With the contract signed, sealed, and delivered and an early summer release (gotta have the book in time for Wahoo football season) ahead, there was still much to do. At that point in the publishing process, the manuscript had been reviewed, edited and scrubbed about 40 times before I submitted it to Mascot, so I was not planning on major editing work for the verses once I sent it to Mascot. But, what really needed attention were the illustrations. I had lots and lots of ideas for the illustrations, and aimed to show my little readers the iconic architecture around Grounds, familiarize them with the most frequented UVA places and lingo, and of course get them excited to cheer for the Hoos!
I wrote detailed descriptions of the visual effect and specific images needed for each spread, or 2 adjacent pages of illustrations, to provide the illustrator. That said, I knew illustrators had lots of experience with capturing a little one's imagination so I built in some flexibility for the illustrator to be creative! I was thrilled to see my verses begin coming to live for our little Hoos!
I wrote detailed descriptions of the visual effect and specific images needed for each spread, or 2 adjacent pages of illustrations, to provide the illustrator. That said, I knew illustrators had lots of experience with capturing a little one's imagination so I built in some flexibility for the illustrator to be creative! I was thrilled to see my verses begin coming to live for our little Hoos!
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