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Borders Books and Music

There's Soup on My Fly! is finally on the shelves at Borders Books and Music, along side my earlier books the Littlest Emperor and Monkey, the Classic Chinese Adventure Tale. I was taking a walk through the store after dinner with my friend Ray when I spotted it. Like a tourist, I had to take a picture. My friend explained to the lady stacking the books that I was the author. She gave me the once over and said, "eh" before going back to the task at hand. Could she have been any less enthused?...

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Authors, Authors, Authors & Me at The Overseas Family School's Book Week

I spent lunch hour on February 22, 2010 at the Overseas Family School and it was fantastic.  A group of about five authors and illustrators spoke to groups of children about writing, the writing process. It was a fantastic hour filled with lots of questions from some very insightful kids.

At first I was not sure as to what to expect from the session. Should I prepare a speech, a written statement of what I was going to say, or should I just have a rough out-line and wing it the rest of the tim...

Book covers

These are two possible covers for the new book Blow A Kiss. My preference is for the cover on the top. The book is more of a poem, rather than a story, per se, and inspired by the kids I come into contact with every day. What cover do you prefer? I would really appreciate your input. Thanks, David.

This Just In: Illustrations by Enrico.

Enrico Sallustio, my talented illustrator just sent me the first few pictures from our new book. Here's a preview of what's to come. As the song goes, I have to pick myself up, dust myself off and start all over again.

They're Only Words

"Words can never hurt me." Can someone tell me who came up with that and what kind of psychedelic drugs they were on when they penned that phrase?  Seriously! 

As a kids book writer, one  works with words all the time and let me tell you, they are not easy to deal with. Actors may have a hard time working with kids and animals, but writers can have an impossible time with words. By turns, these wild untamable creatures can be unpredictable, uncooperative and rather tempremental. Like wilful ch...

End of My Career?

Every so often, when I try to type this blog address in address bar, I get diverted to a Christian end times page. Strange thing is that  the address in the address bar is: authordavidseow.blogspot.com ! Is God trying to tell me something? Maybe my career's going to be over before it actually gets started?  Anyone out there have blogs and have been diverted to other websites? Just curious, because if it's just me I'm going to be freaking out.

Moving on, ok, I've been having a tough time gettin...

Celebrity Kids Book Authors

When you're a kids book author  you're not going to have it easy, especially if you're based out of a small country that isn't exactly a publishing hub.   This is something I've come to terms with a long time ago. However, there have been many times I've thought of calling it quits. I've realized that you can't really make $$$ writing kid's books. Well, unless you're  JK Rowling,  Wendy Orr, Stephanie Meyer, Maurice Sendak  or a celebrity author like  Madonna, Jamie Lee Curtis, then sure yeah...

The End of Another Year and the Start of a New One

Hi everyone,

Hope you had a good Christmas, Can't believe another year is coming to a close already. I don't know about you but I tend to get a tad melancholy around this time. Why? Well, for me it's time to look back and reflect on things: What I've accomplished or haven't accomplished ; the mistakes I've made, the stupid things I've done, those whom I've hurt or offended unintentionally by word, deed or thought and my relationship, with God and let's face it, I could make a bigger effort whe...