AuthorTiffanyRoundy

 Ideally I do not want to be my own illustrator. Sure, I can draw and paint okay. I can impress little minds with my skillset. But am I an artist? Not in my mind. In today's world so many people have the skill set of creating digital illustrations! I love those illustrations. It is not something I have been able to accomplish myself!  My little sister IS an artist. As a hobby. So I turned to her "Will you illustrate my military kids book series?" She agreed. As a mom of a 5 year old herself and trying to help bring in some money for her own family, naturally, she is very busy already. Does she have time to be my illustrator? Seeing as we might not make any money for a while. It takes time to get books up and running and known to potential customers. Plus, there's the fact that I don't know what I'm doing.  This means I cannot look to her to do all of my books. So, what do I do? I decided to attempt to be my own illustrator for my very first book series. I di...

 Ever since I was a single young woman working at a daycare I have dreamed of becoming a real children's author! When I got married at age 22 I looked into making that happen. Back then we did not have all the information in the world at our fingertips as easy to find as we do today. Sure, we had the internet. I'm not that old! However, it was still in the process of becoming what it is today. Now, 2026, you can learn anything online. You have Youtube videos, websites, people's opinions and social media avenues to get information and education from! When I first tried to become an author I learned that it would $...lots of $. As a typical American newlywed I did not have access to lots of $. I talked to someone at a publishing company via the phone and they said I needed to put down $1000+ to get started. I took that as a major red flag. Was I being scammed? Did authors really have to fork out that much to get started? I was clueless. I had nowhere to turn to educate mysel...

Join me in the ocean to see how my underwater friends learn social etiquette. Including when to talk vs. listen, when to eat vs. exercise and when to play vs. sleep. Learn fun facts and see the real animals behind the characters after the story. Together we will ignite a curiosity for earth's wild and wondrous creatures!    Aquatic Tales Social Lessons is available in ebook form and will soon be available in paperback print at Amazon.com!