About

I’m Donna Louise Sadd. Born and raised in New York, and now have 11 years under my belt living out in the woods in beautiful Central Texas Hill Country.

I was a copywriter and moved up to assistant to the president of a New York advertising agency, then went on to market my small businesses and those of others using well-crafted words.

Words have been my life. That’s why I shake my head now…I believe I’ve finally embarked on the road that I was meant to follow – Writing. Writing for children, big folk, business…simply writing!

I originally got the idea of writing my first children’s book while I was hanging out with my young nieces one day. We wondered why one of my newly adopted little dachshunds, Lucci (pronounced loochy) never gave smoochies, and I started rhyming verses while sketching the beginning pages of the children’s picture book, LUCCI THE NO SMOOCHIE POOCHIE. We had a ball, and I later finished the story and illustrations and had the book printed and bound for gifts.

Since publishing LUCCI on Amazon for family and friends, I have devoted myself to writing solely for children and learning the craft. I am a member of SCBWI, the Children’s Book Insider Clubhouse, a second-year participant of the 12×12 Picture Book Writing Challenge, and have graduated from the following acclaimed writing for children courses:

• Making Picture Book Magic
• Children’s Book Academy
• Lyrical Language Lab
• Nonfiction Archaeology

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