My doodle for the SCBWI Europolitan Conference in Belgium. ©Laurel Decher, 2017. Hanging out with all of the illustrators at the 2017 SCBWI Europolitan Conference
We have a supposedly American car, a Ford Fusion, but it lives in Germany, so it has to have German antifreeze. Natch. Instead of 5-gallon,
Need book recommendations for the 9 to 12 year old readers on your gift list? Here are the 10 books for this age group I
Imaginations are powerful, how are we using ours? Note: I originally wrote this post in 2017, but it feels just as relevant to me now.
I’m over at The Winged Pen today with a round-up of the best online mentors to help you plan a series of novels. Read the
People look beautiful and shiny to me just now. When I look at families pushing baby strollers or see young couples deciding how to spend
Lately, I’ve been thinking about safe spaces to create art. On the weekend, we visited Abbey Mariawald, famous for its split-pea soup. Judging from the
The Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy was over the top! I love watching live orchestras and this one had 5 string basses. 🙂 And the
Vegetable garden overtaken by poppies, nasturitiums, cosmos and zucchini plants Clearly this garden needs tools and more plants. 🙂 I’ve never grown vegetables in Germany–until
Whack! The little girl smacked her tiny rainbow umbrella down on the restaurant’s marble table with an unexpectedly loud crack. No one was hurt; nothing
This 1,000 year old linden tree has such a perfect shape from the outside. A really old tree gives me a new perspective on life
Sometimes the only thing that helps stuck projects . . .is walking around it. Am I the only one who has to move to get
