New book, sort of

[mrissa]

I finished writing a book this morning, but it's not what you think. It's a picture book text called Space Moose. I've been poking at this little story for years now, about a moose astronaut who eats bananas and peanut butter, but it just fell together this morning. I'm a little shaky on it still -- not sure if it goes how it's supposed to go -- but I felt like doing something gentle this morning, and nothing on the front burner right now is very gentle. Maybe I will be ready to go back to the smiting now. There is much smiting to be done.

Comments

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

Bananas rarely eat moose.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I know, and who taught you that? (http://www.marissalingen.com/063001.html)

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

My experience with something called Space Moose is a foul-mouthed daily comic at the University of Alberta that some friends of mine love.

I was momentarily disarmed whenn reading this entry.

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I recall seeing Space Moose. Might be problematic. He even has a wikipedia entry.

[allochthon.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. I'd forgotten about "smite."

::Smites things::

[mkille.livejournal.com]

And now I know what the Moose Book is, as opposed to the Not The Moose Book!

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I'm all for the smiting.

[gaaldine.livejournal.com]

Do you have someone to illustrate your text? Gilliad told me ages ago he wanted to do illustrations for a children's book, but I put him off . . .

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I'm told that's a really bad way to try to sell your first children's book from either perspective. If Gilliad is serious about doing illos, he should get a portfolio together and send it to markets from Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Markets. (I think the apostrophes are in the wrong place, but that's what it calls itself.)