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My book was published seven tough months ago.
I’m still trying to spread the word! Thank you, for helping me! 😊💙

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2020-10-17

Check on your friends who may be struggling with anxiety and isolation. It makes a world of difference to know that someone cares. (Images from

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2020-10-11

My Whale book turns 6 months old today. It’s been tough to promote it during quarantine. Thank you for supporting it and for helping me spread the word! These flowers are for you!🐳

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2020-09-17

My book launch is one week from today! I hope many of you can make it. Saturday March 14, at at 11 am. 💙 We’ll talk about mistakes, and what inspires us and how to be creative. (And yes, we’ll have chocolate whales.😊🐳💙)

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2020-03-08

I don’t tend to keep too much “process” stuff but here are three out of the five versions I did for this image. 🐳

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2020-02-04

This is the cover for my next book, A WHALE OF A MISTAKE, a story about the emotional journey we embark on after making a really big mistake, how we struggle, learn to cope, and gain perspective along the way. ( March 17, 2020.)

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2019-08-02

A bit of a rollercoaster of emotions, because today I received the first proofs for the Whale. I could not breathe for a while. Thank you .

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2019-05-25