To update you all on the Do the Write Thing For Nashville auction, my item was sold for $150. While no homes will be rebuilt on my contribution alone, the lovely ladies who organized the auctions have raised nearly $75,000 to benefit the Community Foundation in Nashville.
Bravo! That is a hunk of change. I’m blown away at people’s generosity and, while I’m jealous I didn’t get to have dinner with Miss Snark, I’m pleased as pickles that I was able to contribute something.
I’ll be busy this week (and the next few months) working on a proposal for a children’s book. I have around a hundred or so pages that I need to sketch out so, needless to say, I shall be busy. But it’s a good busy.
I’ll keep you updated! There’s lots of exciting stuff coming down the pipe that I can’t talk about yet, (squints eyes suspiciously) but I will soon enough.
Bonus sketches:
A sketch of my son while he was in the hospital. I’ve found that sketches seem to have greater memory permanence than photos. If I snap a picture, it could languish in iPhoto for years. But if I sketch it, create a physical impression of a moment, it makes that memory more solid than any photo could. I can still see his sad little face and pouty bottom lip as he struggled to play with Grandma’s iPod with one hand tangled with tubes.
