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How I got my Book Contract (and more)
I'm a big podcast fan! I love listening to education shows, crimes, mysteries, news commentaries, and reality tv podcasts when I'm...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Apr 30, 20232 min read


A Moving Story
PETER o'Meter is a moving story in every sense of the phrase. It is full of emotionally touching moments and moving images powered by...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Apr 16, 20231 min read


I'm So Excited About PETER!
Have you been following my journey as I write, illustrate, and animate PETER O'Meter and his retro-futuristic World? Then, join the I'm...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Apr 7, 20231 min read


Practicing Augmented Reality 🤖 Magic (take a peek)
🤖 I've been working on animating pages from the PETER o'meter story this week as I practice augmented reality. Here is my vision: I want...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Apr 2, 20231 min read


For anyone who has ever had their buttons pushed...
Let's check in for a moment and reflect on my PETER o'Meter journey Sept. 2022: inquired about augmented reality children's book to...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Mar 27, 20232 min read


Done Illustrating (maybe)
This is crazy! I just turned in over 50 illustrations for PETER o'Meter. A children's book is typically 32 pages of illustrations. Some...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Mar 17, 20232 min read


Book Layout Time!
Now that PETER o'Meter's manuscript has been finalized, I have been digging extra deep into illustrating. I set up a document where I...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Mar 5, 20233 min read


Help Launch PETER!
Hop on board the PETER o'Meter launch team. You'll get access to freebies by helping people find this adorable social emotional story...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Mar 1, 20231 min read


Finalizing the Manuscript
I just received the final edits for my PETER o'Meter story from the editor. That means the ball is in my court. I have to make my final...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Feb 26, 20232 min read


Stylistic Edits
I spent the past week working on stylistic edits for PETER o'Meter. These edits focus mainly on choosing words and phrases that fit the...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Feb 18, 20232 min read


Developmental edits
PETER o'Meter is coming into focus now that I heard back from the children's book editor with her Developmental edits. The story and...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Jan 28, 20233 min read


Tech Talk with Amanda and Heather
I was invited to join Amanda and heather on a live broadcast of TECH TALKs to discuss the process of writing, illustrating, and animating...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Jan 18, 20231 min read


PETER's World
View the interactive (page two) at this link I dove into PETER's retro futuristic world over the past weeks and created buildings,...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Jan 3, 20231 min read


Retro Futuristic Robot Classroom
Exploring retro futurism as inspiration for PETER o'Meter's illustrations
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Dec 26, 20223 min read


Getting the Gang Together
I've been working on developing characters for my PETERoMeter Augmented Reality SEL children's book while I wait for my editor to review...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Dec 17, 20221 min read


Emotional Robots Article in RISE Magazine
My Emotional robots article was published in the 5th edition of RISE Magazine. Click here to view. This article about emotional robots...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Dec 2, 20222 min read


Introducing Leightronic
Introducing (Maybe) Leightronic, a character in my PETER o'Meter story Leightronic is a bit skeptical of robots that become emotional...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Nov 26, 20221 min read


Introducing Ian-ization and Teacher Anita Tuneup
I started creating mock ups this week of the characters I want to include in the P.E.T.E.R. O'Meter book. Wanna see a couple of them?...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Nov 20, 20222 min read


A bunch of moving parts
I'm playing with ideas for my P.E.T.E.R.o'Meter augmented reality children's book about a robot who becomes emotional when his buttons...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Nov 12, 20221 min read


Join me at Edcamp Cardigan Saturday!
I'll be facilitating an edcamp Cardigan session called Activities using Dynamic Media with Children's Books on Saturday, Nov. 12th at 3pm...
TRICIA FUGLESTAD
Nov 8, 20221 min read
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