how animal abcs came to be
i have been wanting to create a childrenās book since i was a kid.
i have memories of sitting on the floor of our local library, legs sprawled, flipping through crinkly pages for hours.
i would leave inspired, my imagination reeling to go home and write & illustrate my own stories. somewhere in my parentās attic the gadzooks is an instant classic waiting to be discovered..., mr. know it all on the other hand (š).
childrenās books bring me such comfort that i even turned to them at the ripe age of 25. i was writing my graduate thesis and so stressed i could not sleep.., some people use melatonin, but i discovered my best bet was a stack of picture books by my bedside.
anywayssss, sometime in april 2020, olin and i were enjoying a is for apple for the hundredth time and it occurred to me - i may not have a well-polished story or an agent, but i do have a menagerie of animal collages and the good olā internet.
i threw some of my favorite fauna designs into a spreadsheet and it turns out that i was only missing ten or so letters⦠and so the idea for animal abcs was born!
i set the goal of a holiday arrival and over the next few months i scrapped by nap and researched publishing options by moon.
which brings us to the here & now, animal abcs has arrived and i no longer have to say future childrenās book author in my bio (!).
so what can i dream up next?
i have a few character stories drafted up and it's a matter of making up my mind and prioritizing the time... stay tuned!

