by Brian McKibbin | Jul 24, 2021 | Blog, Siggy The Sausage Dog
It’s really strange how perspective can shift. I’m just like everyone else, and, as a consumer of music or literature, I love new stuff and am always seeking interesting new things. When something shows up for the first time on my radar, I think of it only in...
by Brian McKibbin | Jun 22, 2021 | Siggy The Sausage Dog
I have been so lucky to find a real artist. I hope at some point in the future this post will be redundant because she will be famous after we sell loads of books. Until then, just like me, Vivien Sárkány is not a public name. But she is an exceptional talent. I am...
by Brian McKibbin | Jun 22, 2021 | Siggy The Sausage Dog
So, every morning I do a thing called “530”. This means a minimum of 500 words, and then 30 mins min of reading about “the craft”… This is part of this mornings 530… Excuse the formatting. This WP editor is crap for this… Rhyming One Time Rhyming Just one time for now...
by Brian McKibbin | Jun 22, 2021 | Siggy The Sausage Dog
It’s Written… So… Now the prequel is written. It has been given a bit of a revision or two. And now it is with an Editor. Not just any editor, but a very eminent one, with decades of experience in publishing. So… It Will Be Up Soon… And you’ll be able to download it...
by Brian McKibbin | Jun 22, 2021 | Siggy The Sausage Dog
So, I went to a cafe to sit outside. I planned to listen to an audiobook from Story Grid about the “craft” and I began to do that but I found that I couldn’t concentrate. Why? Well, you don’t know it yet, but my website offers a “prequel” to the Siggy Loves Sausages...
by Brian McKibbin | Jun 22, 2021 | Siggy The Sausage Dog
So, the editor has made corrections. The writer (me) has agreed them, and batted ideas back and forth. The final draft has been laid out, and after a little snafu, we are off “at the races” as we build the illustrations from sketches into the full artwork. Lights,...