Today Molly Paws turns the big 1-4! Molly is a such a sweet doggie. She loves to help me any time of day whether it is working on the next Papa & Paws book, playing a video game, or napping through one of my tv shows, Molly is there. She takes good care of her … Read more
I was so pleased to be interviewed for ALLi’s Inspirational Indie Author interview by the very nice Howard Lovy. We chatted about my love of art and dogs and the origins of The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws as well as what’s in the works. You can listen to all the Inspirational Indie Authors podcasts … Read more
A recent five-star review brings up an interesting question: “Kids friendly. Which[sic] there wasn’t so much empty pages at the back. At least create an activity page instead of leaving them blank.” This reviewer has a great point. The print editions of The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws do have extra blank pages at … Read more
In case you didn’t know Molly Waits Her Turn is based on our real life. Every night after dinner, Molly Paws stares at me. Only me. Not Mama. Not the other doggies. Just me until it’s time for her treat.
Layers and layers of lines, colors, shapes, and textures all make up the illustations on all the pages that you see in each The Everyday Adventures of Papa & Paws book!
Even the “simple” objects like this can of paint that will appear in book 4 take some research and time to get right!
Hurray, Hurray! @reading_pioneers did a wonderful read-aloud of The Twins Take Over! on his YouTube channel. It was so much fun to hear the story come to life as we followed along. Andrew is a super cool dude. He is a teacher in South Korea and loves reading books for his students. He’s also working on his … Read more
Mama Paws is so helpful in editing. Her suggestions always help make each story and book better. Working through changes on book 4 now.
Meet our new friends Roxy Roo & Maliboo! Fellow indie author Hillary Sussman @adventuresofroxyroohas written her first children’s book based on her real life doggie, Roxy Roo (just not the three-legged part). In Roxy and Maliboo: It’s Okay to Be Different, Roxy lost a leg because she was sick. She has to learn to accept this … Read more
