Home of William Faulkner Rowan Oak – Oxford, Mississippi Image Credit – Wikipedia When I was an Ole Miss coed, my part-time job was that of curating at the William Faulkner house–Rowan Oak, in Oxford, MS. That was during the late 1960s and early 1970s–only a few years after the Faulkner family donated Faulkner’s home…
Jacki Kellum Watercolor Paintings
The Raven – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Janis Joplin – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Little Napoleon: The Rooster – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold The Last Rose of Summer – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Boy with Curls – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Consider the Lilies: How They Grow – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Fiesta – Jacki…
Time for Another Miracle: New Life, New Friends, New Home in Old Water Valley, Mississippi
I suspect that the eyes of my more fundamentalist friends roll when I tell them, over and over, that something miraculous has happened in my life. After my debut picture book The Donkey’s Song was acquired for publication, I told people that my book deal was a miracle: A Pitch for #PBpitch: How My Picture Book…
Mississippi – I’m Finally Coming Back Home: Moving to Water Valley, Mississippi
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…
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…