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Be the First!

July 11, 2025

It’s Almost Time My Kickstarter Campaign starts bright and early on Monday morning! This will be the first opportunity to purchase my book, Tooth on the Loose. You will get a choice of extras such as autographed copies, a digital copy, and a Pig plushie. It’s up to you! All my illustrations will be done…

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Christina
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

June 30, 2025

Just an Idea It all started with just a simple idea. As a teacher of elementary students, I’m surrounded by kids loosing teeth literally everywhere all the time. They are so excited and can’t wait to show you which one or tell you how they lost it. You see kids skipping to the nurses office…

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Lisa and I when the "talk" happened over spring break
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The Day Before I Wrote My Book

May 21, 2025

A Little Background First Dreams are exciting, scary and often feel out of reach. That is what makes them so special and magical when you realize they are starting to become reality. I mentioned before that I have dreamed of writing a children’s book for over 10 years now. A whole decade of dreaming but…

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Three Rounds of Editing

May 4, 2025

Round One I have completed round one which includes the biggest changes and suggestions to my manuscript. My editors name is Tanya and she gave me great feedback for my story. I felt very encouraged and inspired to make the necessary changes. She made me feel like she was right there reading the story beside…

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Why Self-Publishing?

April 23, 2025

When I dreamed about writing a children’s book, I didn’t realize publishing options existed. Taking my writing class, I learned you have 3 publishing options for your book. The most familiar one being traditional with two more choices including hybrid and self-publishing. I want to share with you how I came to choose self-publishing for…

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