Words of Whimsy Publishing

Summer is quickly coming to an end and I am busy organizing my winter calendar.  Perry the Pack Rat continues to be a favorite with students and educators so, I will stay busy as a visiting Author to many schools throughout the area.  Sprinkled among the school visits will be the yearly Holiday events I attend.  I love those events and look forward to talking with many friends who visit my booths each year. 

I will start this season with Homespun Holidays, Nov. 13 - 14 in Paradise, CA. and then to the Attinger Ranch Christmas Boutique Nov. 20 - 21- 22, at a beautiful private home on Nord Hwy. north of Chico, CA.  Next is the famous Orland Craft Fair on Nov. 28 - 29 at the fairgrounds in Orland, CA.  On Dec. 4 - 5 I be in front of a lovely fireplace doing Christmas at the Old Mansion in Los Molinos, CA., an amazing event.  

It is a great honor when people are loyal to your work and so I try to offer something new each season.  This year it may be prints and bags as I am revising Throwaway Dog into a chapter book that is not yet completed.  I have labored over this book, changing it many times.  It makes me appreciate and stand in awe of anyone able to write a novel. 

I love the story of Throwaway Dog, but each time I read it, I am driven to change a word here and there or flip a sentence.  I illustrate my own work, and have found, projecting yourself on paper in either form, is very personal and sometimes difficult to finalize.  I always want to make it better, resulting in stacks of stories, and a hundred plus illustrations with which to work.  My job, as I see it now, is to choose which art goes with each chapter :-) and then the editors will need to review my writing one more time.

My goal is to publish this book in 2010, and when it is in print, you will hear me screeching from rooftops, to tell my long suffering friends it is finally finished.

I will try to share my struggles in laying out a chapter book.  A process for which I have no formal guidelines and will be learning along the way, so, it should be an interesting adventure.  Any suggestions will be considered and appreciated!

Thanks for your interest,

Mardy