Picture a hulking sophomore guy, a football player with C- grades, barely. The school gave up on him. “Take more shop” the counselor said when he dared to ask about an art course. He came from a bi-lingual blue collar home with a carpenter father and a stay at home mom. There were few books [...]

Apologia In this spot My post is not. But stay tuned, friends – Writer’s block Always ends. So take a look Another time. You’ll find I’ve blogged – And not in rhyme.

I’ve been fighting a censorship battle all week. No, a parent did not challenge one of my books in a library. I should be so lucky. That kind of challenge is news- and publicity-worthy. Instead, I was battling the censors from Texas right in my own head. Worse, I was losing. Yesterday I submitted my [...]

I have two processes, one for illustrating, the other for writing. They bear little resemblance to one another, except that both use up an awful lot of paper. I do both writing and artwork on my drawing table (pictured), although with writing any comfy chair or sofa will do. Never in bed, and never after [...]

Where do I write? Where do I draw? At my desk, of course. And at the kitchen table, on the living room couch, in my bed. In my head. In my dreams.

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