Pretty pompous, eh? Picture books spare no one, and my learning curve was steep! Tell us about your road to publication, what did that involve for you?īecause I had been writing daily for many years, I hoped my trajectory would be shorter than others who had less experience in writing. I read up on how the heck people got published, and later that fall, in 2015, I found SCBWI and my first critique partners. But I couldn’t stop scratching the itch to write. The day my youngest son went to preschool, I snuggled up with my Cavalier King Charles puppy in a cozy armchair and drafted the picture book of my heart, which spilled out way too long, descriptive, and didactic. I wanted to try writing one, especially for my oldest, who was born with microtia/atresia-a malformed ear and no ear canal. The irreverent, funny new picture books we found surprised and delighted me. In those early years caring for my sons, we read together constantly. I had left my job as a newspaper reporter and editor a few years earlier to be a stay-at-home mom. I knew the day my youngest went to preschool and I finally had a few hours to myself. When did you know you wanted to write picture books? My whole family lives here now, so my kids are blessed with abundant grandparent and cousin time. I live in rural Kansas, just three miles from the wheat, corn, and soybean farm where I grew up.
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