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Writer ✍️ | Illustrator 🎨 | Wood Carver 🦆| Web Dev by trade 🖥️ | Father of a Shark 🦈 and a Raccoon 🦝 #AmQuerying

Andrew Whitesell

picture book progress for the night.

Oooh. I got two threes right next to each other. #wipsnips #writingcommunity

<tech mumbo jumbo>For the record, I got it fixed. If anyone else out there ever finds their pens not working with a windows touch screen. Try reinitializing the driver's.</tech mumbo jumbo>

Me: [Queries his book] My Brain: Hey, I know your querying you book and all. But I know how book 3 ends. Me:... Dude, what the— Brain: Here Me out! Me: I AM STILL QUERYING BOOK 1! Brain: So? Don't you think it would be cool if book 3 ended like xyz. Me:...😐 Brain: 🫠 Me: Damni it. That's a good idea.

Heeeeeeyyyy Brother... Got a few of these, as Sammy's brother by adoption comes up a lot. The one I went with is the secondary antagonist has been going after so hard for half a book. #wipsnips

So, before having our first kid, made a bunch of carving blanks with the intention of working on them on my down time durring my paternaty leave (oh, past Andrew, so nieve, so stupid)... 4...years...later... Finally got the body of this wood duck shaped out.

Basically the same theme song every day when your dealing with a threenager. share.google/0e7S509qkrzZ...

Jance had been defending Sammy for about half a book at this point. He's proven right but can't make this meeting, so he sends a friendly greeting card to voice his frustration. It got cut off, but the PS on the back of the card says "Sit on a tack" He's nothing if not professional. #wipsnips

Me: OK, I'm actually gonna work on some picture book drawings tonight. My Computer: Wouldn't you rather spend an hour trying to debug you surface pen? Me: Not really... My Computer: Well, have I got a surprise for you! Me: I know what the surprise is, I don't want it. My Computer: It'll be fun!

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🗡️ Jance: snarky half-alien. Didn’t ask for this. 👊 Sammy: alien soldier. Absolutely done with him. ☢️ Someone’s stealing nukes to rewrite history. ✅ Prime suspect: dead for 25 years. ❌ Small problem: he’s still alive. #AgentsGuide #AmQuerying #YA #SF #WritingCommunity

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