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There seems to be a lot happening in April and May when it comes to children's publishing. But then again, there's always something going on - isn't there? Here are just a few. . .

GRANNY AWARDS 2007
Stories for Children Magazine is proud to announce its First Annual "Granny" Awards! Hollywood may have the Grammies, but the editors at SFC have THE GRANNYS!

"Without you, and without the awesome generosity of your outstanding talent and contributions, and your belief in us as the "new kid on the block," there would NOT BE a Stories for Children Magazine! The selfless gift of your time and talent to get Stories for Children off the ground and growing is appreciated more than we can ever say. To honor each and every contributor to our magazine, we decided to recognize your gifts to us. Since two of our editors are "grannies," they got to name this award . . . "The Granny Awards."

The Staff at Stories for Children Magazine will be picking their Top Three Personal Favorite Contributions for this award in the following categories:

Nonfiction
Fiction
Illustration/Artwork
Poetry
Youth

Do you want to know who won? Don't miss the gala event taking place on April 1st at Stories for Children Magazine.


NEW EDITION OF THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO CHILDREN PUBLISHING
The third edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, 3rd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to) will be released on May 6 and can now be pre-ordered.
Visit The Purple Crayon to see two free sample chapters and other information.

What does the third edition offer?
-Updates in several chapters.
-A new chapter on finding a good writing how-to.
-A new chapter on self-publishing.
-Marketing and promotion section reorganized and revised.
-Revisions and added material throughout.


THE PIGEON WANTS A . . .???
What does that pigeon want already?? He really, really, REALLY wants one. He'll take good care of it! What's the matter--don't you want him to be happy?! Children and pigeons will be able to participate in a contest to guess the object of Pigeon's affection. On April 1st, we will finally find out what that pigeon wants in Mo Willems' new pigeon book! Pigeon Wants..., The

Read a teaser at Publisher's Weekly

I wanted to take a minute to describe the services I offer. If you like my work, stop by my etsy shop and buy a print or a card or an original piece of art! I offer my smaller pieces at my store.

This is one of my prints!

I write about all my psychic experiences and discovery/learning as an intuitive. Some of my writing is here. My psychic blog is here. Most of my work--either art or writing--is based on my experiences either connecting with the animals or Nature or the Invisible world! I'm pretty much fascinated with all that stuff!

I am also offering custom portraits right now, which make great gifts and are sooo fun to make!
Go to my art page on my site for details here.
I also like to make illustrations & design for businesses and folks and other stuff too, like logos for your biz, fancy headers for your blog. That's why they call me Designing Fairy! If you have a project you need my help with, give me an email.

I have one cute book out that makes a great gift. It's called For The Love of Dog. It's filled with my art and silly stories and a fun doggy poem and pictures. You can buy it at my Etsy shop. It's professionally printed so it's all fancy and slick. :)
I'll let you know about my other books soon. :)

And last, but surely not least, I have my illustrated email classes if you are interested in fairies and healing with nature and flowers, or even the great mysteries in life like talking to animals (we have a class!). Go to Fairy School here. All the info is from my book in progress, The Fairy Field Guide.

And, my Paintings page is back up on my website.


Thanks for looking and thanks for buying! Tell your friends. And back to your regularly scheduled program.