Apologies for the hiatus; I’ve been away most of this month at a writer’s conference and then on an anniversary vacation. Though fun and (esp. in the case of the SCBWI Summer Conference) inspiring, it’s been a hectic month, and I’m REALLY looking forward to getting back to work. And . . .
I know I’ve been scarce on Inkygirl recently, but it’s been craaaazybusy around here with travel, work and prep for the SCBWI Summer Conference. I attended as both a writer and illustrator, and have been posting my kidlit illustration info and reports over on the Where The Sidewalk Begins blog for children’s . . .
I’ve been compiling an “add yourself” list of literary/publishing people on Google+. Short URL: http://bit.ly/GP-LIT To add yourself to any of these lists, just go to the appropriate list and make a post. Feel free to include a URL. You an always edit/update your listing later on. Do spread the word to . . .
With Andrew Tolson‘s agent submitting his YA manuscript ,The Girl Who Saved Kafka, to prospective publishers, he wanted to entice editors with something extra, a taste of the novel before they had read the first page. He decided to launch a blog that was in the voice of the main character: . . .
I’ve been using Google+ pretty heavily for the past week. Here’s my Google+ Profile page, if you’d like to follow me; I’ve updated it with links to my directories of those on Google+ interested in kidlit/YA, librarians, digital publishing/ebooks, children’s book illustrators, comics/webcomics, board gaming, filk, and iPads. See the end . . .
Kate Fall has a great post about how to create a successful “unreliable narrator” in middle grade fiction on the MiG Writers Blog. An excerpt: The trick is to present both what is really going on and what the character is thinking, and to have some reason why the character sees the . . .