Ginger’s Images Are Ready

All Davina Kinney’s joyous and funny and scary drawings for Ginger, the Ship Captain’s Cat are ready for print.

Here’s one of my favorites, and it doesn’t even include Ginger:

Ginger Chapter 16 Another Storm

James is doing the first proofreading pass, then I’ll edit, we’ll proof it again, and format it for print.

Still planning to release Ginger into the wild before month’s end.

Working with an Illustrator: Meet Davina Kinney

Davina Kinney
Davina Kinney
It appears the lovely and talented Mrs. Kinney is home and dry in her new place in Utah. She and her all ’round good guy of a husband Vince even invited us to drop by on our next Wisconsin-to-California trip.

If you’re writing a children’s book, it’s hard to imagine it without illustrations. Drawings, the shapes and colors, capture a child’s imagination and help develop their love of reading.

I’ve written 30 stories about Ginger, the Ship Captain’s Cat. This year the first few stories will see print, meaning somebody other than me has to bring Ginger to life visually. You’ve already seen a few sketches, done by friend and illustrator Davina Kinney.

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