where to start? If so, you have probably realized that big ideas can be pretty difficult to see through to the end. A big idea often stays just that… a big idea. It gets forgotten and lost after…
Mother’s Day is just around the corner. For a mom, more important than any gift on this day is simply soaking in the moments together with family. All too often I can forget to find joy in the busyness of chasing after the toddler, attending to the preschooler, instructing the 2nd-grader, and giving sound counsel…
I have been hearing echoes of my grandmother’s voice over the last couple days, reading, “I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-am.” If you have school-aged children or grandchildren, you probably know that this past Friday, March 2nd, was the birthday of the beloved author Dr. Suess and…
Who doesn’t love a good story? Stories are a great way to share a part of ourselves with others and for others to share a part of themselves with us. Stories are how people connect with each other, engage others, and start to understand what it’s like to stand in someone else’s shoes. They help…