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Blog Highlight: Schiel & Denver’s Ramblings From A Busy Publishing Office

Just discovered this blog while doing a Google search for publishing news: a great mix of publishing industry news and info of interest to writers. Schiel and Denver is an on-demand publisher with offices in the U.S. and UK. Blog URL: http://www.bookpublisherblog.com/ On Twitter: @schieldenver



New Blog: SUSAN SAYS – by children’s book literary agent, Susan Hawk

I enjoyed meeting Susan Hawk at the SCBWI annual conference in NYC, and I just found out she has a new blog! Susan worked in children’s book marketing for over 15 years, most recently as the Marketing Director at Henry Holt Books For Young Readers. Before that: Library Marketing Director at Penguin . . .



Michael Ian Black and I’M BORED

I’ve updated the I’M BORED Scrapbook with a post about author Michael Ian Black. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been interviewing the author, editor and art director for this book and posting about the process on the Scrapbook. Most recently, I asked MIB about his writing process – what inspired him to write . . .



Congrats to Valerie Haight: My 16,000th Twitter Follower!

Today I’m highlighting Valerie Haight, who was the 16,000th person to follow my @inkyelbows account on Twitter. 🙂 Valerie was also mentioned in Joani Plenty’s blogrecently and although I’ve never met Valerie in person, she sounds like someone I wouldlike to meet someday. Valerie’s first e-book, HAPPENSTANCE, will be released through Turquoise Morning Press in December. She also . . .




Comic: Plot For Sale

As I gradually catalog my writing comics in prep for a book compilation, I’m posting them here in Inkygirl:



Comic: Fast Writer Envy

I’m posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation:



I’M BORED Scrapbook Blog Launched: how a picture book was created

****Update February 14, 2013: Please note that the Scrapbook and other bonus material have been moved to the I’M BORED Bonus Page. I recently launched the I’M BORED Scrapbook, a place where I’ll be pulling in everything I’ve been posting related to I’M BORED. Until the picture book launches this September, I’m . . .