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I’m attempting to write a children’s book.

Shit is hard.

I got the basic story, which is half the battle… I thought. Turns out actually writing the damn thing is INSANE. I can run off the normal kiddie gibberish for a while, but then I start to dive in to that weird rhyme non-rhyming bull crapola. It’s fun to write a short poem in weirdo rhyme time, but a book? Who the hell am I kidding. Which is why I started it as a non rhyming picture book (I know… the best drawing I can do is an elaborate stick figure… lucky for me, I know some awesome talent- who might lend their fantastical skills to my children’s book empire.)  The problem with a non rhyming picture book is the language, you want it to be so rich and wonderful that you don’t even need the pictures- but in combination with art are you are able to spin such a beautiful world that the child and the parent (pssst- also non child rearing adults) will get lost in.

phew.

Seeeeeeee? It’s hard. Also when using complex image weaving language you tend to rhyme… and a bad rhyme…. oh man… that can be cheesier and stinkier than a Gouda fart. I’m gonna finish this shit, though… and I (eventually… hopefully… fingers crossed… please please please rubbing on four leaf clovers) will become a millionaire and beloved by folks all over the world.

People you should google: Eric Carle, Maurice Sendak, Tomie dePaola, annnnnnnnd Leo and Diane Dillon (swooooooooon, swoooon, and double swoooon)