My Own "Once Upon a Time"

Once upon a time, because I was constantly drawing and coloring, my mother suggested I take on a children's book to bring to life an idea she'd had.  Of course, I was still in junior high at the time, so wasn't much more than a child myself.   The story in question was to be called "Little Duck's Birthday Surprise." Unfortunately, in those days "sticktuitivity" was not one of my gifts, and after visualizing and creating at least a dozen pages I let the project fall by the way.

The Incorrigible Corgi as a young fluffball.

No Triumph Without Tiger.

The
"Now is the Time"
Story

Many years later, I find myself just retired from a 20-year career, and am blowing the dust off a myriad of old projects.  I conclude as I look over my bygone productions--"Little Duck," "The Purple Indian," and "The Peabodies Go West"--that they are worth salvaging as more than musty memories.  I aim to recapture the old spirit, add a layer of the new, and then see these cherished mind-children go forth to seek their fortune (in the grand old tradition of the Three
​Little Pigs).

My boy Shiloh--AKA Senor Inkface Panuelos Puddlefoot.

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I welcome contact from interested parents, children
​(of course with their parents' permission), or
even other writers--feel free to drop a line.  In fact, 
eventually I will be asking visitor's input in the form of
a vote regarding which three of the many projects on my list
they would like to see finished and published first.

List of My Present and Future Books for Children

Pursy Ducket's Birthday Journey
The Incorrigible Corgi
The Hullabaloo About Purple
Those Peabody Pioneers
Embyrlost, the Flameless Dragon
(Mostly written by Andrea, my daughter, with my supplemental pages and embellishment on illustrations)
Fruit Frank's Law
​The Wytchlet of Whysper
(A young adult fantasy novel)
Far-Star Island
(An illustrated fantasy novel co-written with Andrea Jonas, now Pack)
The Life of Senor Inkface Panuelos Puddlefoot
​The Monsteroons:
"The Clan McMonstrus," &
​"A Phreeki Phamily Tree"
Pignatius, the Persistent Persian Potbelly
Porcinda, the Possible Possum
​A Wolf Called Wisdom
​A Tiger Named Triumph
The Luck of a Duck (Delphy Ducket's Tale)
​Claire the Loon