Old Map of Daerland I’ve always liked maps. Real or imagined, they’re artistic and quite useful. I was cleaning out desk drawers and unearthed a forgotten map of Daerland I had sketched back when I realized I needed the layout to write the story. Of course, things changed as the story grew, and my illustrator did her magic for the final version for the book. Map-making is a great activity for kids young and old. We read Treasure Island in my 4th grade class and when I annou

Do you ever have plans for a project and just don't know how to get started? Yeah, that's me in most artistic endeavors...especially when...