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Inspiration! Liquid Story Binder XE

I remember many years ago, I was reading Melissa Marr's blog (she was then just a simple struggling author like me). She was talking about her process while she was writing Wicked Lovely. I was mesmerised by her creativity. She would set a mood all around her with pictures taped to her monitor and desk so she could capture the scenes of her imaginary world. It was a familiar world in that it was city-scapes of today, but since she didn't live right in the heart of a major city, she needed to ...

A Tale of Two Sisters, a Pixie, and a Princess Book!

Ahh...two lovely sisters...but not only are they sisters, they're BFF's! Nothing could come between them. Not even boys!

Then something arrives at the door...









But wait! It's the new princess book they've been DYING to read for months! Who will get to read it first?
"You know I asked to read this first!" says H, calmly twisting it ever so slightly out of her sister's grasp.

"No, it's not!" K grabs onto the spine a little more fiercely. "You get to read every book Mom brings home first. It's my tu...

Jeepers! Princess Peepers is in Scholastic Book Clubs April issue!

If you want a paperback of Princess Peepers, you can get it in the April issue of Scholastic Book Clubs' Firefly issue (pg. 9). It's only FOUR dollars! Click here: Princess Peepers in Scholastic

I had to buy one from them since I don't get author's copies. Isn't that funny? It's quite a bit smaller than the original, but it's fun to have.

If you have a child that's preschool age, they should be coming home with it next month. If you'd like a signed bookplate, just let me know and I'll send you...

Happy March!

Last month started with an award and this one is starting off just as hot (although it's cold around here. SNOW!)
Thank you to Bumples Magazine's, Sandie Lee, for giving Woven With Pixie Dust a sunshine and sparkly award:
Isn't that cool?
About Bumples for all those folks who like to write for magazines. They pay twenty cents a word! That's better than Highlights for Children and they're new, so the competition won't be as fierce since not many know about it...YET!
So, I'm giving this award to ...

Want to win a copy of Princess Peepers?

Go on over the Clara Willow's blog post as she's interviewed a famous author. (Okay, fine. That's a lie.  It's not a famous author. It's me! Tee hee!)

All you have to do is leave a response on her blog. That's it! (I won't even make you read it! LOL!)

Oh, and if you've come here from Clara's blog looking for my advice to picture book writers, here's the link to the post: If you wanna be a picture book writer

One lucky person's name will be drawn on Friday, February 26th! Good luck!

Give it up!

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. That's usually the time when people commit to give up something that will help them focus on the season leading up to Easter. My denomination doesn't usually celebrate it but we have many friends who do observe the tradition and so, last year, my oldest daughter decided to give up something for the 40 days leading up to Easter. She gave up chocolate.

GASP! I know! How could she do such a thing? I knew I wasn't going to give up something as hard as that, but then sh...

If You Wanna Be a Picture Book writer...

I remember back in the day (oh...about nine years ago), I'd struggled with learning the art of the picture book. In fact, I'd received one of the MOST discouraging rejections ever. It read:

"To avoid unnecessary anxiety and lost time in the future, we'd suggest that you reconsider submitting to us again."

LOL!

They got their wish. I was so humiliated!

But that form letter spoke volumes to me. Why would a company tell me that I should never grace their publishing doors again? What did I do (or did...

Another Conversation with an 8 Year old

So, my daughter was making Valentine's Day cards and she was thinking of things to say to her friends. She scribbled the usual sayings like she drew a skunk and wrote, "I stink you're sweet." Or she wrote, "You rock!" with lots of funny smilies. But then she wrote to a boy she particularly liked, "I love your mustache!"
When I saw it, I started cracking up.She looked up at me and said, "You can use that one, you know. It's original."
"Original?"
"Yeah, you know, for your books." Then she went...

I HEART February!

It's only the third day of February and it's shaping up to be a sparkly good month already!


THANK YOU, Jennifer Daiker from Unedited, for giving me this award:







MY FIRST!!!


And that's one of the best ones I've seen around the blogosphere, so I'm really flattered. Check out her blog!

Now, I'm handing it to the following:

1. To Bryan Bliss--just cuz he's so darn funny! And he probably won't ever get a serious award because we all know funny people make us laugh but the awards boards never give the...

Princess Peepers Party Cupcakes

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and my little one has been begging me to make those cute little Princess Peepers cupcakes. So, we decided to go PINK and have fun! The original recipe came from author Mary Ann Dames on her recipe blog here: Princess Peepers Party Glasses








Since I didn't have any food coloring paints, I decided to use something that was edible, malleable, and already in Princess Peepers pink: Laffy Taffy's!


In order to make the taffy more like dough, I put the candy in...