Big News (Sort Of): New Video!

The Christmas Truck

We've been all over the place here at Plossville.

But, we are working on adding more "Quickie" Videos to the Youtube Channel! The first one is already been posted and we will have another one next Sunday.

This one is "The Christmas Truck" and was inspired by conversations with some very talented, more than me, friends over dinner last night and "The Rivet Truck" seen below. There's even a video of Skip drawing it on the YouTube Channel.

From all of us at Plossville, have a happy and safe holiday season.

The Rivet Truck

Big News: I Have Two Bunnies, Kindle Edition....Edition

L-R: Bunny Matumbo Smith, Eric Butternose Bunny,
and Francis McGill Smartypants III
have undergone a little freshening up in preparation
for the new Kindle Edition of "I Have Two Bunnies".

The first legit Kindle Edition of one of my books is in the review process at Amazon and should be available in a few days. It started off as an "I wonder if..." and here we are 24 hours later having freshened everyone in the book up a little with the Kindle Edition done and in the can as they say.

Update: You can purchase the Kindle version of this book now at Amazon!

Work is proceeding on I have Two Chickens and the goal there is to be done and published before school opens in a few weeks.

It's an exciting time here at Plossville!

Big News! Visiting Author and School-wide Book Walk

Big News!

I will be the visiting author at Miller-Driscoll School this week. I'll be presenting to 1st and 2nd graders in live sessions throughout the day and to Kindergarteners via a group zoom session in the afternoon.

I'll be sharing how I started, what my process for writing and illustrating is (hint: It's still a work in progress), and the dreaded word "editing".

In addition to the talks my book, "If I Had a Gift", has been disassembled and recreated as a book walk in 13 different 24x33 inch posters posted around the school with the illustration and text from each page along with a QR Code that links to a video of me reading that page!

Big shout-outs to Kathryn Coon our principal and Jeanine Hussey one of our library media specialists for giving me the opportunity and helping make this happen!

"Chickens" Work Update

Work proceeds and is, in fact, speeding up ahead of some big news coming in April/May (no I don't have a book deal). The checklist follows.

• The backgrounds have been updated and are, as far as I am concerned, complete.
• Sketches for all pages have been completed.
• The book has been trimmed of what, upon review, seemed like undeeded content and has gone from over 40 pages to a reasonable, and industry-standard, 32. 
• Character style, process, and colors have been finalized.
• The inside front cover and page one artwork are complete.
• Moving ahead on the rest.

Betty Jane McPhearson is, in fact, a chicken.

Francis McGill Smartypants III

Mamba Kuku