melanieApr 24, 20231 minBIG NEWS! DING DING DING!!! I am now a represented author/illustrator! I have signed with Ann Rose of Tobias Literary Agency. I fell in love with...
melanieNov 26, 20222 minMy Love Affair with MidCentury IllustratorsDo you ever run off on a research tangent? I’m currently having a mini love affair with Finnish illustrator, Aleksander Lindeberg....
melanieApr 13, 20223 minAgent Response, Rejection and more Humor please! March was a whirlwind and I feel like I am just starting to come down from the high of PBParty. In the end, I received 15 agent requests...
melanieMar 20, 20222 minWinner winner Chicken Dinner! In February on a whim, I decided to take my 12x12Challenge draft for the month and enter Mindy Alyse Weiss's annual contest PBParty. To...
melanieMar 2, 20222 minInfluencersLast month, I started a new Discord author/illustrator critique group and in our first zoom meeting, the organizer asked which...
melanieMar 1, 20222 minI'm baaaack! I have been super neglectful of my blog during the covid season. My last entry was also my first entry back in 2020, which is pretty...
melanieMar 11, 20201 minNew Website! So I created a brand new website to focus on my illustration and 2-d work. I am still deciding whether to add my 3-d work or not but I am...