Once Upon a Time

Read the backstory to One Little Girl, my (unpublished) bedtime story. One Little Girl In the deep soft darkness of a warm summer night, one little girl lay sleeping. As trees rustled gently and crickets chirped boldly and fireflies flashed gold in the sky, one little girl lay sleeping. Grownups prattled, TVs rumbled, and cars swooshed [...]

More Emily Dickinson than PT Barnum

In the late 90s, I accidentally scratched out a bedtime story that seemed to delight more than a few children and a surprising number of insomniacs. A few years later, a friend called in a favor and made an offer: if I wanted, I could get free spec illustrations from a local artist. I wanted. [...]