woolly mammoth boogers . . .

"When you drink water through your trunk, does it taste like boogers?" -- Ice Age 4



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If you haven't been following Rob Sanders' Picture This blog, you don't know what you're missing. This week it's all about First-Book Deals, so far we've heard from Fred Koehler and Aimee Reid.



My own book, Rabbit Surprise, had been rejected like 10 or 12 times (or maybe more), and I had given up on it, filed it away some place . . . and 2 years later . . . I get this phone call . . . where a slush-reader had liked the story, had not been able to convince the powers-that-be, had saved the story and now that she was working at a different publishing house and was one of the powers-that-be herself (Thank You Tracy!) . . . well, that's my story.


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and here's a little article I enjoyed reading: The Dot and Ish by Peter H. Reynolds


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In 1993 I had my first picture book published (Rabbit Surprise, Crown, illustrated by Dominic Catalano, editor Tracy Gates) . . . but I was too shy and had a romantic (but misdirected) notion of art and humility . . . so I failed to promote the book  . . . and, of course,  my picture book ‘career’ faded into obscurity . . . In 2006 I self-published a book of haiga (haiku and photographs) and did book-talks and interviews, workshops for children and photo-gallery exhibitions . . . and most importantly . . . I have come to  understand the extreme importance and necessity of an author to promote themselves and their books.

 I can’t stress this enough: Promote, Promote, Promote!

Perhaps that’s why the title of this little article (by Dorothy Thompson.) caught my attention:

Are You Prepared to be an Author? . . . well, are you?

http://ezinearticles.com/?Are-You-Prepared-to-be-an-Author?&id=244269