email Sky Pony Press at wsparkles@skyhorsepublishing.com to let them know.
Now you are in the running for Sky Pony to see your picture book dummy or manuscript!
Looking Inside Sky Pony Press
with Assistant
Editor, Kylie Brien
“Good morning Sky Pony,” my editor says.
She reads at the coffee nook.
She reads at her desk,
In her thinking cap.
too cooltoo hotjust right
My editor reads when she walks at lunch,
And with the people standing in line.
“Hmm, smells delicious!”
She reads with publicity
Ming Liu and Kylie Brien
and other editors.
“I like it a lot!”
Rachel Stark and Kylie Brien
She reads in the subway—
All the way home.
"Good night sweet writers and readers!"
Meet Sky Pony
author/illustrator Patricia Keeler at Book Expo America 2017, Booth AM34, May
31 - June 2! She will sketch you as a picture book character!
If you purchase a copy of Lizzie and Lou Sealand email a screen shot receipt to Sky Pony Press at
wsparkles@skyhorsepublishing.com
you will be eligible to win this signed 10" x 13" print entitled PETAL POWER!
And that's not all!
You will be entered to win the
GRAND PRIZE
of a manuscript critique by
Sky Pony Assistant Editor, Kylie Brien
LETTING GO TO GET IT RIGHT
Several years ago I got a contract for a picture book I had
written and illustrated. But when I turned in the final images, the book was
cancelled.
I had made the editorial and illustration changes my picture
book group and then the publisher’s editorial staff suggested. My realistically
portrayed main character stayed under the watchful eye of her dad. She never smacked
her chewing gum or stamped her feet.
I had no idea how my work could be any more appropriate for
the children's book industry.
When attending to the remarks of children's book groups and the
publisher’s editorial guidance didn't lead to a successful book, I decided to
stop listening—to follow my heart—and take artistic chances!
I created a solid little girl with red hair that stuck out
in all directions, much like the rock star PINK’s hair does.
I wanted a noisy girl who races around the beach in joyous
abandon, while dragging a blow-up seal twice her size. How cool if her home was
a retro beach trailer?
Then I began experimenting with mixed media. I created page
spreads using photographs of seashells that I collected from the beach. On the
back cover I painted partially over a photograph of a sand castle I built.
I tried hand lettering. Then I threw sand across the page!
I wanted Lou Seal to look like she was made of plastic. I
tried using an encaustic wax process. That worked for Lou Seal, but I
discovered it created dynamic ocean waves!
Now I write about the things I love—feisty girls, retro
trailers and the beach. I dauntlessly experiment with new artistic techniques. Now there is magic!
Meet Patricia Keeler at Book Expo America 2017, Booth AM34, this June!
