o that's why I started making children's books, but what happened next turned what started out as a simple business into a very complex one. Originally, I just wanted to make Bonzo stories. He was my favorite character after all, but one day I'm thinking about these stories, and I thought how wonderful it would be if I made a Bonzo story with a particular friend of mine in it. Her name is Dakota. I was thinking that I could make the story about when Bonzo met her.

But as time went on, I started getting bothered by this. Dakota knew of Bonzo, but she really didn't have anything to do with him. There really wasn't much of a true-life event to base the story on. Eventually, I realized that the one who was the real common denominator among us all was my cat Smokey, and Dakota loved Smokey. Smokey played such a big part in our friendship.

Therefore, I realized that it made much more sense to make a story in which Smokey met Dakota. The problem was that I was only going to make Bonzo stories. If I was to make a story with Smokey, then why wouldn't I make stories with my other babies? I just didn't want to get caught up making so many different story lines. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized just how much story revolved around Smokey, and if I was going to make a story line about Smokey, I had to include my other cat Bebop since she was her sister, and I adored them both, and for me, they were always an inseparable team. Besides, I really had so many stories to tell about these two.

In fact, much of the lore in my Smokey & Bebop stories came from Dakota herself. Several of the common and silly characteristics of the Smokey & Bebop stories came from Dakota or from us both. So when you think about it, Dakota had a big hand in helping Smokey come to life in these stories. I thought it would be a great gift to give to Dakota. Plus, Bebop died before she met Dakota, and I had always wished that they met, so this was a way for me to kind of make that happen. And from that, the Smokey & Bebop story line was born.

And the more that I thought about telling these stories, the more excited I was to tell stories about my other babies and friends. And since I was going to be making all of these stories, I decided to just really dig in, and let my creativity work its magic. No more limits! This eventually led me to make up even more characters and story lines. My desire to make these stories really exploded, and it was sparked by wanting to make a story with Dakota.

o that's why I started making children's books, but what happened next turned what started out as a simple business into a very complex one. Originally, I just wanted to make Bonzo stories. He was my favorite character after all, but one day I'm thinking about these stories, and I thought how wonderful it would be if I made a Bonzo story with a particular friend of mine in it. Her name is Dakota. I was thinking that I could make the story about when Bonzo met her.

But as time went on, I started getting bothered by this. Dakota knew of Bonzo, but she really didn't have anything to do with him. There really wasn't much of a true-life event to base the story on. Eventually, I realized that the one who was the real common denominator among us all was my cat Smokey, and Dakota loved Smokey. Smokey played such a big part in our friendship.

Therefore, I realized that it made much more sense to make a story in which Smokey met Dakota. The problem was that I was only going to make Bonzo stories. If I was to make a story with Smokey, then why wouldn't I make stories with my other babies? I just didn't want to get caught up making so many different story lines. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized just how much story revolved around Smokey, and if I was going to make a story line about Smokey, I had to include my other cat Bebop since she was her sister, and I adored them both, and for me, they were always an inseparable team. Besides, I really had so many stories to tell about these two.

In fact, much of the lore in my Smokey & Bebop stories came from Dakota herself. Several of the common and silly characteristics of the Smokey & Bebop stories came from Dakota or from us both. So when you think about it, Dakota had a big hand in helping Smokey come to life in these stories. I thought it would be a great gift to give to Dakota. Plus, Bebop died before she met Dakota, and I had always wished that they met, so this was a way for me to kind of make that happen. And from that, the Smokey & Bebop story line was born.

And the more that I thought about telling these stories, the more excited I was to tell stories about my other babies and friends. And since I was going to be making all of these stories, I decided to just really dig in, and let my creativity work its magic. No more limits! This eventually led me to make up even more characters and story lines. My desire to make these stories really exploded, and it was sparked by wanting to make a story with Dakota.

o that's why I started making children's books, but what happened next turned what started out as a simple business into a very complex one. Originally, I just wanted to make Bonzo stories. He was my favorite character after all, but one day I'm thinking about these stories, and I thought how wonderful it would be if I made a Bonzo story with a particular friend of mine in it. Her name is Dakota. I was thinking that I could make the story about when Bonzo met her.

But as time went on, I started getting bothered by this. Dakota knew of Bonzo, but she really didn't have anything to do with him. There really wasn't much of a true-life event to base the story on. Eventually, I realized that the one who was the real common denominator among us all was my cat Smokey, and Dakota loved Smokey. Smokey played such a big part in our friendship.

Therefore, I realized that it made much more sense to make a story in which Smokey met Dakota. The problem was that I was only going to make Bonzo stories. If I was to make a story with Smokey, then why wouldn't I make stories with my other babies? I just didn't want to get caught up making so many different story lines. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized just how much story revolved around Smokey, and if I was going to make a story line about Smokey, I had to include my other cat Bebop since she was her sister, and I adored them both, and for me, they were always an inseparable team. Besides, I really had so many stories to tell about these two.

In fact, much of the lore in my Smokey & Bebop stories came from Dakota herself. Several of the common and silly characteristics of the Smokey & Bebop stories came from Dakota or from us both. So when you think about it, Dakota had a big hand in helping Smokey come to life in these stories. I thought it would be a great gift to give to Dakota. Plus, Bebop died before she met Dakota, and I had always wished that they met, so this was a way for me to kind of make that happen. And from that, the Smokey & Bebop story line was born.

And the more that I thought about telling these stories, the more excited I was to tell stories about my other babies and friends. And since I was going to be making all of these stories, I decided to just really dig in, and let my creativity work its magic. No more limits! This eventually led me to make up even more characters and story lines. My desire to make these stories really exploded, and it was sparked by wanting to make a story with Dakota.

o that's why I started making children's books, but what happened next turned what started out as a simple business into a very complex one. Originally, I just wanted to make Bonzo stories. He was my favorite character after all, but one day I'm thinking about these stories, and I thought how wonderful it would be if I made a Bonzo story with a particular friend of mine in it. Her name is Dakota. I was thinking that I could make the story about when Bonzo met her.

But as time went on, I started getting bothered by this. Dakota knew of Bonzo, but she really didn't have anything to do with him. There really wasn't much of a true-life event to base the story on. Eventually, I realized that the one who was the real common denominator among us all was my cat Smokey, and Dakota loved Smokey. Smokey played such a big part in our friendship.

Therefore, I realized that it made much more sense to make a story in which Smokey met Dakota. The problem was that I was only going to make Bonzo stories. If I was to make a story with Smokey, then why wouldn't I make stories with my other babies? I just didn't want to get caught up making so many different story lines. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized just how much story revolved around Smokey, and if I was going to make a story line about Smokey, I had to include my other cat Bebop since she was her sister, and I adored them both, and for me, they were always an inseparable team. Besides, I really had so many stories to tell about these two.

In fact, much of the lore in my Smokey & Bebop stories came from Dakota herself. Several of the common and silly characteristics of the Smokey & Bebop stories came from Dakota or from us both. So when you think about it, Dakota had a big hand in helping Smokey come to life in these stories. I thought it would be a great gift to give to Dakota. Plus, Bebop died before she met Dakota, and I had always wished that they met, so this was a way for me to kind of make that happen. And from that, the Smokey & Bebop story line was born.

And the more that I thought about telling these stories, the more excited I was to tell stories about my other babies and friends. And since I was going to be making all of these stories, I decided to just really dig in, and let my creativity work its magic. No more limits! This eventually led me to make up even more characters and story lines. My desire to make these stories really exploded, and it was sparked by wanting to make a story with Dakota.