So the house addition project is getting to the final five weeks of construction and I couldn't be happier. No more dust, no more scratches and people walking through the joint. I can soon return to having a nice quiet place to work and be left alone. Meanwhile, the little monster you see in the picture has been a horrible sleeper waking up every hour and a half.
Awww, little monster... How can I stay mad at you?
Good news. I'll be critiquing picture book manuscripts at this year's LA SCBWI Conference. With that said some a few of my books will be sold at the SCBWI bookstore, both of which will be making their early debut's in order to make the most of the conference.
CHICKEN DANCE is one of them....
and the other is BOBBY VS. GIRLS...
both authors for these books will be in attendance at the conference so you can make the most of your experience and get the books signed by BOTH the author and illustrator (that would be me)
Meanwhile, I'm finishing up the last few illustrations for OH NO! and I think it looks great. I can't show you guys much more because I've shown too much, but.... Oh, What the hey! here's a little peek of a little smidge....
I'm also working on a Dan Gutman book for Simon and Schuster...
"Painting is drawing and drawing is painting" is what Da Vinci used to say.
Lastly, author Tammi Sauer and I have been preparing for our huge 'Chicken Dance' marketing campaign and that only means one thing....
CHICKEN PUPPET!!!
