Consider yourself invited!

My sister's youngest is turning 7 next month and so my latest writing effort, and only completed effort in awhile, is her invitation.  Since I posted some of Regan's invite back in June, I thought it was only fair to let Leslie see her invite in print as well.  Her theme this year, after two years of dog themes, is cartoons.  She'll probably be a vet someday because she is all about animals and was from the get go.  Read on to see all the fun you'll be missing:


Bugs is missing a tail – Quick pin it on!

Then hunt for your prize out on the front lawn.

Next give the piñata a really good whack,

‘Cuz when the cartoons start you’ll want a li’l snack!

Last but not least, with your stuffed friend in tow*

We’ll snuggle into the couch to watch a great show.

This invites the real deal; it’s no hoax

So RSVP today, cuz… "that's all folks!"


Add in some cute Warner Bros clipart (that I don't feel comfortable copying to a public site) and you've got yourself an invitation.


On the 'real' writing front, I am helping to coordinate the first meeting of the Hoosier Links for the Indiana chapter of SCBWI.  Their mission is to create opportunities for writers and illustrators to meet more frequently locally to supplement the limited number of bigger conferences that can be coordinated each year.  We invited about 40 from our geographical list and are expecting about 20 for the gathering.  It's always inspiring to get a bunch of creative souls together, so I am hoping that this, along with the energy from the start of a new academic year, will be just the ticket to jump start my writing projects.  Otherwise, I'd better watch out because someone just might drop on anvil on my head.