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.
I’ve just posted about my love-hate (ok, mostly hate) relationship with rejections, and what I’ve learned along the way on the MigWriters blog. With comics!
To celebrate our wedding anniversary, Jeff and I wandered about Toronto yesterday, visiting bookstores and coffee shops and having picnics in the park. And guess what I found in TYPE Books on Queen Street? My sister‘s just-released picture book, FOX AND SQUIRREL (Scholastic Canada)! I bought a copy, of course. 🙂 ©2013 Ruth Ohi. Spread . . .
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Eek!!! According to this post on Bleeding Cool, production has yet to start. Thanks to my friend Ray Vankleef for the link.
Click the above image to see an excellent visual explanation of how and why to use “whom” in a sentence. I love The Oatmeal‘s entertaining and quirky take on subjects as traditionally dry as grammar. Example: Woohoo, potatoes! The mastermind behind The Oatmeal is Matthew Inman. His self-written bio says it all: “The Oatmeal’s real name . . .
I love stories like this. After GMA News Online ran the above photo and story, the photo went viral on Facebook and prompted readers to send donations to help him with his education. More info on Book Patrol. Related info: News story on GMANetwork.com Photo of street kid stirs action in . . .
Awwww. To propose to his girlfriend, Paul Phillips wrote a book about their relationship, had it illustrated by Nashville artist Yoni Limor, printed it. Then he planted the book in the library and arranged to have her stumble across the book and read it to him. Then he proposed. 🙂 More info on . . .
I met the bubbly and enthusiastic Hazel Mitchell through the children’s book illustrator/author group, Pixel Shavings. Hazel is not only a talented illustrator but she is super-supportive of other children’s book writers and illustrators. I am SO looking forward to seeing ONE WORD PEARL, a new picture book written by Nicole Groeneweg and illustrated . . .
