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My desk looks like a (pencil&pen) bomb has hit it. There are rubbings, and bits of sharpenings everywhere, as well as tiny scraps of paper. I'm not keen on mess in general, I like to keep a tidy house, but my studio is looking terrible. There is no time, or any real need to tidy as I go. As long as my paper remains pristine and white then we are ok. I am really in the thick of working now. The first few colour artwork spreads went slowly, I needed to warm up again, remember how to draw my Monster characters and feel at home with them. I'm getting ever so slightly quicker which is a good thing, but there is going to be a lot of late nights in my studio over the next few weeks. Thank gawd for the daylight bulb that my husband bought me as else I think I'd not be able to continue to work late in the poor yellow house hold light that fills the other rooms up.

It's going to be an antisocial and tiring next few weeks, but hopefully worth it. I am cutting the blog right back now to the odd snippet of perhaps what I'm drawing and the 52 project, otherwise all other posts are on hold until I've finished this work at the end of March. I love blogging, but only when I have time, and I have little of it anyway, and virtually none now. I hope you will stick with me though, and continue to check in from time to time! You have one more day to enter my print giveaway. I will announce the winner tomrrow morning. Best of luck!

WORKING 9-5 {and then some....}

Ok, so good news over here! I have a lovely new book deal with the people at Frances Lincoln. It is a follow up to this book, and I'm so happy to be drawing that little Monster family again. The deadline is pretty tight, most of the artwork needed by mid March to make the Bologna International Book Fair. Hopefully there it will be well received and can sell, sell, sell to other countries! I will be having my head down over here, colouring in like crazy, so please excuse the lack of blog posts that are about to follow...

I do have a little giveaway lined up though for the beginning of next week. To celebrate my near break down in large, well know electrical store with a broken printer that is only a few months old and failing me miserably, I now have a shiny new Canon that is hopefully going to serve me well in the future.  ::crosses fingers::
So check back Monday for details on how to win!

Monster Day at Work Review

A nice little review of my children's book here.
A good way to start a Monday morning I think!

Armadillo Review

Mrs Muffly's Monster has made Editor's choice over at Armadillo magazine. You can take a look here. And very pleased about it I am too. Always lovely to hear nice words about a book I'm proud of!
Lots of other great books feature, I love Ed Vere's Bedtime for Monsters book.