Thank you all so much!! Happy holidays everyone!!

PS Alyssa Milano's book deal is announced directly below mine. How crazy is that?? lol

My latest book deal (as the illustrator) was announced this week in Publisher's Weekly. It's still so surreal seeing it and I have SVS to thank!!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/iowa-edit/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/78799-rights-report-week-of-december-10-2018.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=8f86ddf94e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_11_10_39&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-8f86ddf94e-306068637&fbclid=IwAR0sBMvFwQBnOZ3aZZPrBjSlWOGAN3UbgK-BPg490Wekl59OX-XfQtY6WYY

I'm really looking forward to working on this PB project with the team at Page Street Kids and so excited to get started the illustrations.

I'm on final color for my picture book Blue Cat (Fall 2019) and the cover and an interior spread has been sent to the marketing team. I am also working on an illustration job for a board book with Amicus Ink coming Spring 2020.

Super busy and stressed but so happy and thankful! I'm really enjoying the SVS 3 Point Perspective Podcast, too!

I hope everyone is enjoying the start of the holiday season!

Cheers,
Charlie

@will-terry @Jake-Parker @Lee-White and everyone else, thanks so much! It's always amazing to see all the ways that SVS is making a difference in the lives of creatives. Congrats to everyone!

I feel very lucky to have discovered Will and Jake early on, prior to the official start of SVS when they offered their first Children's Book class. It changed everything for me. I've been a member since and I can not express how pivotal all these classes and this community has been to my continued growth as an artist/writer. I squealed like a fangirl when Lee White joined on!!

I've had agents in the past, crit partners, editors and others along the way who have helped me grow but no one has steered me along this path as well as Lee, Will, Jake, and this community. They have built something extraordinary and I feel very blessed!

To all of you who are still plowing along, I could have easily thrown in the towel but for me, the journey, all the disappointments, rejections, and setbacks both emotionally and health-wise have all been made easier because of my love of learning and SVS. I always have a new class I can explore or older classes I can look back on and learn new things from.

Soon, I may have some very exciting news because it looks like I may be working on 4 books over the course of the next year... 3 as author-illustrator and one as the illustrator.

Don't give up, keep going!! SVS for life!

These are amazing!! Way to go, everyone!

Thanks so much @lmrush @Hopper12 and @Sarah-LuAnn

@evilrobot PS rejections just mean you're working hard and actually taking chances. Rack them up and be proud that you have the guts to do it in the first place!

@evilrobot You work is great, like with any field it just requires more research to figure out where you fit within art licensing and what sells. I have a graphic very cutesy style and most of what I see out there is painterly.

It's great you got constructive feedback from that last one. Keep going and keep looking at things in stores etc.

I think it can be hard to try and fit old work into a new field. Try building a new collection based on research. Your birdies are cute and that is only a handful of rejections! Keep at it!!

@jason-bowen Awesome! Maybe push the size a bit more on the big muscle guy on the end. That's funny!

@tessaw Thanks so much, Tessa!