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... is stretched out before us, like a fresh sheet of paper.
Breaking news: I am very pleased to announce that one of my illustrations has been awarded an honorable mention in the latest
3x3 Picture Book Show! It's an image from
"No Crocodiles in Town", a picture book I'm currently working on.
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Early pencil sketch |
I've been absent from this blog the past few months for both good reasons (
a fantastic trip to New York, where I met with lots of my favorite publishers, attended the
SCBWI Conference and caught up with long-lost friends) ... and for not-so-good reasons (involving hospitals and unbearable dread). In the midst of it all, I have tried to continue sketching and grappling with new manuscripts. But this blog fell by the wayside, somewhat :-( . Hopefully this won't happen again...
Now that I'm, here I did want to mention—horribly, ludicrously late—that I finally received my copy of
3x3 No. 10, the annual from last year (!!) ... and it's a beaut! Look:
Beautifully printed and hard-bound, it unites work from all three of the shows (Picture Book, Pro, and Student Work) in a single volume. Below is my page, featuring the cover and four spreads from
"Crocodile Shoes" (my as-yet-unpublished picture book,
discussed ad nauseum on this blog already).
In a happy coincidence, the page next to mine had images by my friend
Zack Rock whose
new book (
"Homer Henry Hudson's Curio Museum") will be published very soon! Go Zack, go! In fact, the whole annual is overflowing with wonderful work, definitely worth a look.
For those of you who are interested, the 3x3 annual No. 10 is available in both print and digital formats —
click here to see!
If I try to talk while I’m swimming, I’ll end up sputtering and splashing and swallowing a mouthful of water.And before I know it, I’ll have lost my rhythm and my momentum and will have to start all over again or get out of the water and wait for another day.The same thing happens when I’m writing if I talk about a project too soon, before it’s set in my head, say, or before I’ve gotten enough
"After Hans Christian Andersen"
by Daniel Picouly
illustrated by Olivier Tellac
Enchanted Lion Books 2007
translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrich
published in France as Poucette de Toulaba
by Rue de Monde 2007
"Once upon a time in Toulaba, a country at the far end of far away..."
So begins the trouble with this updating of the classic Andersen tale because the illustration shows us a dark-skinned
I rarely discuss a writing project until I'm ready to share it with my writing group. To me, it just sounds too stupid to say it out loud, whatever my idea of the moment is. Also, I just like keeping it underwraps, I like, as you said, being the only person who knows this story. For the first draft at least, it has to be just me and the piece.
I have to square it all away in my head before I speak of it. I dont necessarily need it on paper, but every character and all the events have to be there in my head before I let any of it out. Or else someone will say something like maybe this should happen or maybe that and now they will have ruined my story with their advice.