Ok.  Been feeling a bit blah about things..so I decided to post the text of my book Blow A Kiss here for those who may be feeling the same way. So here it is. Hope it makes you feel better. If you would like to order a copy of the book please head to the 'Buy' tab on this page.

Blow A Kiss

By David Seow

© David Seow, 2010

Can you blow a kiss?

Get ready, get set, blow

Now let's see where 

your little kiss will go

It will ride on the wings

 of sweet gentle dreams

skip by babbling brooks 

and splash in crystal streams

Weave through gold-quilted valleys

and rainbow painted plains

sweep by cities and towns,

cars, ships and trains...

Cross the biggest, bluest oceans;

brave the stormiest of seven seas...

Soar over soft, snow-capped mountains

drift through forests of a thousand trees

Pass swirling hills 

of blazing desert sands; 

fly to faraway places,

fly to farway lands.

From lands of peace

to lands at war,

to children who have barely seen a smile

or heard a laugh before,

Where people fight when they are different,

where people fight when they're the same,

but the all have families who love them

and know them by name,

Your kiss 

will brush each tear-stained cheek,

bring joy to the sad and the lonely

the hungry and the weak.

Soon your one kiss will turn into two,

two into three and three into four;

then it will grow and grow

from now till forevermore,

You see,

this is what your little kiss can do:

spread a love so goo,

so pure, so true.

For a kiss can turn any foe 

into a loving friend.

A kiss can bring any woe

to a happy end.

Now go tell everyone

just what you know

Then with a prayer and a kiss

get, ready, get set, blow.

Writing for Kids

I've had some people ask me about the process of writing kids' books.  Well, I would say it is pretty much like a pregnancy. Yeah, what would I know about being pregnant, right? But think about it - you start by  conceiving the idea, then you get cravings during the gestation -for me it's usually potato chips or cheetos. Then you go through mood swings and finally you suffer intense labor pains  to bring your story into the world and without the benefit of a literary epidural!

So how do you figure out what kids like or want to read? It helps if you're around kids a lot so you can observe them - watch what they do, how they talk, what they talk about, and what they like to read or watch on TV. When you get signed to a publisher, a lot of your ideas may get thrown out the window. it's happened to me and others as well, but it's something you have to put up with if you want to see your story in print.

Having said that,  I believe that everyone has a story in them, be it a kids story or an adult one and it deserves to be shared in one form or another. So if you have any questions about writing for kids, please let me know and I'll try to answer them.

Poopsies

When I was just a baby my big brother lent me his one and only  teddy bear. In a show of gratitude, or maybe I was just being territorial, I promptly pooped all over it. That incident scarred my brother as it did his beloved teddy. And he has never let me forget about it!

Which brings me to today's topic -  poopsies. How many parents out there are having a hard time training their kids to go poopsies by themselves. I'm asking because my cousin Gaby  is in the midst of training her youngest to go potty by himself.  Is it harder to train a girl or a boy to go potty by themselves?

Are boys more possessive of their poopsies? I know that my nephews, one in particular, enjoyed giving me  blow-by-blow accounts of their poopsie movements. Maybe it's harder to train boys because they enjoy sharing the experience. I don't know. What do you think?

So please let me know what are your preferred methods of  potty training. What works, what doesn't? Is there a need for books about potty training? Talk to you soon. D