Another great moment

Another great moment.
My daughter got entranced by reading the first mock-up of the new book. Received the print in the mail, and couldn't rest until i went through the ritual of reading a story to my daughter.

She loved the story, she really liked it and said to me that she liked it, "Papi, the story is beautiful!".
That is a huge motivator to continue.
While reading, and many days after having sent the story for creation of the mock-up , we really get a new feeling for the story. Some paragraphs that are not needed, they do not add anything to the story, and just makes the story to long for the kids. Other sentences are too elaborate for the kids, so need simplification. It is a huge pleasure doing this, and we do it with the feeling of creating something.
It is really indeed a great experience.
Now I'm doing the first proof-reading of the books in both English and Portuguese. And a dear friend is helping me with the German version as well.
excited moments these that i am living now, creating something, and especially feeling committed to my own promise made in July 2013 to myself.
A huge thanks to all the fans that have inspired me to carry on.

50 entries

The We didn't fly to that cloud yet! Blog commemorates now it's first 50 entries of simple stories for parents and kids. It's a different blog dedicated to parenting and transforming day to day choices of parents into small stories of imagination and creativity.

Come share your stories at the blog together with other parents and storytellers:

http://flytothecloud.blogspot.com
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Milestone 2014 T-Shirts

Today we have a different entry, today I am not writing you another story.
Today I am writing something very personal, today I am writing about a milestone from my resolutions 2014.
I received today the T-Shirts for the family to use at the promotion day for the future book "We didn't fly to that cloud yet".

This helps me visualize and focus on what to do :) and it keeps the family on the timeline.
Small steps indeed, and I was so happy to see my daughter excited about the T-shirts that match Papi's book.
Also bought some new books to keep me inspired. I strongly recommend the following 4 books that has created new reading moments with my daughter.

English versions at Amazon.co.uk:

• Guess How Much I Love You Here, There and Everywhere by Sam McBratney
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle
• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

German versions at Amazon.de:

• Weißt du eigentlich, wie lieb ich dich hab? by Sam McBratney
• Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt by Eric Carle
• Brauner Bär, wen siehst denn du? by Eric Carle
• Der Regenbogenfisch by Marcus Pfister