Watching the illustrations become a book

Do you know what it is like to envision an illustration for each page of your text and have a creative graphic designer understand, create and build each page into a book? Richard, my illustrator, has been able to complete this project for me. As we worked together building this early reader book, he seemed to be able to read my mind and illustrate the exact picture that I could see in my mind. Sometimes, his illustrations were even BETTER than what I had envisioned!

We worked together for approximately 2 months creating this 24 page book, The New Blue Tractor. He would send me illustrations and I would show/share them with friends and family. Occasionally, we would think of something to add to the illustration but most times Richard nailed it. At one of our last meetings before submitting the book to the publisher, he had put together the illustrations in a book format so we could see a mock up of what it will look like.

At this point, we have not heard from Dog Ear Publishing but hope to this week. It is hard to be patient but at least it is summertime and I am busy with family things to keep my mind active.

Stacey
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