Cozy and Maple

Category: I am an artist

  • Building a Book: Part 2

    Building a Book: Part 2

    I did it! I finished the first rough draft. My sweet little beginning chapter book idea is now an actual, completely typed out story with a beginning, middle, and end. I made a deal with myself that I would devote the next 6 months to trying to get it traditionally published, and if I’m not…

  • Building a Book Part 1: Why Won’t This Book Leave Me Alone?

    Building a Book Part 1: Why Won’t This Book Leave Me Alone?

    There’s a folder on my computer with a very rough draft of a children’s chapter book in it. It’s been sitting there for almost a year. I open it every once in a while. I skim a chapter or two. I close it again. And yet, here I am, still thinking about it. This book…

  • Imposter Syndrome as an Author/Illustrator

    Imposter syndrome is a funny thing. It sneaks in quietly, like a shadow, and before you know it, you’re questioning everything. Today, as I dust off the rough draft of my fourth children’s book, “Growing Honey,” I can feel that old familiar doubt creeping in. Writing a book is hard enough, but writing and illustrating?…