Things are quite tense around here, as usual. Everybody seems to have woken up in a bad mood. When do they not?
But at least I'm going to get some cool tissue paper samples from MAC Papers. I wish I could get samples of every color (all 64 of them!) but I can only get 8-10 pieces.....Or I can buy a case of 1,024 sheets. Do I need that much craft tissue? If it were "butt" tissue I'd say yes, but craft tissue? If I play my cards right and get on the ball with these collages then I might actually be able to use 1,024 sheets of tissue. One book at a time....One book at a time.
Getting the text in order and in type will take no time at all. It's the research and deciding which digraphs and blends to use where. It could make or break this manuscript.......After all, it is for those learning the English language, spoken and written. It has to appeal to children as well as their caregivers in every sense. It must, first of all, make sense. Then it must be visually and orally appealing. It has to flow correctly.....No subjects or text in the "gutter." Nothing confusing. And what title to use? "Amazing Animal Alphabet?" Time for a title search.
I need to deal with mom's manuscripts too. The grammer really needs some tweaking. And a couple of things need to be more developed, but they will work. I think both could use graphite illustrations. Nothing highly stylized. Maybe even some pen & Ink and watercolor. But first things first.