Annabelle from Sanibel is doing... FINE !!!

It's Now Three years later.....
and, after many miles and gallons of gas and tolls over the bridge to Sanibel, and finding just the right venues to carry my book, it has already sold nearly 2,000 (maybe more, I've not had time to count the "solds" lately!) copies.

One of the most fun events that I do annually, is the Sanibel Sea Shell Show, held every March in the Sanibel Community Center.  What a crowd and what talented folks who make everything known to man out of shells!  and, they love Annabelle's Key Lime pie too!

Tomorrow I will be reading my book to Mrs. Saunders class at Phillippi Shores Elementary School, in Sarasota.  Mrs Saunders used to babysit my own children, when we lived down the street from one another, back in the '70's.  This will be a fun morning!

Don't forget, if you'd like to order your own AUTOGRAPHED copy you may order a copy from me and I'll ship it to you, anywhere in the USA for $15.00, postage paid.

I'm working on the second Annabelle book and there will be another "local recipe" included as well as the mandated Glossary of new words for young readers.

Happy reading and baking!
Annabelle

Sorry that I can't figure out yet how to...

Make the font smaller in my very first posting!

After 10 years, it's really happening!

Annabelle is Coming! On June 6th, 1999 I sat on my favorite beach on Siesta Key and quickly wrote out, what eventually became "the first draft" of Annabelle from Sanibel.

The idea was to do a collection of children's books, in rhyme...26 in all, beginning with A, then B, etc.

Annabelle flew from brain to pen to legal pad. I flipped a page and wrote: B

Then it hit me! Yellow Pad stage fright?? Nothing came out of my brain!

I flipped another page and wrote: C

oh.....forget it! I kept flipping till I got to M, and suddenly Mr. Milton From Wilton came pouring out, but slower than Annabelle.

He's still sitting in my bottom drawer, but.......Annabelle has gone through many stages of sitting, prodding, erasures and now finally is nearing completion on my publisher's press!

Those of you who have been following Annabelle's journey from legal pad to book on the shelf know of the trials and changes that she's gone through in ten (!) years! No wonder many writers plead poverty! If it takes 10 years for a simple children's book, you could starve to death creating a REAL masterpiece!