{"id":814,"date":"2010-03-31T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/?p=814"},"modified":"2010-03-31T18:00:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T00:00:01","slug":"daily-doodle-march-31-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/daily-doodle-march-31-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Doodle March 31, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dailydoodle3-31-10.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"815\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/daily-doodle-march-31-2010\/dailydoodle3-31-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dailydoodle3-31-10.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"385,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dailydoodle3-31-10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dailydoodle3-31-10-189x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dailydoodle3-31-10.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-815\" title=\"dailydoodle3-31-10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dailydoodle3-31-10-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"daily doodle for march 31 2010\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Wow. Stop doing something for a few months and it becomes hard to get into the habit again. I meant to pick up the daily doodle again after finishing the art for Smoky, but you know what they say about good intentions.<\/p>\n<p>I guess I should not be so tough on myself. It&#8217;s not as if I haven&#8217;t been trying to put out all the fires that started while I was working so single-minded on the book art. My to-do-right-now list was several pages deep. I am finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, but it&#8217;s the train of my book signing tour coming to whisk me away from the studio for much of the rest of the spring.<\/p>\n<p>I start out with a trip down to Texas, a new state as an author\/illustrator. I&#8217;ve been there twice before. I have a cousin and her family living in a suburb of Houston. I thought about giving her a call and trying to meet up with her, but the logistics are just too hairy. I will be about an hour north of the city and without my own vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in Texas, I&#8217;ll be at the CMA Beltane celebration from April 13-18. I will be out of the studio longer than that as it&#8217;s a couple days drive down and back. My poor husband quipped that I am abandoning him. I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll be fine.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, a writer friend of mine put out a call to other middle grade authors. I was one of the 2 dozen writers that answered her call. We are banding together to form a web site focused on the middle grade audience. For those who are unfamiliar with that designation, it refers to books for the 9-13 old age group. Charolette&#8217;s Web is a famous book in this bracket. I had the total audacity to volunteer to be the webmeister. So in the time between now and my travels, I will be throwing together a multi-layered web site to promote the wonderful books aimed at younger readers. More info as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Next post will have some photos of the masks I have been feverishly working on to take with me to Texas. See you then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow. Stop doing something for a few months and it becomes hard to get into the habit again. I meant to pick up the daily doodle again after finishing the art for Smoky, but you know what they say about good intentions. I guess I should not be so tough on myself. 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