Angela casabene
Children's Author & Storyteller
Pencil Prowess

A drawing by my 'under 4'
and a drawing by me...
Before I introduce you to some wondrously talented people, I have a story to tell (bear with me, this is what I do).
You see, I've always loved to write - but I've never been able to draw.
I still draw houses the way I did when I was in Grade One.
You know the type - square at the bottom, triangle at the top, obligatory chimney, a door and two windows (sometimes with curtains if I'm feeling particularly creative).
Except.
For reasons I have never been able to explain (or replicate) - for one glorious week when I was fifteen - I.could.draw.
Now, let's not fool ourselves. I was never going to be an Anna Walker or Freya Blackwood, but for that one week, I was consumed with sheer pencil prowess. I sketched and scribbled like a mad woman; desperate to produce as much material as I could before the pencil fairy pulled her wand from my hand.
And soon enough, she did. As quickly as she flew into my life, she flew out - taking her pencil wand with her.
But I've never thrown out those drawings.
