January 31 is National Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

photo of shell art on beach

The artist strategically placed the shells on the branches of the bush skeleton above. A piece of the exoskeleton of a horseshoe crab was also used. January 31 is Inspire Your Heart With Art Day.  Art should evoke emotions, hopefully, pleasurable ones.  There are many kinds of art.  My book illustrators are all great visual […]

Tabby Sure Has My Attention! How About Yours? by Curtis Curly-tail

image of Tabby the five finger fairy on You Tube

I like to think of author Elaine A. Powers’s You Tube channel as MY channel. It does, after all, say at the top of the page, “Curtis Curly-tail Speaks!” But, I’m like, “Whoo, hoo! Look at that girl go!” I mean, have you seen and heard Tabby the Five-Finger Fairy on You Tube? I’d read […]

Come and Say Hello at The Tucson Festival of Books!

Image of author holding a book for sale

EVENT CANCELED On March 14-15, 2020, Tucson will host the third largest book festival in the US, the Tucson Festival of Books. Over 130,000 people come to enjoy this world-of-books every year. All aspects of the book business are included, with several hundred authors in attendance, many who are involved in panels open to the […]