tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866759592807727992024-03-05T05:55:09.380-08:00The Artist and the Writer Come Together!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666377365575941032noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186675959280772799.post-9091189116063010462014-10-04T12:08:00.002-07:002014-10-04T12:08:14.402-07:00Coming a long great!Book is coming a long great. Looking forward to Jan. 2015 when it will be finished.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666377365575941032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186675959280772799.post-10290159812961706162014-07-27T08:07:00.001-07:002014-07-27T08:07:57.803-07:00I AM A WITCH’S CAT<a href="http://www.thepageturn.com/i-am-a-witchs-cat/#sthash.U3cdlceW.cmfs">I AM A WITCH’S CAT</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666377365575941032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186675959280772799.post-36277173841744929412014-07-11T04:19:00.000-07:002014-07-11T04:19:05.935-07:00Roxie has been learning a new software while doing the art for "Sit Down, Bumper" and I have to say the first page final draft looks amazing. Way to go, Roxie!<br />
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did you get started writing for children? I started out making up bedtime stories for
my two girls. They’d ask me to tell the same ones over and over again, and I
enjoyed it. I thought about writing children’s stories for quite a few years
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is your favorite part of the writing process? My favorite part is when it’s a
finished. (hehe!) While that’s true, I do enjoy drawing the pictures when I can
do them myself. I’m not an artist, so there are some picture books that
continue to float around in my head, because I think, “I can’t draw that!”</div>
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you have an illustrator or do your own art? I did the illustrations for the
Hairington books. I had fun doing it, and I drew them exactly how I pictured
them in my mind. I did have a story published by <i>‘Magination Magazine</i>, and the magazine had an illustrator draw the
sofa monster, which I could never do. I
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would be one thing you would tell writers wanting to write for children? It may
sound easy, but it’s not as simple as you some people think. Kids are fun to
write for because they have such wonderful imaginations and love off-the-wall
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<u>The Peanut Buttor Tweatment</u> – In this first book,
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<u>Attack of the Dust
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staticy creatures cling to hair. It's Dr. Follicle and Dust Bunny Dispatch to
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<a href="http://www.kidsmagination.com/sofa-monster">Sofa Monster</a>, which you
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Have you wondered what happens to all that stuff you lose in
the sofa cushions? Well, Sammy finds out when a monster made of pencils,
M&Ms, loose change and other odds and ends come crawling out of the
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behind his store. What Tom unearths makes the neighborhood kids tremble with
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Now let me tell you why I'm in a panic. I've published many books at this stage of my writing career but never a children's book, so that alone is scary to me. Now here comes a company that just might be willing to stock a book that is still in production! Yes, my nerves are just a little raw right now! I wonder if Roxie's feeling the same way?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666377365575941032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186675959280772799.post-55821713715615669522014-05-31T10:01:00.001-07:002014-05-31T10:05:08.360-07:00<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome Crystal Clifton: </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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wrote my first children’s story in 1997 when I wrote what turned out to be my
second published book since last year. Thimble Kisses was my first published
and Jefferson the Colorful Caterpillar(written in 1997) was my second and have
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process?</b></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Memories because all of my
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wanting to write for children?</b> The one thing I tell everyone Always Believe in
Your Dreams and Never Give Up, because it may take you a while to get published
whether you do it yourself or get a publisher just Never give up.</div>
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5<span style="font-size: 7pt;">. <b> </b></span><!--[endif]--><b>Please share information about your books and
what age group? </b>Thimble Kisses can be for ages pre K and up but actually
written for 6 to 9 year olds. Jefferson is an Anti Bullying book for kids of all ages but
primarily elementary aged kids, The Jenny’s Most Horribly Wonderful Birthday is
for pre K and up as well. My three year old granddaughter Loves them all and
sits through them each time I read them. I have read them to 5<sup>th</sup>
graders who love them equally.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666377365575941032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186675959280772799.post-86690269173155227992014-05-29T17:35:00.002-07:002014-05-29T17:38:01.781-07:00Roxie just sent me the cover to our book and I love it!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666377365575941032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186675959280772799.post-28352156075531732942014-05-28T17:16:00.003-07:002014-05-28T17:18:32.703-07:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here is a sneak peek of some art work Roxie is working on for our book called, "Sit Down, Bumper"</b></span><br />
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Roxann Rodriguez but I go by Roxie. I have carried a pencil and pad of paper
since I can remember. My mother would ever since I was very little. I took Art
all through school. What captured my interests in art were the snoopy comics
I'd read every Sunday. I loved that dog. I thought to myself, ''I want to
do that.''.. Draw something and it be in the paper for everyone to see. I
graduated from high school in 1987. Three years later I got the nerve to enroll
at the Art Institute of Dallas. It was awesome and very interesting all at
once!! I learned so much. I really understood the meaning then behind the
phrase ''starving artist''.. Two years went by and I graduated, got my
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took over and bills needed to be paid. I am now 45 years old and finally got
the chance I needed 22 years ago. What can I say, I love to draw, and now I'm
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My name
is Teresa Jones and I write under the pen names of T.D. Jones and Monet
Manchester for my romance books and under the name of Teresa Jones for my
children books. My dream has always been to be a published author and four
years ago that dream came true. Writing feeds my soul and I hope to do it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">full-time after I retire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Teresa Jones </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">jonestd17@yahoo.com </span></div>
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