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Patch La Belle part 4
(There’s a surprise inside this blog suitable for all ages) This week has been a flurry of finishing pages, and the cover art for Patch La Belle. I’ve also been doing the graphic design hocus pocus for both the printed books version and an ebook version for Storyberries.com As per my last post I’m still…
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Patch La Belle part 3
As I worked this week on a new children’s book (see my last post) titled Patch La Belle I’ve thought more about the importance of enjoying and trying things regularly. Too often we expect our enjoyments to be big life changing experiences when in reality a good life is a cumulative of many small pleasant…
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Patch La Belle part 2
This week I thought about the importance of trying things. So I’ve reread my poetry sketchbook for poems on that topic. As I mentioned in my last post I’m working on a new children’s book for Storyberries.com titled Patch La Belle. As I work on this book I’m trying several new things but chiefly I’m…
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Patch La Belle begins
I’ve started a new illustrated poetry children’s book for Storyberries.com This time I’m writing and illustrating a bunch of poems. Up till now each book, Alphapets, Alphapets Too and Numpurrs were a single poem long. Lots of illustrations tied together with one poetic story. So this new project feels dangerously different and daring. I find…
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Alphapets Too: Y, Z, the book cover and Storyberries
This week I finished Alphapets Too my sequel to Alphapets by Clancy! It began at the request of my fans and Storyberries – the publisher/distribution house I’ve been working with! (See my last post for prior letters) The Alphapets Too portrait project this week is brought to you by the letters Y and Z. Here’s…
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Alphapets Too: U, V, W and X
My work this week on Alphapets Too my sequel to Alphapets by Clancy is in this post. It began at the request of my fans and Storyberries – the publisher/distribution house I’ve been working with! (See my last post for prior letters) The Alphapets Too pet portrait project this week is brought to you by…
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Alphapets Too: Q, R, S and T
This weeks work on Alphapets Too my sequel to Alphapets by Clancy at the request of my fans and Storyberries – the publisher/distribution house I’ve been working with! (See my last post for details) The Alphapets Too pet portrait project this week is brought to you by the letters Q, R, S and T. Here’s…
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Alphapets Too: M, N, O and P
Here’s the latest work on Alphapets Too my sequel to Alphapets by Clancy at the request of my fans and Storyberries – the publisher/distribution house I’ve been working with! (See my last post for details) The Alphapets Too pet portrait project this week is brought to you by the letters M, N, O and P.…
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Alphapets Too: I, J, K and L
More work on Alphapets Too my sequel to Alphapets by Clancy at the request of my fans and Storyberries – the publisher/distribution house I’ve been working with! (See my last post for details) The Alphapets Too pet portrait project this week is brought to you by the letters I, J, K and L. Here’s my…
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Alphapets Too: E, F G and H
Continuing progress on Alphapets Too my sequel to Alphapets by Clancy at the request of my fans and Storyberries – the publisher/distribution house I’ve been working with! (See my last post for details) The Alphapets Too pet portrait project this week is brought to you by the letters E, F, G and H. Here’s my…
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