Words that inspire

Often people will ask me if I have a favorite quote to turn to when the rejection blues get to me, and I suppose if I had to pick only one, it would be this - a little magnet that I keep in my kitchen.

"Show me a day when the world wasn't new." Sister Barbara Hance

 

 

In this glutted picture book market, it is easy to fall prey to the demons of self-doubt and despair.  Sometimes I do question if the world really needs one more book, or I despair of ever finding an editor who will take my next story. “What’s the point?” I ask myself, “It’s all been done before.  There really is nothing new under the sun.”

  But this picture of a little boy’s face all aglow with wonder and awe always boosts my flagging spirits, rekindles my childlike wonder at the world, and inspires me to try and see with fresh eyes and a child’s innocence, so that maybe I will find some glimpse of beauty, some glimmer of hope that will blossom into a new story – then I pick up my pencil and paper and begin…again…