Meet Cortez.&nbsp; 
Cortez the gnome is four inches tall and lives in a juniper tree in the west.&nbsp; He loves his life in the wilderness, but it has been a long time since he last saw another gnome.&nbsp; Could he be the only one?
Cortez is the subject of Cortez the Gnome, a new picture book by James Orndorf (inlandwest) and Amadee Ricketts (me!).&nbsp; The book is 800 words long and illustrated with photos by both of us.&nbsp; I&amp;#8217;m ridiculously proud of it.&nbsp; But technically a book isn&amp;#8217;t a book until it&amp;#8217;s published, and this one isn&amp;#8217;t yet.
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