A Mime in Times Square

Last week I was thrilled to receive David Catrow's sketches for our upcoming book, THE MIDDLE CHILD BLUES. He is incredibly talented, and I'm very excited for this book. The sketch above (remember these are rough, to get the layout correct, etc.) made me laugh out loud. Our hero, Lee, is mad that his older brother can order from the adult menu and his sister gets a meal with a kiddie toy. (As you can see, she's shot him in the forehead with it.) Mom and Dad are still ordering at Jack in the Bun. What fun! I also found out that one of my manuscripts has now been moved to an acquisitions meeting, which means it may be close to a sale. I'm crossing my fingers so hard, they're blue. My kids are all home from their summer visits with their other parents. We're back to a full house. Noise. It's a great thing.

I thought it was really fun to discover that my little boy character in Bedtime at the Swamp, illustrated by Macky Pamintuan, was patterned after Macky himself. He says he’s the boy wearing the cape, and the white puppy is his dog, Winter. Some of his relatives are the other characters in the book. You can read his blog by clicking here .