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Great Event at
Blue Manatee Saturday. Next up,
Bat Fest at the
Cincinnati Museum Center. I will have a lecture about illustrating the book at 1:30 and reading the book
Little Red Bat after! |
| Christina, Kathy, and Mary Kay with our bat friends. |
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| Photo by Tom Uhlman |
Books By the Banks was great this year!
Mary Kay Carson and I had the bat table. Unfortunately, the pictures do not show the extensive level of battiness, but it was there. We had bats on the wall, bat garlands, bat candies, glow-in-dark bats, and, well you get the idea...
Good thing too, the turnout was amazing. We signed a lot of books!
I wish I took more pictures at the show. There were some amazing illustrators in attendance this year (and authors) and I spent too much money on books. But hey, books are an addiction...
More of my photos are on the
Cincinnati Illustrators Blog...
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| Photo by Tom Uhlman |
I will be at
Books By the Banks signing
Little Red bat on Saturday, October 2nd. There will also be many other top notch authors and illustrators like
Loren Long,
Will Hillenbrand,
Mary Kay Carson,
C.F. Payne,
John Maggard,
Cinda Chima and many others. I do much of my holiday shopping there!
What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon?
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| Books by the Banks 2009 |
Here are the shirts that will be available at
Indiana Bat Festival Saturday! I will also have activity sheets and a variety of the books I have illustrated including
Little Red Bat of course!!
I will be in Columbus Saturday with Carole Gerber at the Ohioana Book Festival. Hope to see you there!
We will be signing books with a lot of other talented authors and illustrators! Yes, I will be giving away magnets AND colorsheets!
Thanks Lauren Bishop for this great story in the Cincinnati Enquirer!
Hope to see everyone at the signing at Blue Marble on Saturday from 2-4PM! Address: 1356 South Fort Thomas Avenue, Fort Thomas, Kentucky 41075
Carole Gerber wrote
Little Red Bat! It is a wonderful bit of luck that she lives in Columbus, Ohio! It is the first time I live close to an author of any of the books I have illustrated so it is a treat that we will be able to do some appearances together starting with a kick off signing at
Blue Marble Children's Bookstore in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky on Saturday the 17th of April from 2-4 PM.
Carole was kind enough to do an interview about
Little Red Bat and writing. As an illustrator, the experience is quite different as I described on
Scotti Cohn's web series several weeks ago. Carole has written many great books so check them out!
CW: Tell me a little bit about your background and how you started writing. CG: I taught high school English for one year and then middle school English for another. Both were urban schools and I did not have the temperament to deal with all the problems. I applied to grad school at OSU early in my second year of teaching - was accepted to the School of Journalism and was selected for a fully-paid assistantship that required me to write two articles a week about OSU honor students. After earning my master's I held a variety of writing jobs - inhouse magazine editor, copywriter at an ad agency and hospital then went freelance when my daughter was born. Writing for children grew out of a couple of freelance assignments for a local publisher. CW: How long does it take you to research and write a picture book? CG: Depends on the book. It can take a couple of weeks to a couple of months. LITTLE RED BAT took more time because it required a lot of research - first on bats in general and then narrowing it down to red bats, which I think are so adorable and unique. I have other PBs for younger children (i.e., BLIZZARD) that required little or no research but - because they are told in verse - take more to put the words together. CW: Are there usually a lot of changes from the original manuscript? CG: Usually the basic story stays the same - whether in verse or prose - but the editor always wants changes and/or additions. These are easier to make with prose books - since most of mine are in verse, making changes requires a lot more thought. Also - before an editor sees it, I have revised it many, many, MANY times. Because of my background in journalism, I am quick to take valid suggestions and readily make revisions - and do both quickly. That flexibility is appreciated by editors who do NOT want to deal with people who won't take direction. CW: With most of my books I have illustrated, I have not had contact with the author. Do you ever get any input into the art or sketches when working on a picture book?CG: Yes - the illustrator's sketches (even yours!) were sent to me and I did have input thr
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By: Christina Wald,
on 1/18/2011
You made some lovely drawings, Christina. I bet a bunch of kids went home to find their crayon boxes...