Month: September 2019

Bounce back bamboo

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I need to learn how to be more like bamboo. The top picture is bamboo in crisis because it is dehydrated.

The second picture is a few hours after the bamboo has had a nice long drink.

How do I encourage that kind of resiliency and flexibility in my own life? How do you?

How to un-block…

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Writers often share stories of being blocked. They sit down to write and the white screen mocks them or their characters are in a pickle without a clear exit plan. Twitter, especially, is filled with stories about being blocked.

So I ask you…how do YOU get un-blocked? What are the techniques or events that have lead you to your breakthroughs?

Behind the Scenes

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Here’s one of the photos taken for my recent work in progress, Bee Wars.

This will be the third of my children’s books which are illustrated by pictures I take and then translate into comic style images using the app Clip2Comic.

The books take a great deal of time to put together even after the story is written. Models have to pretend a great deal, not always easy with a camera in their faces. I take between 150-200 photos to get the 25-30 I need for the book.

As a reminder (wink, wink) my first two children’s books with the wonderful models who helped bring the story to life:

Gladiola – It’s in the name.

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It’s right in there…GLAD.

Yesterday, at a local grocery store I stumbled across some gladiolas on sale. Delighted, I scooped up the bright red ones for my mantel. As I glanced at them from time to time, they just made me happy….glad.

Watching a gladiola bloom up the stalk is like watching the whole of spring in fast-forward. Each blossom is sweet, but together on the stalk they dramatically say, “I am apologetically magnificent.

Thank you, gladiolas, for gracing my living room.