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after glancing at my last few entries one might think i was one of those 'mom bloggers'. not that i don't actually find writing talking and watching my kids my number one focus. at least now amber and i actually discuss other things besides the kids at night---tho not much else to tell you the truth- i am not sure some of these blogs belong on the annericketts sculpture site......
so while my kids are fighting in their bedroom right now i will blog a bit about something else.

i actually have been writing a book.

and since my father died i have been rewriting the ending of " blue skies ahead" .yes i know everyone is writing a memoir Memoir i suppose they are being called lately. and tho it may sound a tad morbid to now include my father's death in my book...my agent actually suggested it....also saying he knew it was a tad morbid ....but now that i have actually started rewriting the end, i have to say i think it will be a better book.

it is a mixed genre book, with drawings....some of the drawings i have posted on my blog are actually from my book.

and yes i do have a book agent,the ever fantastic micheal murphy......otherwise to be referred to as The Marvelous Mr. M - btw dust off and send all your book queries to: Michael Murphy
Max & Co.
A Literary Agency and Social Club
and even tho we havent gotten Blue Skies Ahead published yet. according to the Marvelous Mr. M we will.

and speaking of drawings........i told myself -and amber- this last year i had to start doing a creative medium that didnt cost me an arm and a leg to make -ei bronze casting. that is part of why i started drawing so much, and of course the fact that i enjoy it . - That i actually went to college to be a writer not an artist is an other worthless little tidbit about myself that helps make these mixed genre books a real sweet homecoming for me.....

some of you have seen my shitty job drawings...in fact those are what i first sent to Mr.M and at first got rejected,'where is the story?" he said. we all know the state of publishing so Mr.M thought throw in some famous people. Wala....the title now is "All My Shitty Jobs and Some Famous Peoples" ...i draw my jobs and then those of the famous people i came in contact with while i was doing my shitty job. here is one of my new drawings from my yet unwritten job book. i cant decide if knowing rich and famous people having shitty jobs makes me feel better about my own shitty jobs or worse. or if i will even finish this project, maybe i will just go back to blogging about my kids.