October 30, 2012 @ 3:43 pm | Filed under:
Art,
Rilla
“Mommy, listen: ‘Always drink plenty of water and eat healthy meals.’” (Points to illustration.) “It’s BLOOD. Isn’t that funny??” (Uproarious laughter.)
Well played, Anne Marie Pace and LeUyen Pham.
![rillarinaballerina](https://melissawiley.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rillarinaballerina.jpg)
Deciding what to draw.
![rillabat](https://melissawiley.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rillabat.jpg)
She went with the bat. As usual!
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Also: yesterday’s Thicklebit.
I know, I know, I’ve been AWOL! When’s the last time I went a week without posting here? (I know when: summer of 2005, when Wonderboy had surgery. Yeesh.) Well, my absence here is because I’m plugging away elsewhere…sometimes the supply of words is limited, you know? 🙂
But a few bits of news:
• A new strip at Into the Thicklebit
• A lovely Kirkus review of my friend Anne Marie Pace’s about-to-launch picture book, Vampirina Ballerina, illustrated by the talented LeUyen Pham.
• Vampirina shares a pub date (August 7) with my early reader, Fox and Crow Are Not Friends. It got a nice review at Kirkus, too (yippee!), which is now viewable by everyone, not just subscribers. 🙂
• This month, my upcoming Inch and Roly series gets the spotlight at the Ready-to-Read website, including a letter from me to readers. Whee!
![inchrolylogo](https://melissawiley.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/inchrolylogo.jpg)