Special shoutout to Mama Paws! She took on the task of writing the words for The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws® Santa’s Fuzzy Little Visit coming out on this Saturday, October 15. It was a different working process, but the results turned out ot be our best book yet. Thank you Mama for all … Read more
Molly Paws likes to help me work on the books. Usually she lays near me, but sometimes she needs to get in close for editing and approvals.
One of the more challenging aspects of making all these cute drawings is that sometimes you do have to cut something from the book that you love. While this image was cute, I did draw something that works better to convey the idea, so this image got replaced.
My wife, the editor extraordinaire to the rescue! She makes each book better. Thank goodness for her keen eyes and ideas!
Another reason I love making children’s books…even the research is cute and fun. Here’s a snippet of an actual text thread where my wife and I were doing some research for book 5.
Every time I start on a new book, there comes a new list of things to draw, edit, compose, ponder, and imagine!
I’m well into Book 5 of The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws. My wife was reviwing the proof and asked “do kids know what a ‘cannonball’ is?” So parents, what do you think: will kids recognize saying “Cannonball” as they jump into the water or should I stick with something more simple, like “Here … Read more
The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws: Hole in the Fence introduces two new doggies to the Paws Family. Today, we meet Macy. She is a Yorkshire terrier mix that we adopted after Zozo crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge. She loves to have her nose to the ground and patrol the yard. She is … Read more
The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws: Hole in the Fence introduces two new doggies to the Paws Family. Today, we meet Harley. She was a dachshund we rescued a few years ago (who has now passed to the Rainbow Bridge). As the story progresses, we see Harley carrying yellow roses in her collar. This was … Read more
I got derailed in November and now I’m trying to get back on track. It’s so weird to start on Book 5 when Book 4 isn’t even out yet.