My newest book, MAX MAKES A CAKE (Random House 2014), went through many drafts and versions on its way to becoming a book. Along the road there, it was once A CAKE FOR MAMA -- here's a sketch from the dummy I did for that story.
From the Image Vault : Pa Lia's First Day
A sketch for the cover of Pa Lia's First Day (Harcourt 1990). I can still remember the fun I had drawing the possibilities. A stack of possibilities. Pa Lia's First Day and Stinky Stern Forever have stayed in print and soon they will be e-books. Stay tuned.
From the Vault Mondays
Mondays on the blog, art, and illustrations. New and from the vault.
In the spirit of Indie publishing, today's image is the half title page from Her People, a letterpress book I made in 1982. If you live in Iowa City, you can see this book in The University of Iowa's Main Library Special Collections.
Remember colophons?
Here's the colophon that appeared at the end of this Her People.
Her People was designed, illustrated and printed by Michelle Edwards. All the Illustrations are linoleum prints. The type was set in 30 and 24 point Bulmer and was printed on Iyo Glazed in the Spring of 1982.
Out of an edition of 18, you are holding number 1.
Michelle Edwards
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Recommended Reading: Counting by 7’s
Every Wednesday I’ll share the best of what I have been reading. Old books, new books, red books, blue books. Books that have found a place on my shelves and in my heart.
Books will be grouped into three categories: Recommended, Highly Recommended, and You must read this. Add your thoughts in the comment section.
Read on!
Title : Counting by 7s
Author : Holly Sloan Goldberg
Highly Recommended
Publisher’s Summary : Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7’s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her parents, but it hasn’t kept her from leading a quietly happy life… until now.
Suddenly Willow’s world is tragically changed when her parent’s both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world. The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy. This extraordinarily endearing odd, but extraordinarily endearing girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable family is a joy and a revelation to read.
Middle Grade Novel : 380 pages
Favorite quote : All reality, I decide, is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.
ISBN# : 978 0 8037 3855 3
Pub. Date : August 29 2013
Author’s website/blog : www.hollygoldbergsloan.com
Facebook Page : Author Holly Goldberg Sloan
Other books by the same author : I'll be There (Little Brown 2011)
Click to buy :
Counting by 7's at Amazon, Indie Books, Barnes and Noble Books
I'll be There at Amazon, Indie Book, Barnes and Noble Books
Mondays and the Electric Goldfish
illustration from Stinky Stern Forever
Mondays on the blog, art and illustrations. New and from the vault. Today I have been thinking about names for what I hope will soon be my venture into Indie publishing. My favorite from the list is Electric Goldfish Press. The name comes from a mangling of a Dame Edith Sitwell quote I first heard a few years ago in a talk given by Cheryl Klein at Kindling Words.
I am not eccentric. It is just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.
Stay tuned.
Michelle's Blog schedule :
Monday - Art and Illustration
Wednesday -- Book Review
Friday -- With Walt