Originally posted on Writing and Illustrating:
Carol Bullman has written and illustrated a new picture book, YOUR NURSERY IS AN EVERYWHERE, illustrated by Maureen McAfee and published by Blue Whale Press. It is available now in bookstores Carol has agreed to share a copy with one lucky winner living in the United States. All you…
I remember praying so often in 2018 for a story to write. The decade of rejections had done their damage. I even asked God to take away my desire to write if it wasn’t His will for me. Knowing that serving others was most certainly His desire, I signed up to volunteer in the church […]
Dear Readers, I’ve recently taken down my old web site about The Christmas House, so I’m including its story here: When I was a little girl my parents signed me up for piano lessons. I had a series of kind teachers, who never yelled too loudly at me for not practicing. One of the many […]
Years ago, when I e-mailed David Tolk to ask permission to use his beautiful song on this site, he wrote back with a comment that still warms me today: “Some of my most cherished moments in life have been spent reading children’s books to my little ones at bedtime. Thanks for your great work.” Though […]
“All her life she had believed in something more, in the mystery that shape-shifted at the edge of her senses.” -Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child. In the fall, the books that found their way home from the library and into my heart included Dewey, the Library Cat and James Herriott’s Treasury for Children. Dewey was […]
I read Goodnight Whispers to my boys, got tears in my eyes, and began a new nighttime ritual. Little One would pretend to be asleep, but when I whispered in his ear, a grin would spread across his face. I think he was staying awake just to hear what I would say. In this book, […]
A dear friend texted me recently and taught me a word that I had never heard before but had long needed. She hinted that the word had something to do with the Christmas spirit. Because of her, I went to the library and checked out The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking. Hygge encompasses everything […]
If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you. -William Ewart Gladstone I suppose I’ve always enjoyed tea: hot spiced tea in winter, Russian tea at Christmas, English breakfast tea in […]
Hello dear ones! I have been away battling dragons (namely library science projects and Epstein-Barr), but I’m back to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day! A fellow children’s book writer, Susanna Leonard Hill, puts on a delightful contest each February called the Valentiny Writing Contest. Entries can only be 214 words (2/14 and tiny), and […]
If you have never been to the Texas hills at the end of May, when they are cleansed with rain and music rings in the empty places between the trees, come with me now. “Welcome home, y’all!” a friendly woman calls from the ticket booth. We notice signs posted about the Kerrville cats—please take one […]
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