12/03/2017

Today I'm going to move away from my traditional blog about publishing and talk about something that is a little more real.  Today I turn 35.  My plan was to announce to the world on my birthday that we had a beautiful baby on the way.  Being the Project Manager that I am I had it all planned out.  The first trimester was over, the kids t-shirts were ordered (Big Brother/Big Sister), a photo session was scheduled, maternity leave was planned, and everything was just perfect.  Unfortunately, God

11/23/2017

It happened for me on Halloween and I was probably a lucky one.  We went to the dollar store to find glow sticks for Trick-or-Treating and halfway down the Halloween aisle, there they were...Christmas decorations! 'Tis the Season!  The holidays can get a bit crazy whether you're the finish all your shopping in October kind of person (that's crazy in my book) or you're a wake up at 4:00AM on Black Friday to shop kind of person, it's easy to get swept away with the season.  Here are some helpful

08/17/2017

Since you’ve all seen the final Peek-a-Bunny stuffed animals, I thought it might be fun to tell you what I went through to get them to where they are today.  For starters, I had to describe what I wanted to Wayne, my illustrator.  I believe I said, “Make it cute…I trust you!”  Yup, that’s what he had to work with!  Magically he came up with a bunny that was cute.  One sketch, one tweak to the eyes and voilà the Peek-a-Bunny concept was becoming a reality! So as Wayne worked on the book, I