The Sun Is Hiding

About a month ago I put together my first attempt at a "dummy" of what will be my first children's book. In the world of children's books, a book dummy is a first draft of sorts, but with the same approximate page dimensions of the final product (or at least, what you hope will be). I have never produced anything even remotely resembling a complete book before, so this is quite a big step. The story started out as a proposal for my creative final project in a "Children's Literature" course that I took last semester (I am a student at Empire State College's "Center for Distance Learning"). From the outset, I figured that since I would be essentially putting together an entire book, there was no reason why I shouldn't do it with publication in mind. So, now I have a complete manuscript (edited by my father, who happens to be the most amazing writer/editor you haven't heard of), 18 illustrations (painted in basic watercolor with the help of my lovely wife Ipek), and a burning desire to get it published. It will happen... I know  it will, and I will keep the good followers of this blog posted on my progress throughout the course of the journey. And believe me...if I can do this, ANYBODY can. ^_^