Update on NaPiBoWriWee

Hi folks,

For my first National Picture Book Writing Week, hosted by Paula Yoo, I didn’t do too bad. I started a picture book that I’m going to work into a fun chapter book, completed another 4 very rough, picture book drafts, and wrote a children’s poem for a magazine contest. Woot, woot!

I’m proud of myself, but all these months of non-stop writing has found me down for the count with a terrible head cold. I figured it would happen sooner or later, but there’s something about being light-headed on antihistamines that finds me writing with abandon. Sure, when I’m better, the stories will probably become liner for my bird cage, but it’s the ideas that are coming fast and furious that I’m thrilled about! It seems as if the daily deadlines have turned on a faucet in my mind.

Okay, just wanted to post a little quicky to let y’all know that I’ll be back in the saddle again soon.

Thanks for popping in.

Oh, have you seen the book trailer for LUCCI- The No Smoochie Poochie yet? Check it out; I’d love to hear what you think about it. :0)

Glutton for Punishment – #NaPiBoWriWee

Hi Folks,

I know, I know, I must be a glutton for punishment. Just when I thought I might catch a break after #Blogflash2013, #AprilPrompts and NaPoWriMo, something came up that I just could not miss…National Picture Book Writing Week!

This is the fifth year that author and TV/movie screenwriter, Paula Yoo, has hosted this event, which she created to inspire picture book writers to stop procrastinating and write your stories.

This will be my first time joining, and the plan is to write a picture book draft each day for a week. I’ve got a cabinet full of sticky note ideas and I’m going to try to bring some of them to life this week.

It’s still early, so I wanted to post this for any of my picture book writer friends who might want to participate. Just comment on Paula’s blog to join. Then check in for daily blog posts for a chance to win books. There’s also a Facebook support group you can join.

Okay, so y’all know what I’ll be doing this week…

#AprilPrompts – Day 11- Game- #NaPoWriMo #Childrens #Poem

GAME

Let's make like you're some monster
Arriving from the Sun
Let's tell her you're a zombie
Let's think of something fun

Let's say you're an alien
Come to take her away
If she doesn't fall for it
We'll tell her she can't play

Let's dress you up real frightening
Scare her through the roof, or
Tell her she was switched at birth
And that you have the proof

Now Sis just went off telling
Saying we are to blame
Oh no, Mommy is coming
Mom, it was just a game!

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Carlie M A Cullen- Day 11- Game

February 9 2013 3 a.m.

Reblogged from The Goat Granny:

(some photos are naturally graphic so be aware) 

After have gotten up once during the night already I lay in bed half awake trying to decide whether I should get up yet again.  Her bleats were a steady rhythm, could be a mama calling for her baby, I thought to myself.  As I faded in and out of sleep I realized they were growing more intense with panic (and pain).

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No Butterfly McQueen, but there's been lots of birthin' babies at Goats Rock Ranch! I had to re-blog; so let your fingers do the walkin' round the pictures of new kids being born...it doesn't get any cuter than this! Thanks Michelle. :0)

Sea Cutter, by Timothy Davis, Book

Reblogged from Story Boys:

I read Sea Cutter, by Timothy Davis. It was fun to read because you never know what’s going to happen next. At the end of every chapter there is a cliffhanger that makes you want to keep reading.

I like how Nat goes to find his dad, and how he thinks his friend Wayland goes overboard in a storm. And I like how much the adults love Nat.

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Tim Davis' NEW Paperback of SEA CUTTER is reviewed by a smart 10 year-old boy, just the target audience! :0)