Crossing the Finish Line

My girl and grandgirl (and illustrator)



"Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride." (Eccleciastes 7:8)

I'm speeding toward the finish line on the new children's book, Sea Billows. Yesterday, I finished editing the illustrations by my soon-to-be-11-year-old grandgirl.

Tomorrow, I'll do the last run through the manuscript, and Friday, it's off to the Deep Sea Publishing.

What have you started, beloved, that needs finishing? 

"Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today." ~ Benjamin Franklin

Sneak-peek into Sea Billows:

      Days later, a cherry-red sun dropped under the western horizon. Egg-laden Marina swam the final lane of her land-bound journey and reached the water’s edge in darkness. Her graceful sea waltz slowed to an awkward crawl up the shore and past the high-tide line. The loggerhead probed the sand with her snout and then lifted her head and surveyed the beachscape. With alternating flipper motions, she dragged her pale-yellow underbelly or plastron toward her destiny. The sea turtle paused to rest; then resumed the laborious trek.

She bulldozed NORTH.

REST.

Plowed WEST.

REST.

Pushed NORTH.

CLANG!

       At the sea oat line, Marina’s iron will hit home, and the mother turtle began preparing the body pit to lay her eggs.