Handwritten 2nd draft of The Magic Bike

Langara’s website now has the Fall courses up. I’ve changed the Writing for Children I and II courses that I inherited from Luanne Armstrong to Writing for Children – The Picture Book, and the 2nd course is now for readers and writers called The Chapter Book. I’ve linked the Langara website page to this post.

Had a great afternoon presenting the illustrator’s pov at Susan Juby’s UBC creative writing course. I am a huge fan of Susan’s work and am so pleased to be asked back to her class.

Work is very scattered these days and I’ve had to reschedule a few things. My deadline for the first draft of my chapter book Kiddo with Tradewinds has been moved from August 1 to December 1. My new deadline for finished art for My Bully (Fitzhenry) is August 30 (Yikes!!!!). And my deadline for cover and 2 finished spreads for The Ducks of Nitobe Garden (Simply Read) is mid September. I hope I can manage it.

Am taking a fantastic swing guitar course with Rosemary Campbell and the Moveable Music School. She’s a wonderful musician, composer, teacher, and creator of the Moveable Music School and BC Swing Workshop. Feel a little pressured because she’s suggested I bring my trumpet and play a solo with the guitar class on Take the A Train. I’m not very confident about my trumpet playing and have recently quit the community band because I was getting into a bit of a rut with that group after 8 or so years. so am only playing trumpet at home. Am sad not to be going to BC SWing workshop this August but deadlines and bills have to take precedence this summmer.