Lois Peterson is a children’s author and creative writing teacher living in B.C. Canada. Her books include 101-and more-Writing Exercises to Get You Started & Keep You Going(Metta), Meeting Miss 405 (Orca Book Publishers) The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw (Orca), and Silver Rain scheduled for publication in October. I first met Lois at the Surrey Writer’s Conference . . .
Apologies for the sporadic schedule of my blog posts lately. I’m finding it much easier to post regularly in my inkyelbows Twitter account, if you’re interested in writing tweets…I usually post there at least several times a day. Since the SCBWI Summer Conference, I’ve been approached by a number of publishers . . .
Inspired by a Wall conversation I had with kidlit author Arthur Slade on his Facebook wall, I’ve posted a new comic on Writer Unboxed. I post new comics for writers over there on the first and third Saturdays of each month.
An update to those who saw post earlier this week: Yes, I’m still waiting until my good news is official before posting about it. On a related note, I LOVE MY AGENT. I know I don’t have to stress about contractstuff, knowing that Ginger is looking out for my interests. Meanwhile, . . .
I am pleased to announce that I will be illustrating a picture book written by author/actor/comedian Michael Ian Black for Simon & Schuster. Tentative publication date: Spring 2012. More (MUCH more) later.
Helia Phoenix has a great post about Morning Pages. In case some of you haven’t heard the term before, Julia Cameron proposed the exercise in her book, The Artist’s Way, where you write three pages of stream-of-consciousness every morning. Read more about this in this Write For Your Life post.
Haven’t heard of the Inkygirl Wordcount Challenge? The goal of this challenge is to help provide goal-oriented inspiration, with flexibility to avoid giving up in frustration. Please click on any of the buttons above for more info. For added motivation, here are a few useful posts I’ve found online about setting . . .
Just a heads-up that the good news I’m hoping to share soon isn’t public yet. I promise to post on this blog as soon as it is. 
Lee and Low has asked me to remind you all that the entry deadline for their New Voices Award for unpublished writers is coming up soon. “Established in 2000, the New Voices Award encourages writers of color to submit their work to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent.” You . . .
Many thanks to middle grade author Susan Kaye Quinn for interviewing me for her blog, Ink Spells, as part of her Art Appreciation Week. I enjoyed meeting Susan at the SCBWI conference, where I also found out that she has a ROCKET SCIENCE background! For those not familiar with the site, here’s a description: . . .