Fletcher Hill is a long grade located in Washington State. Many enjoyable hours have been spent sledding on the hillside. That inspired the studio name Fletcher Hill Entertainment in hope of creating wonderful memories for another generation.

Fletcher Hill Entertainment is featured as a literary resource at these programs: Reading Is Fundamental's Reading Planet, The Internet Public Library, Education World, Charlotte’s WWW, LiteracyAccess Online which is a site designed to offer support to parents, teachers, tutors, and volunteers who teach and reinforce literacy skills to students with reading difficulties; and the CIAO Program, a program that assists young adults who have transitioned, or are transitioning, out of foster care. Fletcher Hill’s Petals and Her Paintbrush participated in a program where police officers carry plush animals in their patrol cars for children in distress.

Production notes from Fletcher Hill Entertainment writer-artist Rod Cockle.

Since establishing the site in 2001, a surprisingly wonderful creative process has developed. This medium allows ideas to be shared immediately. Visitors can watch the stories take shape. Artwork can be presented at different stages of development. Then, over time the work can change into new directions that were not originally planned. It is continually growing.

The process of creating stories is always different. Morning's Ghost was a way to share memories of the cabin where my family spent most of the summers. There were real elements that captured my imagination growing up which I wove into the storyline. Sometimes a fishing lake there would grow algae so thick that it turned the water into thick muck. That became the inspiration for the pirate ship rising to the surface in The Treasure of Shard Mountain. The rock used for the comet in Big Bad John was from my parent's home. I always noticed that single red lava rock mixed in with smooth river stones lining the walkway. The location for the haunted forest in The Enchanted Crown and Sword is a nearby walking trail. One of the old trees next to the path has growths on it that look like a face with eyes and a mouth. I had used my sister's camera to take pictures of the forest section of the fairy tale. As my son Max and I walked the trail I told him about the story. He said that we should go to Scotland to take pictures of castles. I laughingly agreed. When I took the photos off my sister's camera there were stored images of her trip to Europe, including the pictures of castles that are in the story. While looking through boxes in storage I found a pillowcase with an embroidered butterfly on it. My mother's aunt made it for me when I was young. To be able to put that butterfly into the images of Stained Glass Wings is a process that I am thankful.

Fletcher Hill Entertainment has developed in unexpected ways but each story shares themes of hope and joy. There is work here from members of my family at all ages doing what they love; creating. It simply just is.