I love being a teacher. I love that I get to hang out with kids who love picture books as much as I do, who don’t mind my silly voices when I tell stories, and who think my wacky dance moves are funny and cool. I also love school holidays, when I get to rest, […]
You know how much I love children’s picture books! Why wouldn’t I? You get to relive your childhood, devour delightful words, chuckle, cry, hoot, swing…. Well, you get what I mean, don’t you? C’mon then…if you don’t know what I mean, it’s obviously been way too long since you’ve read a picture book!! I recently […]
Remember that secret I hinted at here? I think it’s time to start revealing the whole thing. Well, maybe not the whole thing…but part of it. Yep, it’s all happening in 2014! 🙂 I do have another secret I can’t wait to share….just not yet 🙂 Soon, I promise! Anyway (*a quick change of subject*)… […]
It took a while, but I finally got Chapter 4 of my novel over to Amanda …and a couple of days early at that 🙂 I was happy to get this response in Amanda’s reply email: “A really substantial chapter! Great work :)” I knew there would be more to it than that though. I’m getting […]
Fantangle Christmas Angel I can’t believe we’re already almost half way through January 2014. I’m loving the holidays, and trying not to plan too far ahead now, so that the rest of January doesn’t fly by. My plan is to take each day as it comes, and enjoy the moments. I’ve enjoyed being able to […]
There are so many wonderful things about this time of year. There’s the reminder of that day many years ago when a precious baby was born in a manger…a tiny baby destined to change humanity for eternity. Then there’s the excitement of spending joyful times with family and friends. Of course there’s the blessing of […]
I’m happy to report that Chapter 2 of my novel has now been written, and Amanda’s feedback has been an eye-opener, to say the least. (If you haven’t been following what’s going on, you can read about Chapter 1 and how this project all came about here). The first thing I can say after this […]
Van Gogh’s Starry Night (my favourite painting of all time) “Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.” -Eskimo Saying Jennifer xo
Many of you have been waiting for my discovery of the perfect cupcake recipe. Well, I’m not sure if I’ll ever find it. With all my cupcake/life analogies, I really thought I had found the perfect ingredients for a great life though… Ingredient 1 – follow your dreams Ingredient 2 – never, ever give […]
The sum of Chapter 1 = 21 pages (or 5497 words + a whole lot of time & effort) This is the mathematical equation for the very first chapter of my novel. Chapter 1 was due to my mentor, Amanda Hampson, by 24th July, but since I’ve been excitedly squeezing in as much writing as […]