One of my earliest illustration drafts, "Something's Fishy" I'll be honest: Most of my ideas for poems don't get made into a rough draft. I have a long list of ideas going back years, and some I cringe at every time I read them. On top of that, many of my rough drafts won't ever make it into a book. Same thing: some are laughably bad, some are just terrible. For some, I can't ever see a way they'll be useable. But I'll let you in on a secret: That's OK. The first step to m

After that fateful fever-dream night, I had been writing poems for months. I had a good collection going, and I started thinking about something bigger: compiling some of my favorites into a collection for a book called Moonbeams and Rhyme Dreams. But as a neurodivergent with ADHD, writing a book seemed like an impossible task. Writing and illustrating one? I had no idea where to start. And what about self-publishing? There's no question - doing this requires a lot of re

The inspiration and story behind my books, part 2

The inspiration and story behind my books, part 1