Whatever “things” may be.
I can do this cleaning thing!”, and maybe even some fun illustrations thrown in for good measure.This idea also came at a time when they had just suggested a title for the book that I wasn’t particularly excited about either, so I wasn’t really the happiest of campers.
I kind of, almost, sorta just felt like giving up on the whole thing and that’s just not something I would normally do, like, ever..So we decided to get on another phone call and talk the whole thing out like civilized people instead of emailing politely back and forth while I secretly had a mini panic attack every five minutes thinking about this whole thing.I was actually looking forward to the call.
I was thinking that surely they must have some kind of amazingly brilliant explanation for why we shouldn’t make my book beautiful and photo-filled, and as soon as I heard it, I would completely understand.But of course, that was not the case.
Why is it that these phone calls always catch me so off guard?.
It turns out that the only real thinking was that there had been another book, also about cleaning, that was in that same smaller format and it didn’t have pictures, and it was available at that lower price point and it had done quite well, so they were really just toying with the idea that maybe that was what readers would respond well to.I love that this room is super fancy (by my standards at least!)
and traditional in style, but it still feels fresh and approachable and totally like “us”.I always think you know you’ve done a really good job designing a room when it becomes really easy to decorate it and make it look good, almost no matter what you try.
Even, a plastic walrus!.So that’s the bathroom!
(Editor: Ultra Scooters)