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The time has come (the walrus said) to talk of books and things!

I have always loved the depth that comes with villains you have known all your life.  I swear that Captain Hook used to live in my closet and his hook would catch the light if I tried to read after my parents sent me to sleep.  And if I listened very closely.. the Big Bad Wolf might snarl from under my bed.  Was that a flying monkey knocking on my window just now? 

Plucked from the public domain of classic fairytales, we created a concept that takes these villains and makes them human again. 

After two years of tweaking, fiddling, hand-painting, and photoshopping, the beast is finally complete!  Using the most beloved of classic fairytale villians, my friend Amy and I wrote "The Queen of Hearts Learns to Share".


The Backstory:

I went to my sister's wedding a few years back and drew the most wonderful Lil' Red Riding Hood while cooped up one afternoon doing prep work.  The relatives I was staying with thought it was fantastic (and I have to admit, I've never drawn such a good looking wolf before or since then) and suggested I write a children's book.

When I returned from the wedding I got on Etsy to find myself a co-author.  I knew the story I wanted, but I didn't know how to start.

And that's when I found Amy.

She responded to my cry for help in the forums and wrote me this amazing rhyming poem that went on and on.. far beyond anything I could have hoped for!  We hit the story back and forth for a few months until we had a good final draft and I set to work with the illustrations.  It took almost 9 hours a page!!!  Usually my artwork is straight black and white so this gave me a whole new respect for all the painters I meet when I'm out and about.

So it's done.  Written, drawn, laid out.  I even thought about sending it to a few publishers - but was discouraged to learn that they often assign you an illustrator and rarely let you do your own drawings.  :(

I'd like to print up 300 copies for Amy, my family, and I to sell online and at my booth when I'm out and about.  Anything raised above and beyond will go toward a second printing of books, and to starting our next book idea: "Captain Hook Learns to be Brave."