by Denise Vega | April 3, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Many people have heard the story of how Build a Burrito came to be. That it was accepted for publication in 2001, but wasn’t published until 2008, a full seven years after acceptance! That was due to a lot of things, but the final product was a fun book that...
by Denise Vega | October 24, 2012 | Writing Inspiration
Since most of my blogs about writing have focused on novels, I decided I wanted to start dedicating one day a week to picture books, especially because I continue to work hard to get better at writing them and this way I can work on techniques and ideas and hopefully...
by Denise Vega | September 12, 2012 | Writing Inspiration
Welcome to Inspiration Wednesday! Since this is the first Wednesday of my new website, which launched last Thursday, September 6, I wanted to write about firsts – hence the #1 image to the left. First Books The image contains the covers for my first two books to...
by Denise Vega | May 3, 2005 | Writing Inspiration
You’d never know it’s May in Colorado. Brrrr. All this cold weather and rain and snow has been a bummer. And of course both furnaces are out so we are running around with space heaters trying to stay warm. But–at least the sun is out today and it...