Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
Thanks to A Mighty Girl for sharing one of my older comics on their FB page; I’ve noticed it’s already been shared around 1500 times! I also VERY MUCH appreciate A Mighty Girl including an illustration credit in the post text (thank you!), since the image being shared has my copyright info . . .
February 16, 2014 edit: Also see Part 2 of my Judy Blume news!!!! You can see the official cover reveal today in: but S&S gave me permission to post the other middle grade covers here as well. THOSE ARE MY ILLUSTRATIONS. ME. AND JUDY BLUME. Huge thanks to Justin Chanda for inviting me to . . .
I met Carmella Van Vleet through MiGWriters, a wonderful critique group I discovered through the SCBWI message boards. Carmella is a former kindergarten teacher and the author of numerous hands-on science and history books, including Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself (Nomad Press). She loves lists, cooking shows, exclamation points, and taekwondo . . .
I’m delighted to kick off the blog tour for Holly Schindler’s THE JUNCTION OF SUNSHINE AND LUCKY, which launches from Dial on February 6th. Holly Schindler is a critically acclaimed YA author; her debut, A BLUE SO DARK, received a starred review in Booklist, was one of Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels for . . .
I mentioned earlier that I’d be sharing any tips and tools I’ve been using to help me focus. One of the biggest discoveries I made last year is a service called AwayFind. I used to check email obsessively throughout the day. At first it was because I didn’t want to miss . . .
Visiting Gaming Edus, a Minecraft server for educators and students; thanks to children’s book author & educator Liam O’Donnell for the invite. Everyone’s been super-helpful, and one of the students even built me a small stone home complete with helpful signs! You can find out more about GamingEdus here: http://www.gamingedus.org When I . . .
Above: Quickie sketch experiment — First I did the ink drawing by hand using a Pentel Pocket Pen Brush on sketchbook paper. Then I scanned it, imported into Photoshop, and digitally colored the drawing. Happy New Year’s, all! Apologies for the hiatus. Between the Toronto ice storm (we were one . . .
***For those asking whether I’m doing a found object book, please see About My Food Art, Found Object Book Update and Other Found Object Artists. “A Portrait In Ink And Parsley”: click image to see responses when I posted this Found Art doodle on Twitter. (Edit: Thanks so much to Chicago . . .
Back in September, I posted about being obsessed with the WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY? music video, and was trying to identify the children’s picture book featured in the video: Thanks to all who tried to help me. Cathy Ballou Mealey, for example, asked her friend Norwegian children’s book writer and illustrator, Svein . . .