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Don't get your lions crossed! Author/ Editor Lea Schizas is hosting the Writing for Children Blog Fest at The Writing Jungle, from March 31st- April 5th, so don't miss it. I'm happy to be one of the contributors who will be guest blogging at her site!

What's the Writing for Children Blog Fest? A fantastic opportunity to find out more about children's books, children's authors, writing tips, and recommendations.

Be sure to leave a comment that week at The Writing Jungle blog to be eligible for one of the doorprizes on April 5.

Find out more about some of the other contributors:
Betty Cain
Diana Symons
Joyce Moyer Hostetter
Kim McDougall
Lea Schizas
Lila Guzman
Margot Finke
Vivian Zabel

I spent a bit of today looking through old sketchbooks and had a good laugh. Take a look at a sketch I completed in 1989:


From 1997:


And some from 2002 (I was a student at Grant MacEwan College):



Evolution is a wonderful thing!

*there's only one more day until my blog contest ends! Scroll down for more information.

Friends, I've talked about this before, a serious affliction many artists and writers have. It's...it's...NOTEBOOK ADDICTION. Since moving to Prescott, I find myself surrounded by beautiful notebooks. One by one they've made their way to my home. I hadn't even realized I had so many notebooks until I sat down one day to write and I had MANY, MANY CHOICES! Here's my assortment. Don't be jealous.
The top one has smooth paper great for drawing. Contestant number 2 is a Moleskin. We have still not bonded. I like the size and feel of it, but the paper quality is odd. The third one is a lined notebook with BIG BEN on it. I have this affinity to England and I saw Big Ben in a meditation vision, so I own this book now. The next one is a Hemp journal I bought yesterday. The papers are deliciously handmade. I have a project for this one I can't wait to do. The last one is my daily journal. The leather is squooshy and pages soft and bendy. Great for carrying around. See, they all have purposes. It's not like I don't use them or anything. Then there is that lovely journal I saw the other day in Raven's.... Read the rest of this post

Rather than pack for moving, I've chosen to obsess and redo my website. Ah, the joys of fussing! It's my version of freaking out. For inspiration for my creative friends, here's some great blogs showcasing great sketchbooks that I've found while web-surfing. My hat goes off to these ladies:

Notebookism. That's a great word and the sketchbook gives me shivers.

Non-dairy diary:
This girl is a genius with a sketchbook.

Check out CES's sketchbook stories.

Be sure to check out my own mini sketchbook in prior entries.

I bought a moleskin everyone has been talking of. I hate to say it, I don't like it. It's very hard to draw in ink on it. I think it's made for more watercolor work. Darn.

Got a great sketchbook? Show me!

Nick Sung

Aurelie Blard-Quintard

Marc Simont