About fifteen years ago, when I was a newbie to the whole book-writing thing, I decided to try my hand at writing a kid’s book. My younger two children were only about seven, and we were super into piratey things, so the end result was a rollicking little book called Pirate’s Alphabet, which came out in 2007. Illustrator Kit Umscheid, who is an incredibly talented artist, provided the lovely artwork that follows a pirate captain and his gang through the alphabet. You can check out some of her other work over on Instagram, where she’s @illustrationbykit. Published by Moo Press, which went out of business a few years later, this…