tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88317181788628163892024-03-13T10:06:06.353-07:00Carolyn Fisher IllustrationStories from a children's book artist and authorCarolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-47582224133348390842011-03-10T15:11:00.000-08:002011-03-14T09:21:27.148-07:00Swerve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CEov9kRhApE/TXlXe1tn9UI/AAAAAAAAAEo/j-E4Av09qUg/s1600/sketchingcolinmeloy302px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CEov9kRhApE/TXlXe1tn9UI/AAAAAAAAAEo/j-E4Av09qUg/s400/sketchingcolinmeloy302px.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Friday March 11, the Calgary Herald'<i>s Swerve</i> magazine ran an article about children's book writers and illustrators who live and work in Calgary. I'm one of the five artists featured. Thanks to writer <a href="http://marcellodicintio.com/">Marcello DiCintio</a> for a fun interview and a good talk about the ins and outs of the publishing world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The illustrations in the article are done by my friend, the lovely and talented <a href="http://renataliwska.blogspot.com/">Renata Liwska.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Read the article on <i>Swerve's</i> blog <a href="http://swervecalgary.com/2011/03/11/it%E2%80%99s-a-small-world/">here</a>.</div>Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-25470042157827361162011-02-07T13:27:00.000-08:002011-02-07T13:54:43.215-08:00Snow Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TVBpgLwxn9I/AAAAAAAAAEk/tHfR1jmdSY8/s1600/maze_10%252272dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TVBpgLwxn9I/AAAAAAAAAEk/tHfR1jmdSY8/s400/maze_10%252272dpi.jpg" width="387" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TVBpgLwxn9I/AAAAAAAAAEk/tHfR1jmdSY8/s1600/maze_10%252272dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">Woke up to six inches of new snow on the ground this morning. (Sound familiar, North America?) While you're waiting for the sun to come out, see if you can help the snow crystal find its way from the clouds to the ground.</span></a></div>Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-80913571975705265652011-01-20T09:12:00.000-08:002011-01-20T09:25:54.252-08:00Sunset Cliffs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TThvmf29ekI/AAAAAAAAAEM/a9DQSs0ApME/s1600/sunsetcliffs.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TThvmf29ekI/AAAAAAAAAEM/a9DQSs0ApME/s400/sunsetcliffs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564320046793980482" /></a><br /><br />Oh, how I love the Chinook wind. It blew into Calgary yesterday and raised the temperature twenty degrees! I can ALMOST remember what the warm air felt like on my skin in San Diego, where I drew this picture of Sunset Cliffs in my sketchbook.Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-82899467069020595992011-01-11T10:27:00.000-08:002011-02-07T14:12:07.319-08:00Second Coldest Place on Earth?<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TSyspMXjtDI/AAAAAAAAAD8/rLNCB2WHLpo/s1600/32-33.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561009463590368306" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TSyspMXjtDI/AAAAAAAAAD8/rLNCB2WHLpo/s400/32-33.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 182px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">A month or so ago, Calgary was reported to be the </span></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">second-coldest place on Earth, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">at -33 degrees Celsius </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">(-27F). Brrrrr! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">The only place colder IN THE WHOLE WORLD </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">was the </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">South Pole. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Today, it's -22C </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(-8C.) What better weather </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">could you ask for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to curl up </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">with a good book about snow?</span></span></div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">n my picture book </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Snow Show,</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> celebrity chef - and snowman - Kelvin hosts a TV cooking show where he </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">investigates evaporation, condensation, and precipitation—all while cooking up the crispiest, lightest, fluffiest batch of snow ever to fall from the sky!</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Reviewers had this to say about</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> The Snow Show</span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">:</span></span></span></div><br />
<div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“...one of the most gloriously exuberant, inventive displays of computer- created art that I have seen in a picture book.”</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">--Caldecott award winning artist Paul Zelinsky, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The New York Times Book Review</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, December 8, 2008.</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“…As the studio audience oohs and aahs, playful visuals mix the cooking-show motif with science to great effect…Complete with a commercial break and outtakes, this show’s as packed with information as a good hard snowball.”</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">–</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kirkus</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, September 15, 2008</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Hoopla, bloopers and the rantings of temperamental talent turn a lesson in the science of snow into a boisterous blast of behind-the-scenes TV-making lunacy — who knew deposition, sublimation, sectored plates and radiating dendrites could be so much fun?”</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-JustOneMoreBook.com</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, podcast, November 15, 2008</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Futura; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Read </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Snow Show</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, then download a free kids’ activity kit pdf from http://www3.telus.net/public/carolynf/snowshow.html for more arctic antics!</span></span></div></div><div><br />
</div></div></div></div></div>Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-36094186946955951532011-01-03T10:21:00.000-08:002011-01-03T10:49:44.572-08:00Creative Spaces Interview<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TSIYLLFcoqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/9qU6cbQcvLM/s1600/IMG_8845.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TSIYLLFcoqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/9qU6cbQcvLM/s400/IMG_8845.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558031470361879202" /></a><br /><div>Jennifer Bertman interviewed me for her Creative Spaces blog.</div><div><a href="http://www.writerjenn.blogspot.com/">http://www.writerjenn.blogspot.com/</a></div><div>Scroll down to December 27, 2010 for a peek into my studio. Thanks, Jenn!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-50602712045139498812010-12-07T13:35:00.000-08:002010-12-07T14:03:37.788-08:00Good Night, World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TP6vCzJ80CI/AAAAAAAAADg/t6eWUMDU-lM/s1600/GNW_jacketfront.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TP6vCzJ80CI/AAAAAAAAADg/t6eWUMDU-lM/s400/GNW_jacketfront.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548064253593571362" /></a><br />The revisions are done.<br />The revisions to the revisions are done.<br />The revisions to the revisions to the revisions are done.<br />The revisions to the revisions to the revisions to the revisions are...well, you get the idea.<br /><br />YIPPEE!<br /><br />(Dancing around the studio.)<br /><br /><b>Good Night, World</b> is a bedtime story written by Willa Perlman with art by me, to be released by Beach Lane Books in summer 2011. I've been working frantically on it for many days...and nights. To celebrate, I'm going to take a nap.<br /><br />But first - can somebody read me a bedtime story??Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-28062795990476888062010-06-12T16:04:00.000-07:002010-06-12T16:07:20.741-07:00Good News!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TBQTHzXEDvI/AAAAAAAAACw/gw47bvOsolk/s1600/TOP_Abe_28-29_5"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TBQTHzXEDvI/AAAAAAAAACw/gw47bvOsolk/s400/TOP_Abe_28-29_5" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482027671183691506" /></a><br />My book TWO OLD POTATOES AND ME (written by John Coy) will be used in an ESL anthology. I wonder if the grade three students who read the book will notice that there's a potato with the face of Abraham Lincoln in the illustration above? Can you find it?Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-82250134680355334972010-04-07T11:29:00.000-07:002010-12-07T14:05:34.412-08:00Reptiliacs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TP6vpUK5acI/AAAAAAAAADo/pp4zMl9wlzA/s1600/coral_snake.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/TP6vpUK5acI/AAAAAAAAADo/pp4zMl9wlzA/s400/coral_snake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548064915290941890" /></a><br />I'm a published poet! chickaDEE magazine asked me to write and illustrate poems about reptiles for their April issue. Thanks, chickaDEE!Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-29385186652921652402010-03-26T12:41:00.000-07:002010-03-26T12:44:52.971-07:00Box Turtles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S60OmFggTOI/AAAAAAAAACA/EDClt2Wvmd4/s1600/box_turtles_rgb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S60OmFggTOI/AAAAAAAAACA/EDClt2Wvmd4/s400/box_turtles_rgb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453030771291868386" /></a><br />When box turtles box,<br />They bob<br />They duck<br />They crouch <br />They weave <br />They jab<br />They feint.<br />But still,<br />Prizefighters they ain't.Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-85046610745579482842010-03-12T12:18:00.000-08:002010-03-12T12:23:46.265-08:00Pea Soup<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S5qitt-iImI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Uog9U1WJYcg/s1600-h/pea_soup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S5qitt-iImI/AAAAAAAAAB4/Uog9U1WJYcg/s400/pea_soup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447845605577728610" /></a><br />Schools and libraries often ask me to give presentations about writing and illustrating children's books. When I flew to Edmonton for a school visit, fog made my flight two and a half hours late! Still, I had fun talking to the students and teachers. Victoria School of the Arts looks like an amazing place to go to school. Thanks to Karen J. for setting it up!Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-5907130614880618552010-03-12T12:11:00.000-08:002010-03-12T12:18:08.360-08:00Mo' Potamus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S5qhTG0WgOI/AAAAAAAAABw/LWgeajYrsAw/s1600-h/hippo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S5qhTG0WgOI/AAAAAAAAABw/LWgeajYrsAw/s400/hippo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447844048877813986" /></a><br />An experiment with my new open acrylics: they stay wet longer so you can blend them like oil paints.Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-30604458925968687482010-03-05T09:09:00.000-08:002010-03-05T09:37:16.386-08:00The Snow Show<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S5E8fQEN69I/AAAAAAAAAA8/37Yp4HVhPlI/s1600-h/SNOW_coverfront_72dpi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 364px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S5E8fQEN69I/AAAAAAAAAA8/37Yp4HVhPlI/s400/SNOW_coverfront_72dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445199932053908434" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-size:13px;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Edmonton writer and bookseller Lindsey Carmichael blogged about THE SNOW SHOW</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-size:13px;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><a href="http://10storiesup.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-01-07T14%3A13%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lindsey interviewed me about writing and illustrating children's books </span></span><a href="http://www.10storiesup.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thanks, Lindsey!</span></span></h3></span>Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-53053407858083580862009-11-09T20:17:00.001-08:002010-03-05T09:44:26.641-08:00Boulder Hot Springs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S5FC1SfvBxI/AAAAAAAAABo/eaJTPl8Za90/s1600-h/boulderhotspgsresort.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/S5FC1SfvBxI/AAAAAAAAABo/eaJTPl8Za90/s400/boulderhotspgsresort.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445206907733083922" /></a><br />At a writing conference in September, I soaked in the geothermal hot springs here in Montana: the veranda sits fifty rocking chairs overlooking the Peace Valley.Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-68640142273997507192009-10-12T19:41:00.001-07:002009-10-12T19:42:52.588-07:00Another One<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/StPpG0R4E_I/AAAAAAAAAAc/g57DOruWU_c/s1600-h/one2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 371px; height: 355px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/StPpG0R4E_I/AAAAAAAAAAc/g57DOruWU_c/s400/one2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391909482214724594" /></a>Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831718178862816389.post-22656257977170395582009-09-15T09:46:00.000-07:002009-09-15T10:30:59.140-07:00One<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/Sq_PB6MMDOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/E4-vJrjOlog/s1600-h/one.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-oAYq9PFG8/Sq_PB6MMDOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/E4-vJrjOlog/s400/one.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381747711438228706" /></a><br />My baby boy, Kieran, turned one year old on August 30. One is a good number for starting things: Kieran's starting to walk. I'm starting to post news and sketches on this blog.Carolyn Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642976688189483301noreply@blogger.com0