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.
Above: cover for Ookla The Mok’s new album, OOKLA THE MOK VS EVIL. Cover art illustration by Art Baltazar, an American comic book artist whose Tiny Titans won the 2011 Eisner Award For Best Publication For Kids. I’ve known Rand Bellavia and Adam English of Ookla The Mok for many years; my music group . . .
This comic was inspired by a post by the anonymous Intern years ago, before she came out as her true self: Hilary T. Smith, author of the upcoming WILD AWAKE (Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins). See my recent interview with Hilary. Thanks to Hilary for permission to re-post the comic.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SB_J9KW8FkM%3Flist%3DPLGUnZ-QOe4fZ2I9bNPJDAmd5dkUkPA7rC To help support the Toronto Public Library’s “Keep Toronto Reading 2013” campaign, I created the video above. The question: If the library was burning, which book would YOU save? Join Toronto’s One Book city-wide book club (hey, you don’t HAVE to be in Toronto to enjoy the book) and read . . .
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 . . .