Just posted a step-by-step photo essay on Pixel Shavings about how I created the “little girl as rampaging monster” image for I’M BORED, a new picture book by Michael Ian Black (coming out from Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers this September).
Today’s the first day of the 2nd Annual Kidlitart #PBDummy Challenge! I am so in. The goal of this 25-week-lon online group challenge: to create and submit a picture book dummy. Actually, I’m planning to create and submit several picture book dummies during this time. To find out more, see Everything . . .
My friend Mary Ellen Wessels let me know on the weekend that there are some sample spreads available on the Simon & Schuster website page for I’M BORED (new picture book by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by yours truly, coming out this September). I asked her how she knew, and she told . . .
Had fun with the Toronto Middle Grade And YA Authors group at the Bedford Academy last night. I continue to be grateful to Claudia Osmond for founding the group. I always come away so inspired and motivated! I asked the attendees of last night’s get together what they were working on, if they had . . .
Today was the first day in my new work schedule, where I try to stay offline for most of the morning. As I mentioned before, I resigned as Writersmarket.com publishing industry columnist as of Dec. 31st, 2011. After 10 years, it’s hard to break the habit of going online first thing . . .
Back in 2001, I visited the Writer’s Digest offices in Cincinnati, OH and pitched my idea of a publishing industry news column to David Fryxell, who was editor-in-chief of Writer’s Digest and Writer’s Digest Books. He liked the idea, so I started my column in January, 2002. Back then I was writing . . .
Inspired by a GalleyCat post on Mediabistro.com. For more WWFC, see WillWriteForChocolate.com.
I’ve been moving over My Life In A Nutshell archives (my semi-autobiographical comic) to https://debbieohi.com/nutshell and came across this strip. It still applies as much today as it did back in 2003. My husband has always been the neat one in the household. 🙂