A Paying Gig

I got an e-mail from a friend and editor today. She works in the city's only daily newspaper and she offered me a freelance job.

I took it. The subject is fun, and I couldn't pass it up!

Hopefully, I won't get sidetracked for too long.

I did actually do something toward my picture book goal today. I took T Junior to the library and looked for books that he would love: anything with trucks, trains, cars, etc. But I didn't want to get the ones that just show the truck with the word underneath "excavator," you know? I wanted real picture books. An actual story.

But I also had another reason for getting these. I had an idea for a story a few days ago that I wrote down (very rough draft, very rough). It was inspired by my former job at truck (big rigs) company. I worked at the corporate office, but loved to visit the plant floor. So, I was looking for picture books about trucks or cars, just to see what's out there.

We found two great books!

T Junior wanted to read Who Is Driving? by Leo Timmers over and over again. We may have to buy this one.

And I loved Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry. Fabulous story, engaging words and pictures.

It's  been a long time since I've been to the library to check out books. We'll definitely be back!