Latter-day Authors Blog Now Online!

As I mentioned a few days ago, I'm joining a new blogging team - Latter-day Authors.

I'm so excited to be a part of this group! All these folks are accomplished writers and I'm honored to be in their company. My friend, Patricia Wiles, is the author of the Kevin Kirk Chronicles. Sweet C.S. Bezas is an acclaimed multi-talented author and musician. Janie Van Komen is a motivational speaker and the author of Sarah Jane's Very Best Story Ever. Janet Jensen authored the best selling Book Lover's Cookbook and Kelly Martinez is a powerhouse sportswriter. David G. Wooley is the author of the Promised Land series. Willard Boyd Gardner has three action-packed novels out, Pursuit of Justice, Race Against Time, and his newest, The Operative. Terrie Lynn Bittner is a published expert on homeschooling and Kenya Transtrum is an editor at MapleTree publishing as well as the author of Love Springs a Leak.

Come on over and visit! Here's the link:

http://latterdayauthors.blogspot.com/

All the best,

~lori

Summer's Winding Down...

I can't believe how fast the summer has gone by but I'm thankful for all I've been able to accomplish. As always, thanks to all of you for your kindness and support. You have no idea how much your sweet emails mean to me.

I'm just now putting the finishing touches on the the October cover of Fandangle Magazine. I needed to mix a healthy living theme with Halloween -- it was a lot of fun! I'll post a link when the magazine goes online. Also, I received word from Rita Mills, director of ABC Publishing, that my preliminary sketch has been accepted. I'm now ready to do the final. This is so exciting!

For those of you who have asked (and please excuse me mentioning writing on this blog again!) I am going to be doing Good Things Utah again this year. I'm currently slated to appear in September. I understand there will be a studio audience and everyone will receive a free copy of my book, Peach 101. I'm also going to be doing the Channel 2 morning show. I'll post dates and times when I get them.

All the best,

~lori

Mean Aunt Amy

I'm so excited to be working with talented Rhode Island author Amy Geraldine Marks! Amy's book, Mean Aunt Amy, was chosen as a finalist in the ABC's Children's Picture Book Competition and I'm honored to have been chosen as the illustrator.

Amy and I are going to putting up a blog to keep everyone up-to-date. Right now, the crunch is on for me as I endeavor to come up with a preliminary sketch by next Friday. Then, we progress to having a full-color spread completed by August 30. Internet voting will begin in September and a winner announced October 8.

Wish us luck!

All the best,

~lori

LDS Artist and Author?

I've been wondering if I should change the title of this blog to "LDS Artist and Author." This past year, my writing has taken a back seat to illustration but in the last few weeks writing is fast catching up! I've just been hired as a deluxe editor writer for the Homemaking Cottage and I have some very special works in progress, such as my children's book, Tess and the Essay.

As I contemplated whether or not to cover both my art and writing on this blog, a new opportunity presented itself - a brand new writing blog that I'll start in September with several LDS authors I really admire. I'm so excited!

So, thats that. I'll now have a place to talk about my writing (I'll post details as soon as we're ready to go online) and I'll keep this blog mainly for art. However, I hope you don't mind if, once in awhile, I tell you about what I'm writing. It seems that the two parts of my life are becoming increasingly intertwined.

All the best,

~lori

Good News!

I'm so thrilled to have been selected as an illustration finalist in The ABC's Children's Picture Book Competition! I just recieved word that I'll be working with Providence, RI author A. Geraldine Marks.

I'll keep you posted.

All the best,

~lori

Links

As promised, here are the links to the new story and poem I illustrated for the August issue of Stories for Children Magazine:

My Imaginary Friend
http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com/id197.html

Crow's Adventure
http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com/id165.html

This morning, I received an email from Genevieve Riggs Williams, author of Crow's Adventure. Genevieve, who retired from academic administration at Emory University and the University of Miami, lives in Georgia and her work has been published in numerous journals and anthologies. Here's a line from her email: "An author can only hope that the illustrator visualizes her characters the way she does." Wow! That really touches my heart -- its the ultimate compliment an illustrator can receive. Thank you, Genevieve, for your kindness. You are a wonderful author and I look forward to reading more of your work.

All the best,

~lori