Dear Liza,
A few years ago, I wrote a story about our cat, Mouse. In the story, Mouse steps out of her comfortable routine of napping and lap-sitting to help solve a mystery.
I found it the other day and liked it enough that I want to share it with folks. For me, that means printing it out, putting on a cover, and of course, illustrations.
I started sketching, and once again realized I was way over my head. But I kept at it. Turns out, if you do something long enough, you get better. I drew one piece of the drawing at a time, cut it out, and then traced it where I wanted it to go.
The dog in the picture is our neighbor, Trevor, who is a main character in the story. But of course, once I had the characters cut out, they wandered elsewhere, as well.
For a while they were part of a bizarre pet-juggling story…
Then they all seemed to be on a hamster wheel.
Eventually, it got drawn, colored, and some text got added.
I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out.
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 