I have started a bet.
If I don’t have a draft of my children’s story done by the end of May, I have to pay my friends $250. 
This idea is from the video “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Artists” by Andrew Price: The Habits of Effective Artists - YouTube .
One of the habits he mentions is doing work daily. I am doing this as well…
May is coming…
I think you can do it, Sunspace. I don’t know if you ever participated in any of the Flash Fiction contests hosted by Le Ministre, but if I could win a couple of awards in them, in 60 hours or fewer, you can too. Especially if you have three months.
Good luck!
Ummmm…can we get in on that action?
You’ll write under those conditions, but as for the quality…
But hey, whatever works.
By May?
I will sell you the current draft of my “Tubby, the Lazy Tunicate” story for $75 today.
I have a thought or 2. Do you need inspiration? Just let me know.
Don’t sell yourself short! 
All you have to have is a draft?
I have made some pretty pitiful draft documents in my life. It’s a pretty low bar. Keep that in mind.
Well, it’s an illustrated and laid-out draft… 
I have to nail down the character design, among other things…
Sounds terrifying to me, but I write novels. (Very very very slowly, I write novels.) I have no idea if that’s a reasonable timeframe for a children’s book.
Just write Screw Flanders over and over again until you get to 500 words.
Neither do I!
OTOH, I did work as a technical writer for ten years, and I’ve studied story design and character design, so it doesn’t seem un-doable.
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Hope it’s coming along!
If you’re not aware, the next #PBpitch will take place on June 20, 2019. It’s like a #pitmad exclusively for picture books, where you pitch your books to agents and publishers on Twitter.
If the book’s not revised and polished by then, the following one should be sometime in September.
Happy writing!