I’ve had a love-hate relationship with squirrels for over 30 years. This is an introduction to my Beware The Squirrel blog. About Debbie (Bio kindly provided by my friend Bruce Macintosh – It remains one of my favourite bios ever, and I hope to use it in a book someday.) . . .
Also see my VR Art Page for info about why and how I’m using VR art to help me plan my picture book illustrations. Since my husband gave me an Oculus Quest 2 headset for Christmas in 2021, I’ve been embracing the world of virtual reality. I first became interested . . .
Trying to think of a good holiday gift for a writer, illustrator or creative educator? Consider giving them TIME. Download/print out this certificate, fill out the recipient’s name, and choose one or more of the options. Suggestions for how you can help give your friend more time: Depending on your . . .
Quick peek at the utterly gorgeous, moving and uplifting new picture book, SURVIVOR TREE, written by Marcie Colleen and illustrated by Aaron Becker. Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
My goal every day, no matter how crazybusy things get: push myself to do SOMETHING, even a very small something, to work on improving my craft (art or writing) longterm. Keeping track of these tiny steps in my bullet journal helps ground me during chaostimes. More about bullet journals later . . .
Thanks to 13-year-old Abigail The STORY Teller, who was my 45,000th follower on Twitter! When I asked Abigail which of my books she would like me to send to her as a thank you gift, I was honoured when she chose my own solo picture books Sam & Eva and . . .
*****[Exciting update November 9, 2021, 3:30 pm ET: MY BOX OF CONTRIBUTOR COPIES JUST ARRIVED!!!!.] According to my social media followers, either librarians, squirrels, aliens or Ame Dyckman stole my books! 😀 Even though I’M SORRY launched over two months ago (Sept.7th), I have yet to receive my box of . . .
Try very hard NOT to compare your progress with someone else’s as your success/fail marker. Envy can be a creativity-killer. Set small, concrete, achievable goals, then celebrate each success (no matter how small).
NaNoWriMo begins today! For those who don’t know, the full name of this annual event is called National Novel Writing Month. There are many variations possible for those who want to use this community writing challenge in other ways (I’ll be talking more about this later in this post), but . . .