My goal in blogging is to practice writing. While I have been writing I haven’t exactly been practicing the type of writing that I would like to persue, which is writing for children.
See Jane.
Jane is co-dependent.
Can you say co-de-pen-dent?
Yeah, somehow that just doesn’t come out sounding right. I suppose I ought to get around to practicing actual stories for children. If only I had a place online that I could practice and get feedback from my friends…. well looky here…. this handy dandy BLOG!
Before I get started let me give you some background (and I can stall a little bit more). A long time ago I used to babysit two little girls every week while their mother went to choir rehearsal. Watching them was always a blast and we did a lot of fun stuff. Until bedtime. Both of these girls were (and still are ;) a bit head strong and neither one wanted to go to bed. Of course not, who wants to go to bed when I’m around?! I finallly figured out a bribery tactic that worked. I agreed to write them a story that they could read in the morning. The sooner they went to bed the longer I would have to write. Most of the time it worked like a charm. And that’s the birth story of The Adventures of Andi the Pandi and Jaime and Niki, too! Andi the Pandi is a stuffed animal that comes alive and has all sorts of adventures with the girls. So without further ado…. Continue reading ‘Here goes nothing…’
