So, Friday the 16th I chose the image for my next batch of postcards, and I ordered them online from moo. Then my throat started hurting. I swear it was at the exact moment I clicked to confirm the order. I've spent the better part of the past week popping ibuprofen and pseudo-ephedrine and forcing fluids. I started climbing out of the yuck on Thursday. Then yesterday my new postcards arrived in the mail.
I swear they appeared on the porch exactly seven days to the minute after I clicked to confirm the order.
I had planned to attend the National Book Festival today, but as it is threatening rain, and I am still not 100 percent better, I have decided to stay home. Disappointing, but I have 60 postcards to prepare for mailing and some spot illustrations that need inking. The spots are spec work I'm hoping to sell to a periodical. You can see part of one image in the photograph above. See the penciled mouse on the sketchpad in the upper left corner?
On the writing front, I'm working on character backgrounds for a new early middle grade novel. This is a project that has grown out of the picture book dummy I created last winter. The book seemed to want more story to it, so I'm letting it grow. I have aged up the main character from about 5 or 6 to 10 years old. I have a good idea of where I want to go with the plot, but earlier this week I was struggling with writing. Literary agent Kristen Nelson's post on the subject of character development hit my blog reader at just the right time. I need to discover more about my characters, their backgrounds, and their feelings about their circumstances and one another to know how they would act and speak in the scene. So, more prep before writing. But it's a happy-making task. I am enjoying getting to know my cast.
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