An essay on the importance of teaching/learning history, and the very real effects of banning /suppressing what kind of history is taught and what kind of books we get to read.

Don’t Play it Safe, Play it SMART! (A thinly veiled excuse to talk about my vacation in Belize)

Keeping my sanity together while juggling deadlines!

A little cautionary tale about the time I fell into an artist scam + tips for what to look out for!

This month, we’re gonna talk about the different types of kid lit projects that illustrators do! I felt this letter should come before “What to put in your kid lit portfolio” newsletter because knowing what kind of projects you want to work on in the future will make formatting your portfolio easier.

So without further delay, here’s the different types of Kid-Lit Projects + Examples of each!

I had to do a lot of research, experienced a lot of bumps in the road, and adjusted my methods several times before I felt confident enough to freelance full time. One thing that made me super confident in my freelancing career was having an agent.

Which begs the question: What do agents do?