My brother is on Amazon!

[bridget9ca]

My graphic artist brother has been working with an aspiring children's author (she used to be an engineer) to produce a children's book this past year.  It's finally on sale, so I suppose I'll have to buy a couple of copies (me and the 'rents). :D

The story is pretty unbelievable and on the educational side (to teach kids to wash their hands and

Comments

[schrogwr2]

Congratulations! Hope it leads to better things for him and sells well!!

Very nice to know his hard work (and yours) paid off. I think it would be an interesting idea seeing how the two of you might operate as book authors/illustrators in your own right, if ever you choose to do so and you get that kind of opportunity. Maybe even turn the tables and let Eliassi do the "tweaking" for a change! ;) :)

[bridget9ca]

*g* Oh, we'd have a ball doing it, too. But there's just no time. And we're both independent enough to prefer doing our own thing.

[Maybe even turn the tables and let Eliassi do the "tweaking" for a change! ;) :)]
M:**Brrr! I don't think so. ;)

[schrogwr2]

*g* Oh, we'd have a ball doing it, too. But there's just no time. And we're both independent enough to prefer doing our own thing.

S: Understood. Still, I'm sure it must be thrilling. :)

[Maybe even turn the tables and let Eliassi do the "tweaking" for a change! ;) :)]
M:**Brrr! I don't think so. ;)

S2: As in, "Brrr!"---I was too hard on the author and deserve a Wenchy Wolverine-attack for it (I mean no offense, sorry for insinuating I did, I guess I wasn't sure if by "it's no Dr. Seuss" it meant it was a less-than-fulfilling experience or not *blushes and shrugs*), or "Brrr!", meaning something else entirely?!? :)

*non-offensively facetious aura* Or is it just the barren icy frozen tundra freeze-your-limbs-right-off Canadian winter I hear tell about making you "Brrr!"?!? You may want a faux fur coat or harpoon and skin a Canadian politician or something to keep warm...*ducks bricks* ;) j/k

Gidg has my laying the joke on way too thick to keep her warm...;)All and/or of the above but not really all quite like that but maybe it

[bridget9ca]

S2: As in, "Brrr!"---I was too hard on the author and deserve a Wenchy Wolverine-attack for it (I mean no offense, sorry for insinuating I did, I guess I wasn't sure if by "it's no Dr. Seuss" it meant it was a less-than-fulfilling experience or not *blushes and shrugs*), or "Brrr!", meaning something else entirely?!? :)

M:**I'm not sure what you're apologizing about. I don't know this woman from Eve. She may be very nice, but her writing was atrocious. It was Baaaad. It's presentable now that it's no longer in a badly spelled Word document.

"Brrrr!" meant, "Shudder! No way would I let this person proofread my stuff, that's all.

"It's no Dr. Seuss." means exactly that. It's no classic, nor will it ever be. But I am proud of my brother's part in it, because it's his first real paying gig as a professional illustrator.

Relax, dude. ;)

[datura_inoxia]

Congratulations for your bro--I took a look and the characters look very expressive!

And it sounds like it was a good thing he got on board and helped the author sort things out. I dunno...I'm all for people following their dreams, but a children's author who can't write well and doesn't "get" kids? Methinks she'll end up back in engineering before too long.

I know I sound cruel, but this Onion article convinced me that encouraging poorly-conceived "life dreams" may actually be hurtful in the long run: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39174

Michelle, with your writing skills you're WAY more likely to be a successful writer than this lady. You and your brother really should think about working on a project together!

See? I can be encouraging when it's merited! ;)

[bridget9ca]

[Congratulations for your bro--I took a look and the characters look very expressive