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Serious Fun Ballet book cover

We have the final book cover! The book & ebook will be published next week! Look for it soon on AMAZON.COM.

Ballet Fun book cover Kids dancing

The first draft of the book cover, showing all the kids gathered around Miss Leslie. Their unique personalities shine through!

Miss Leslie & the kids

An early sketch of Miss Leslie with Prima, Dotty, Sweetie, and William

Draft text and scribbles

Writing a book ain't pretty. It's a long process full of drafts and red pen. But the manuscript is done and now the illustrator is doing his work.

Sweetie is one of the dancers

Sweetie is a bit shy but always on point.

Early rough sketches of ballet kids

Some early sketches by the illustrator, as we start to coordinate the images with the text.

Prima Ballerina dancing in a tutu

Prima is the star of the show. She has confidence in everything she does. She's even proud of her new braces!

Dotty trying to dance

Dotty adores polka dots! She trips and stumbles her way across the stage, with a smile on her face and a band-aid on her knee.

Boys dance too!

Someday this lad will be hoisting ballerinas overhead. Boys dance too!

Bella

Bella es muy servicial. Ella siempre detendrá lo que está haciendo para echar una mano. Ella habla ingles y español!

CURRENT WORK
Here's an inside peek at the making of the children's book, Serious Fun: BALLET
The book & ebook are now live on Amazon.
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ILLUSTRATION
Click images in the gallery to see some of my sketches. Mainly self-taught, I credit Betty Edwards ("Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain") and the amazing Wendy Hollender
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COPYWRITING 
I was the copywriter for the website LeslieSokol.net.
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Campaign-Engage integration guide PDF

IBM Campaign documentation

IBM Campaign Knowledge Center

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YouTube video - Sending a mobile push with IBM Campaign

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
Click links to technical documentation & videos that I created for IBM, back in the day.* 
*Some links no longer work because HCL recently acquired this division. #EndOfAnEra
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