
So, thank you for saying that.īianca Schulze: You’re welcome. But I hope that the things that I do show are honest. So, there are so many parts of my life that I choose carefully not to show people-for your own benefit-because you really wouldn’t want to see it. And I don’t show you the shameful cascading piles of paper on my desk, because you know, that whole side of being a professional person, it just sort of slipped me by.

So, there’s a lot of editing that goes on.

And, of course, like everybody, what we see and what we choose to present on social media is not the full story and not our full lives. I, you know, like a lot of people, I think I’m still wrestling with social media and trying to figure out how exactly to do it because it can be all-consuming. And you also share things about sweet potatoes. And I know that you’ve had loss and lots of love and you share the connections you make and your creativity. It feels honest to me because everybody’s had kind of a rough year and a half.

You can tell me if I’m right or wrong, but, as people say, you wear your heart on your sleeve, I feel like you wear your heart on your Instagram feed. You give us a little sneak peek of your life. It’s been a little while.īianca Schulze: Yeah, it has! To be honest, I’ve been following you on Instagram and I love how much you share there. And we’re also all dying to know about Milkwood Farm. And I also want to speak to you about The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo, for which you have created the gorgeous artwork. To be honest, I have so many questions for you so we could talk about a gazillion of your books, but we’ll focus on Negative Cat. I’m so excited to talk to you today about Negative Cat.

Bianca Schulze: Well, hello, Sophie, welcome to The Growing Readers podcast.
