I have a great friend who lives in New Hampshire named Jennifer Carson who is an amazing children's writer! I illustrated one of her books named 'To Find A Wonder' the cover of which I posted earlier.
Jennifer keeps a blog on writing and if you click on the link: http://jennifercarson.wordpress.com/ you will find a site filled with story inspiration.
You won't be disappointed!
Not so long ago, Jennifer asked me if I could whip up a couple of character designs for a book that she is writing at the moment for visual inspiration.
I happily obliged and this is what we came up with: