{"id":1929,"date":"2018-01-29T02:11:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T02:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2021-07-03T05:06:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:06:19","slug":"picture-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/29\/picture-books\/","title":{"rendered":"I Wrote a Picture Book!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1933\" src=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/I-wrote-a-picture-book-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"i-wrote-a-picture-book | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/I-wrote-a-picture-book-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/I-wrote-a-picture-book-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/I-wrote-a-picture-book-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/I-wrote-a-picture-book.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>About two months ago I had a flash of an idea. One of those flashes that come unbidden and out of nowhere and demand you pay attention to them. So I paid attention because I learned long ago that these flashes are gifts &#8211; from the universe or the muse or just some part of the unconscious that&#8217;s particularly tuned in at that moment &#8211; I really don&#8217;t know. But I do know that they always lead somewhere interesting. This time the flash led me to do something I never thought I&#8217;d do:\u00a0 I wrote a picture book!<\/p>\n<p>I never had any plans to write a picture book. It looked hard. Too hard. I&#8217;ve read picture books. They are amazing. And impossible. Tell an entire story in 500 words or less and make it smart and funny, poignant and heartfelt, rich and beautiful. The best ones do all this and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/susannahill.com\/for-writers\/making-picture-book-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/susannahill.com\/for-writers\/making-picture-book-magic\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1942 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Grad-Badge-4_preview-300x205.jpeg\" alt=\"Making Picture Book Magic | I wrote a picture book | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Grad-Badge-4_preview-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Grad-Badge-4_preview-150x102.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Grad-Badge-4_preview.jpeg 879w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But I had an idea, so when my friend Janet told me about <a href=\"https:\/\/susannahill.com\/for-writers\/making-picture-book-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Making Picture Book Magic<\/a> and offered to retake the course with me, I signed up. Then I dove in with both feet, dedicating time every day to write my picture book. And thanks to Susanna&#8217;s awesome lessons, boosts of support from my classmates, and the added gift of Janet&#8217;s eagle-eye critiquing skills, I did it! I wrote a picture book. A complete one. And it might even be kind of funny. Maybe. But it doesn&#8217;t really matter. What matters is that I honored the flash and took a chance and created something brand new. I played with ideas and tinkered with words and had a blast just writing &#8211; with no expectations beyond the simple act of creating something.<\/p>\n<p>It was awesome! So awesome, I decided to lean all the way and challenge myself to write a picture book each month as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/12x12challenge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12&#215;12 Challenge<\/a>.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m pretty sure it will be difficult and frustrating and exciting and loads of fun. All the best adventures are.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/12x12challenge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/12x12challenge.com\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1930 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12-x-12-new-banner-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"12-x-12-picture book challenge | I wrote a picture book | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12-x-12-new-banner-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12-x-12-new-banner-150x55.jpg 150w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12-x-12-new-banner.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to be starting 2018 with a completed picture book manuscript, a really fun middle grade work in progress, and a plan. 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