Hullo, guys! Welcome back to another day of a blog tour! Today I (Amie) am in charge again, so you’ll just have to put up with me. Before we get into the juicy meat of this post, let’s go over what you need to know.
Posting today…
February 19
Amie @https://crazya.blog — The process and ideas behind the book.
Faith Blum @http://faithblum.com/blog — Book Spotlight
Jana @www.reviewsfromthestacks.wordpress.com — Book spotlight
Laura Danner @http://flowersinmybasket.blogspot.com — All of the options
Book snippet and where you can buy it…
You can buy Snowball and the Missing Apple HERE. (This might be my favorite illustration in the whole book. ❤ )
WAIT! Before we move on, I (not Snowball. *glances in his direction*) am having a giveaway. What am I giving away?
- A copy of Snowball and the Missing Apple
- A stuffed white rabbit. (I’m sorry I couldn’t giveaway a real one.)
- Two sheets of stickers-one puffy fruits-one silly succulents.
GUYS. The succulent stickers ARE THE CUTEST. I want to keep them! So, go enter!
*rubs hands together* Now for the fun part. Oh, wait! Also, I’m doing a LIVE YouTube Q&A on Saturday. I’ll announce the time tomorrow, but you don’t want to forget it, and you also want to ask those questions on MY blog for giveaway points. 😉
So…Now for the process. It started out with getting Snowball. Snowball was just a ball of fluff, and I loved him to pieces. When he was about, oh, five months old, I decided that if I were ever to make a children’s picture book, it would be about him.
Well, that summer, a contest for a picture book came up, and the genre was mystery. My mom had all sorts of ideas, but I said I was going to do one about Snowball and an apple.
The process started with me working pretty much every morning on an illustration. I would sit next to Snowball, and turn on my music. (Lawson Bates or the Bontragers, anyone?)
I started the illustrations, and then I ditched them and tried them again. This time, I drew 18 of the illustrations, and sent them in for the contest. Unfortunately, I did not win the contest, and so I thought I was done with it. Fast forward to December.
A friend had been publishing short stories and stuff like crazy, and so I caught the publishing fever, and began thinking. The Snowball book popped up in my mind, and so I decided to look into it. I changed the original 18 illustrations to 34, and other than that, I just published the book.
So, now to the schedule…
February 18
Amie @https://crazya.blog — Snowball day!
Anna @https://anniewritessite.wordpress.com — Book review
Mya @https://lifefrombehindacamera.com — Book review
Sam @https://thehappilyeverafterdolls.wordpress.com — Interview with Amie and Snowball
February 19 (You’re here)
Amie @https://crazya.blog — The process and ideas behind the book.
Faith Blum @http://faithblum.com/blog — Book Spotlight
Jana @www.reviewsfromthestacks.wordpress.com — Book spotlight
Laura Danner @http://flowersinmybasket.blogspot.com — All of the options
February 20
Amie @https://crazya.blog — The enemy steals the blog
Merie Shen @https://imperialscribis.wordpress.com/ — Interview with Snowball
Hannah @https://thestripedplaid.wordpress.com — Book review
February 21
Amie @https://crazya.blog — Amie talks about her future ideas with Snowball.
Starling @https://starling7.wordpress.com — Interview with Amie and Snowball
February 22
Amie @https://crazya.blog — a look at the real animals behind the book.
Parker Hankins @https://parkerahankins.wixsite.com/pencilsandpianos/blog — Book review and Snowball interview
Rosy Marr @https://rosyswritings.wordpress.com/ — Interview with Amie
Liz @www.homewithhummingbirds.com — Book spotlight, review, and interview with Snowball
Mary AKA Maria @https://memary145.wordpress.com/ — Interview with Snowball
Abby Guenot @https://photosbyabbyrose.wordpress.com — Book review
Holly @https://hollyciampi.wixsite.com/holly — Interview with Amie
February 23
Wrap up post @https://crazya.blog — Answering your questions on a LIVE youtube video!
Stay put for tomorrow, where the enemy steals the blog. Thank you to all the people who posted today!
~~Amie~~
AMIE ANNE 
Cool! I can’t wait until the 23rd!
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I can’t wait, either!
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Comment for song for giveaway: The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout (did I spell that right?) and… what’s the rest of it? Oh no! I forgot the lines! Ahhh whadda do I do?! That’s the besttt song ever how can I NOT remember!!! *having life crisis*
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HAH, SAM!
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Comment for comment for giveaway: does the itsy bitsy spider comment count for this? oh wait, this comment does count doesn’t it!!!
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Yep, it does!
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Ooh. LIVE VIDEO? Awesome. 🙂
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I know. 😉
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Looking forward to the 23rd!!!!
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Oh my GOODNESS Baby Snowball is so cuuuuuuute
I mean, even cuter than he is now. xD
Yay, I can’t wait to watch the video! 😀
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Haha, baby Snowball is the cutest thing. XD. Too bad he grew up. 😉
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I hope to be like you and publish a book someday!! 😀 Also, I will be using some photos from your blog in my post. Is that alright? (like your profile picture, photo of Snowball from the sidebar, and giveaway photo plus a few others about the book)
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Awesome, I hope you can publish a book, Starling. And yes, you have full permission to use my photos. 😀
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Okay thank you!
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This is awesome!!!
Here’s some Q&A questions for your Video:
What is snowballs favorite snack?
Do you have a favorite writing snack?
How long does it take you to draw each illustration?
And for the silly song:
Hop to the left, do the hoparina (ya, not sure on the spelling for tha!) Hop to the right, do the hoparina…
A veggietales silly song! I’m sure Snowball likes it! 🙂 lol
-Brooklyne
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Thanks for the song and for the question, Brooklyne!
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