On the off-chance something might happen, I connected the mini USB (dreambox) to a USB port on my PC and got 'new hard found DM500HD'. This had me confused for a bit as the DreamMultimedia website did not have any explanation of how to get around this problem.ġ. When using dreamup, it expects to use a COM port to set the box in flash mode. Connect with a browser to the DHCP supplied IP.īut if the box has been flashed with a bad image, use dreamup as follows. Switch of DM500HD, press the front switch and hold while powering on.ī. Soon to come, I'll share how I found the illustrator for my book and convinced her this was a worthy endeavor (hint: persistence).NOTE: Normally I would not flash using dreamup use a browser like with the DM600:Ī. Join the newsletter to stay updated about my journey and the release of this new book. Some other random ideas I'm using to line up stories for somewhere down the road? Of course a story about covid, about burning out, about the richness of a humdrum life, about the mother-daughter relationship, about a grandmother's life hacks, about childhood diseases, and so much more! My struggle is figuring out how to crank them out so they get to see the light, faster than one a year! It's so fun to remember how I got wherever my creativity takes me! Like I said, it's hard to turn off.) However, I've just recently started noting how I came up with them.

(Did you know there's actually a limit to how long your iPhone note can be? Yep. It's gotten to the point that it's hard for me to toggle off from ideating about another possible book. I've been diligent about writing down my book ideas over the last three or so years. Hence the fish getting the best of this little boy. On one of those stopovers, Osman almost caught a pike before it snapped the line. Instead, we toured Colorado in one week, including mandatory fishing at several lakes we crossed on our path. My husband had a shift change, so we couldn't take two weeks off. This fishing photo is actually inspired by my last-minute honeymoon switch from Tahiti to Colorado. Although, his activities are pretty universal after all! I changed some of the activities to reflect what I thought my little boy might do instead.

But I happened to be pregnant at the time - with a boy (!) - and figured maybe I should make some books about him too. It was easy to use Emmy as inspiration because she's already here and we're seeing her personality blossom. I started to think about how kids often duke it out with their parents in terms of who loved whom first or more, which somehow led me to this current manuscript. This was the 'I love you more,' 'no, I love you more' variety. Most of my children's books ideas come from daily living - my kids, my own childhood, or simple phrases I hear throughout the day.įor example, it was a typical night of my then-three-year-old daughter's stall tactics at bedtime.

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