Read this today and knew it had to be my Yes Quote!
Stand Together
Some advice for growing older
The Master of Horror…
…actually has some pretty good general tips as well.
(and a good book on the craft of writing)
Faking It
Ahh Johnny, If Only It Were So Easy
Today’s YES! Quote is for all the folks out there staring at a blank white page….
#amwriting
YES! Quotes
I’m just going to put it out there–I love aphorisms. Ditty phrases that pump you up, make you smile, peel you off the floor when you’re down.
They’re like GIFs with words.
So I’ve decided to start listing some of my favourites so that I have some maxims to look back on any time I feel like life is the windscreen and I’m the fly.
(That’s windshield to you US folks.)
They’re my YES! Quotes, because that’s what I want to say when I read them.
Here’s two to get us started.
Enjoy.
It’s almost time!
Half time, that is. Hmm, that doesn’t sound quite right.
Let’s start again. It’s almost here…the moment so many of you have been waiting for. And by “so many” I mean my Mom.
Hi Mom!
What I mean to say is…my next book is almost on the shelves. YIPPPEEEE!
Please welcome Half A Giraffe? to my lineup of picture books. Coming to all good booksellers in the grand ol’ United States (and probably to an online retailer that is named after a really long River [not the Nile] or perhaps a tribe of kick-butt women. You know what I’m saying’…) in September 2018!
Here’s a lovely picture of 1/2 giraffes drawn by some lovely children from a lovely book fair I went to in Maine.



The *real* Gisele was drawn by Richard Smythe, an artist/illustrator here in England. Many kudos to him for such a sweet portrayal of a little giraffe who longs to be just half a head taller.
If you’ve ever wished to be a teensy bit stronger or a wee bit faster or a smidge different from who you are, this book’s for you.
Enjoy it folks!
(Except you guys in England. for some reason it’s not on sale there yet. But nevermind!)
xx
Guess who’s in the window?
Look what my dad found in the window of the lovely Owl and Turtle Bookshop in Camden, Maine.
Can’t wait to be there this summer to visit in person 🙂
@owlandturtle