Inspiration

One of Jen’s friends has been the source of a lot of inspiration for me. I got the idea of writing a blog from her. More recently, her efforts to balance creativity and being a stay-at-home mom have inspired me to write a children’s book for Margot.

Today was my first day of writing.

I won’t give away too many details other than to say that I intend to create a little land where all the fantastical imaginary personalities I have invented for Margot (and some that have yet to be invented) live, work and play. It’s a funny place where the level of vocabulary is somewhere around the grade-two through four level (not alike Fox News, for example). I hope to be done writing by the end of my leave in a few short weeks although this may be a tad ambitious. Then I will work on the drawings, which I may recruit help for.

Where do I get the time to do this? You may recall that I was dropping Margot off with her grandparents while taking French lessons on Wednesdays. Well, my first tutor quit and I decided after one session with the second tutor that I would rather use the time to create a present that I could later share with Margot. Not to worry, I am now taking informal French lessons on the side from a beautiful, seductive, Quebecoise temptress who has a killer accent. I’ll give you a hint as to her identity: she’s Margot’s second favourite person in the whole world. Hahaha.

My first morning writing my book was productive, which is great. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of Planet Coffee, which is where I let the creative juices start flowing. I will try to do that next week but in the meantime here’s a photo of my notebook, which will contain all my notes on the book. I’ve decided to do this the old fashioned way – nothing high-tech (at least to start) for me – no sir ree bob!