I’m in the middle of reading DOLL BONES by Holly Black, illustrated by my friend Eliza Wheeler, and enjoying it so much that I find that I’m starting to purposely slow down my reading pace so the book will last longer. Comic originally posted on Writer Unboxed a few years ago.
Eliza Wheeler and I met at the SCBWI Summer Conference in 2010, when both of us were chosen for the Illustration Mentorship Program. We both hit it off right away; I love Eliza’s positive life outlook, enthusiasm and wry wit. Since then, we’ve become good friends and I fervently wish we . . .
Juana Martinez-Neal, who won last year’s SCBWI Summer Illustrator Portfolio Showcase, has a fantastic step-by-step post about how to put together a children’s illustrator portfolio. Lots of specific tips and resource links plus visual examples from other illustrators (hey, like ME :-).
I read about Authorgraph.com letting authors digitally sign copies of their books on Mediabistro today, and have decided to try it out. You can see a sample of how the above doodle/signature was drawn (this is what a reader would receive as well). Here is the Author FAQ from the Authorgraph.com site. The service is . . .
I always love hearing about interesting and unique ways (without being spammy) that children’s book authors and illustrators have for promoting their work, so was intrigued by Sophie Blackall’s promo effort: From Publishers Weekly The package above was mailed out to about 100 chlidren’s book professionals, handmade by award-winning illustrator Sophie . . .
*** PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMISSION WINDOW HAS NOW CLOSED. Response time (only those who included an SASE will receive a reply) is expected to be approximately 6 months. *** Celia Lee is an assistant editor at Cartwheel Books, Scholastic’s 0-5 imprint. When she’s not reading, she’s talking about reading. And when . . .
Thanks to the Kindergarten and 1st Grade students at Avoca West Elementary in Illinois for choosing I’M BORED as their 2013 ITC March Madness Champion. 🙂 For more info about Avoca as well as winners in other categories, see this blog post. Thanks to Susan Geidner for alerting me to this news via Twitter. Also: . . .
I was intrigued by this New York Times article, which talks about how Kindoma’s new Storytime app lets grandparents and others read bedtime books remotely to children. Another possible application: authors doing remote readings for small groups of students? Or larger groups, if the iPad is hooked up to a larger . . .