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.
A while back, I mentioned that I was going to be on the faculty at the Niagara Retreat and Conference this coming May. Not enough illustrators signed up to warrant keeping the Illustrator track, so the conference has decided to drop that part of the programming. For those who signed up . . .
I’ve been wanting to read Sara Zarr‘s books ever since hearing her speak at the SCBWI Winter Conference in 2011. I was blown away and inspired by her closing keynote (you can read about it on the SCBWI Conference blog). I generally have way too many books on my “really want . . .
[Note from Debbie: The fAiRy gOdSiStErS are right — this conference can definitely be a career-changer. It was for me. Lee Wardlaw(bottom left in the photo) was the one who first told me about the SCBWI, and I’ll always be grateful. Lee was also my very first writing mentor, and introduced me . . .
(To stop the video above from repeating, just click on the image. To hear my riveting narration, click on the speaker icon.) I recently downloaded the Vine app on my iPhone after hearing a lot of buzz about it. Vine is an app by Twitter that enables users to easily create short . . .
Last year, I mentioned that I was going to be illustrating two picture books by Rob Sanders for HarperCollins. Then Rob and I found out that his editor, Maria Modugno, was leaving HarperCollins to join Random House. Since I still hadn’t received the contracts, I didn’t know what would happen. Would the new editor . . .
Earlier this week, late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon posted the following on Twitter: A few minutes later: Note the smart use of a hashtag, enabling others to browse book suggestions as well. Then he posted his updated list: I love this. 😀 And I’ve added a few books to my . . .
Leslie Stella is the author of three novels of contemporary adult fiction and (launching this week!) her first novel for young adults, Permanent Record, Amazon Children‘s new Skyscape imprint. Plot summary for Permanent Record: For sixteen-year-old Badi Hessamizadeh, life is a series of public humiliations. After withdrawing from school under mysterious circumstances, Badi enters . . .
WILD AWAKE debuts from Katherine Tegen Books/Harpercollins on May 28, 2013. I was a big fan of INTERN, a blog by an anonymous publishing intern. Not only was it an intriguing glimpse into the industry, but I loved the writing style: snarky, funny, introspective. At Molly O’Neill‘s session at SCBWI-NYC, I was . . .
Thanks to Rachel Poloski for being the 24,000th person to follow my @inkyelbows Twitter account. When I went to check her profile, I was intrigued: Rachel was kind enough to answer some questions for Inkygirl about her work. Q. Your profile says that you work in production at Abrams on YA and children’s . . .