Last day of NaNoWriMo! Don’t worry if you didn’t finish — consider taking the 250, 500 or 1000 words a day challenge instead. More about DebsandErrol at http://debsanderrol.com/ Read the daily Nanotoons that Errol has been posted at https://www.facebook.com/NaNoToons
From the Angry Robot site: “We are absolutely thrilled to be able to announce the launch of our new YA imprint, Strange Chemistry The imprint will launch in September 2012, with five titles appearing before the end of that year, before settling down to one book each month. Strange Chemistry will . . .
Great new music video for writers from my friends Debs&Errol. 😀 You can see their daily comics on their website and Errol’s daily NaNoToons.
As some of you already know, I was thrilled to be picked for the SCBWI Illustration Mentorship Program at last year’s Summer Conference in LA. Thrilled as in “can this really be happening to me” thrilled, especially when combined with the offer from Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers . . .
I recently came across my childhood autograph book, and the recent #readerthanks posts on Twitter inspired me to share this page. I always loved reading, but it wasn’t until I read Ray Bradbury‘s Dandelion Wine that I became aware of style in writing. I’m generally a fast reader, but for Ray Bradbury’s books I slowed . . .
Yay! The color proofs for I’M BORED arrived today, woohoo!!! Also included in the package: the welcome sign that was in the front lobby of Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers when I first visited them. I’ve taped up the sign beside my office door. 🙂 If you’re on Facebook, please . . .
Just got back from a 10 day trip to California and Texas. In California, I attended Lost Weekend: an amazing creative weekend hosted by Caldecott-winning illustrator David Diaz (see above photo). After that, I attended BoardGameGeek with my husband: a five day (yes, I said FIVE DAYS) board gaming convention. I’ll be posting . . .
It’s been a while, but I’ve finally started up Will Write For Chocolate again. To make a long story short, I’ve been (1) focusing on finishing the illustrations for I’M BORED, and (2) switched over from Corel Painter to Adobe Photoshop and had to set up proper Will Write For Chocolate templates. . . .
Disney Publishing is launching a new bi-monthly magazine for young people aged 6-12 called FamilyFun Kids. More info in Min Online.
For those of you doing NaNoWriMo, I highly recommend you check out Errol Elumir’s NaNoToons. Heck, even writers who AREN’T doing NaNoWriMo will appreciate some of the writer angst in some of these comics. 🙂 But wait, that’s not all! Debs and Errol are also writing about NaNoWriMo in their daily comic and I . . .