New Book Announcement - Twinkle, Twinkle, All The Stars

A few years ago, while watching my oldest daughter looking through her picture books, I thought it would be fun to do a book for her and about her. I’d never published a book and I had no background in writing or illustrating, but it sounded like a fun challenge and a gift worth finishing for her. At the end of 2013, with the help of my friends and illustrator, Angela Bronson, I finished Alora In The Clouds. I realized that process put a spark in me to keep writing so kept at it. I’m happy to tell you that I’ve finished my 3rd book, Twinkle, Twinkle, All The Stars, a bedtime story I wrote for my youngest daughter and illustrated by the amazing, Ruth Oosterman.

Twinkle, Twinkle, All The Stars wasn’t the book I set out to write this year. I worked for four months on a completely different idea for my daughter that just wasn’t clicking. After trying to re-write the story one night I just told myself I would spend 30 minutes writing a completely different idea. I kept the theme of looking up at the sky from Alora In The Clouds, and instead of daytime, I used the night sky. I imagined what it would be like if the stars played with each other with connected beams of light that to our eyes, formed the constellations.

If you’d like to purchase a copy, you can order Twinkle, Twinkle, All The Stars through Amazon. In the future, I’ll be doing some posts on how to publish a book for beginners. The process can be intimidating to start, but I’ve found avenues that make this process (mostly) simple, fun and easily repeatable.