Woo hoo!

I've had several woo hoos in the past week.

Writing:
I've entered a pact with one of my local writing groups. We vowed to finish writing our current WIPs by April 2011. All three of us are working on YA novels. Two of us are writing dystopian futures and the other critique member is writing a fantasy.


Illustration:
I'm continuing to study children's illustration. My current effort: studying individual illustrators. I'll study their process and design.


I also found out that a local writer/illustrator, Sheila Jarkins, teaches a children's illustration course. I plan to take it.  http://tinyurl.com/2dhs8ky


Job Front:
I recently received an editing job (proofreading fiction manuscripts) for a company that publishes trade and e-books. The best thing about it is that I can: 1) work from home and 2) read (one of my favorite things to do). My first assignment is a fantasy novel. Wish me luck.


Family:
My read-a-holic 10 year old won the Barnes & Noble 39 Clues Summer Reading Program. 
On Wednesday, a representative from Barnes & Noble came to his classroom last Wednesday where she presented my son with a signed set of all of the 39 Clues books and a 39 Clues backpack. He was surprised and very excited about it, so he asked if he could hang onto the books so he could show them to the kids in his class. Unfortunately, one of  his classmates damaged book #10. He doesn't seem to mind as much as I do.