Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can never go home again,” and while I understand his premise, I must say that I’ve been trying to get back home for more than half a century. Finally, I’m moving back to the home of my heart, and that’s a place very few people ever find. I am moving back…
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How to Create A Collage Post for Instagram in Canva – Without Templates
In this post, I’ll show you how to create a collage in Canva – Without Templates. I’ll show you step-by-step How I created the following collage: Go to canva.com Click to Create an Instagram Post = Step 2. Add Photo Continue adding photos until you have uploaded all that you need. I clicked to add…
How to Create A Collage Post for Instagram in Canva – Using Templates
In this post, I’ll show you how to use a Canva template to create a photo collage. I’ll cover the following topics: How to Upload Your Own Photos to Canva How to Create Text in Canva How to Edit Text in Canva How to Create Rectangular Boxes in Canva How to Modify Colors in Canva…
How to Create an Image with Text in Canva: Create an Instagram Post
In this post, I will show you how to create an Instagram Post with images and text in Canva. Before I begin this tutorial, I feel the need to tell you that I have been using the Adobe Suite for many, many years. I thought I’d never say this, but Canva is an affordable and…
The Importance of Images on Social Media & Blogs: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
Yesterday, I shared some statistics that support the fact that maintaining a good blog will increase any business’s SEO–including the businesses of writing and art. March Marketing – Start a Blog to Increase Your SEO All of the sources that I checked agree that the blogs that post images are much more successful than those…
A List of The Lessons in Jacki Kellum’s 2023 How to Write & Revise a Picture Book: the #14DayPBChallenge
Introduction to the Class Take the #14DayPBChallenge – Write, Revise, & Submit Your Picture Book for Publication I. Plan Your Picture Book #14DayPBChallenge – Day 1- February 2023 – Start Planning Your Picture Book II. How to Come Up with Ideas for Your Picture Book- includes a list of ideas with links to examples of…
March Marketing – Start a Blog to Increase Your SEO
I am an artist and a writer, and I could not begin to tell you how Google and SEO work, but I am certain that having an active blog helps you become more visible on Google. Fortunately, I began blogging at least 10 years ago. After years of scribing info into the wind, Google seems…
How to Create a Text Dummy for a Picture Book – A Look at the Structures of Several Picture Books
Are you trying to write your first picture book? It might be helpful if, very early in the process, you break your text into pages. Typically, there are 32 pages in a picture book, but the text of the book rarely begins on page one. Because the title page, endpapers, the dedication & the copyright…
Chrysanthemum – A Picture Book by Kevin Henkes – An Anthem Against Bullying
Chrysanthemum Kevin Henkes 1988 – Green Willow Books Chrysanthemum is one of my all-time favorite picture book characters. Her life was perfect until the other kids at school told her that she had a terrible name. Chrysanthemum sack puppet Designed and Created by Jacki Kellum Chrysanthemum thought her name was absolutely perfect. And then she…
Research to Fully Understand the Details of Your Picture Book- Free Places to Find the Facts
In another post, I discuss the importance of filling your mind with details about your story before you finish turning them into a picture book. How to Create Stronger Settings for Your Picture Books – Visualize the Details of the Story In the above post, I tell you that I memorized the Bible’s Christmas Story…