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 loved Meg Rosoff’s HOW I LIVE NOW, and I look forward to reading her other books. I had never seen Meg in person, so was looking forward to hearing her keynote at the SCBWI Winter Conference. Meg is wonderfully blunt, witty, opinionated. And very, very funny. One of the things . . .
For those who haven’t yet heard the term, conference takeaways are generally regarded as insights or key points that someone who attends brings away from the event. It differs for everyone, based on their own level of experience and context. I’m going to be sharing some of my takeaways, starting . . .
I’ve been a fan of Jo Knowles ever since reading Lessons From A Dead Girl and even more so after See You At Harry’s (Candlewick, 2012) plus I love her fun and positive tweets from @JoKnowles on Twitter. I’ve also heard great things about Jo’s Pearl and Jumping Off Swings, so am looking forward to reading those next! Jo has a master’s . . .
THE DARKEST CORNER OF THE WORLD Author: Urve Tamberg Publisher: Dancing Cat Books, an imprint of Cormorant Books ————- Had a fantastic time in NYC. More on this soon. But one of the books I read during the trip was Urve’s The Darkest Corner Of The World, which is about a teen girl’s struggle in . . .
I met Susan Laidlaw through the MiG Writer Critique Group and was excited to hear about the publication of her upcoming book, AN INFIDEL IN PARADISE, which comes out from Tundra on February 12th, 2013. I’m so looking forwarding to meeting Susan in person for the first time when all the MiGs get together at . . .
Joyce Grant is the Toronto-based author of GABBY, a new picture book from Fitzhenry & Whiteside, illustrated by Jan Dolby. GABBY is Joyce’s first picture book. If you’re in Toronto, you’re invited to come to the Jan. 27th book launch – see GABBY launch info. In addition to writing picture books, Joyce is a . . .
I’ve been starting to post micro book reviews & comments about kidlit/YA bookson Twitter from time to time, and will include them here on Inkygirl when I like a book. I’ll tag these with “microbooktweet” to make it easier for people to find similar posts. Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as . . .
CODE NAME VERITY Author: Elizabeth Wein Publisher: Hyperion, 2012 Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram. Click on my “microbooktweet” tag to browse some of my other micro-length book reviews and tweets.
I posted about working on NAKED! over on Pixel Shavings today: Overall Narrative, Thinking Vs Drawing and NAKED! Sketching: What I’m Learning About The Picture Book Creative Process – by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
