I love to write in rhythm and rhyme. I absolutely do it all of the time. Why do I do it? It's perfectly clear It keeps your attention, now doesn't it, dear? It's fantastically fun to follow along. It'll get your foot tapping - just like a song. Listening for rhyme sounds - making the match. Sparking new connections that open the hatch. Rhyme is catchy - you'll want an encore. In the back of your mind, it'll open a door. Transforming your brain into a think tank On hyper alert

We are in the final editing round for my next Children’s book and it blows me away to watch how a rough draft will go through so much transformation. Before submitting my manuscript, I thought it was “done.” Then, as I reread it (after not looking at it for a while), I had some new ideas and it got a substantial edit before I even sent it in for the first professional editing rounds! About 30 new lines were added and some were cut loose which allowed the storyline to flow bet