So you want to be an illustrator!????

Ah yes, at last my 6th grade "What do you want to be when you grow up?" essay is coming to fruition!!   AGH! What did I get myself into? Back in August, SCBWI member and Christian friend, Roz, had written a manuscript and BEGGED me to illustrate through a San Diego publisher she knew. My original thoughts were..."Print on demand? Do I want to do this? How prestigious is this?" Pride put aside, who was I kidding? Now my original timeline to the publisher is a remembrance in the back of my mind (Mind you, I was the one who set up the timeline!) Author Roz is now soothing me with "this is your first...you are cutting your teeth on this..."  Consistency in characters is different than creating a random sketch. Forging ahead!
OK..back to the drawing board!