Hi everyone. Last weekend I attended a Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators conference. Why, you may be wondering? The poetry and paintings on my new website, delightfullyfunandwhimsical.com, will be part of a book that I am hoping (actually, working my tail off!) to have published. I believe that I have something good and inspiring and positive to say to kids, and I want to do just that!!! Until that time when a publisher says, YES DENISE, I will publish your book because it is so fabulous, to which I will reply, yes it is, isn't it!, I'm happy to have kids know my work through my really wonderful, easy to use website! By the way, I checked with my two greatest nieces, Lexie and Rachel, to see their responses to the poems and paintings, and I got two thumbs-up!! (or should I say, four thumbs-up!!) Thanks greatest nieces!!
I met so many really wonderful published and unpublished children's authors and illustrators at the conference. SOOO inspiring! I took a double workshop with author/illustrator Judy Schachner, writer of the Skippyjon Jones series. She is as fun and Skippyjon Johns himself. If you are don't know her work, or even if you do, go get one of her Skippyjon Jones books and read it. Then read it again pretending that you are 7 years old!! Just amazing!
So now my brain is so full of ideas for new poetry, paintings, and even a full-lenth story. My creative/crazy brain doesn't quite know what to do with all of this new stimuli! I'll figure it out. But in the meantime, I think it's time for a new art/craft project. Hm, what shall it be?
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