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Writers and Voice: new comic up on Writer Unboxed

Posted a new comic on Writer Unboxed today, inspired by my recent investigation into voice. I’ll be starting a series of post on voice on the MiG Writers blog soon, every Thursday, so stay tuned!




NaNoEdMo – National Novel Editing Month

I was reading this post in Writer Unboxed and thought I’d remind you all about National Novel Editing Month. Looking for motivation to edit your manuscript? Check out NaNoEdiMo, which is a challenge to writers to spend 50 hours in March editing your novel. An excerpt from the site: You have entered the . . .



Routines For Writers, Erin Bow and Writing Spaces

One of my favourite sites for writers: ROUTINES FOR WRITERS. Their posts are almost always inspirational and/or informative. Not surprising, considering their tagline: “Helping Writers Write More” Today’s post on their blog is no exception, an interview with Erin Bow. I’ve always enjoyed learning how about how writers organize a space, and . . .



My two main takeaways from the SCBWI conference in NYC

When I first saw the word “takeaways” in people’s conference reports, I was confused. What were takeaways? Were they giving out free food?!? I was even MORE disappointed that I had missed the event! But no, takeaways are key messages you’ve learned at a conference. They can vary from person . . .




Laurent Linn & Excitement & CAN’T WAIT

Ok, so that may not have been the most coherent blog post title I’ve ever written but I CAN’T HELP IT! Because I just found out that I’m going to be working with LAURENT LINN at Simon & Schuster as I illustrate Michael Ian Black’s new picture book, I’M BORED. Soooooooooo excited . . .



Reading habits

One of the Daily Doodles I’ve been posted on my DebbieOhi.com blog, to illustrate a post in iPadGirl. As you might guess, it’s how Jeff and I do much of our reading. 🙂



Caught up in comment moderation — apologies!

I love Squarespace, but their spam-handling tools are abysmal. Supposedly this will be addressed in an upcoming release but so far there’s no word on when that release will be. As a result, anyway, I have to put ALL comments through a moderation stage where each comment needs individual approval . . .