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.
Yay, episode 2 of NaNoMusical is online! I just love the delicious NaNoEmoAngst of the first song. Plus Dale and Jill are just SO ADORABLE together. 🙂 In case you missed the first episode:
If you’re a teacher, librarian, aspiring kidlit/YA author or illustrator, I strongly urge you to check out the services currently up for auction on Kate Messner’s site as part of KidLit Cares, generously donated by members of the children’s/YA community to help raise funds for Red Cross disaster relief efforts. NOTE: . . .
Congrats to Tina Cho, who recently won the COWBOY CHRISTMAS book prize giveaway as part of my interview with Rob Sanders. Tina Cho is an author of 22 guided reading books from Lakeshore Learning and Compass Media. My Mini Pet Shop and The Christian Girls Guide to Grace (a book about etiquette), both with Legacy Press Kids, and . . .
Tara Lazar’s Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo) starts today! The goal: to come up with 30 picture book ideas in 30 days. Even if you’re not ready to join the challenge but are still interested in reading the daily guest posts about writing, illustrating and publishing picture books (hey, I’m one of . . .
Starting today and throughout November, Errol and I are collaborating on daily comics about NaNoWriMo at http://nanotoons.net. You can also follow the comics on our NaNoToons Facebook Page. Errol’s doing NaNoWriMo, of course. I won’t be participating in NaNo this year except as a NaNoRebel. If I had finished my outline for my novel, I . . .
From Sun-Gazing.com. Thanks to Alex von Thorne for the heads-up! It’s obvious that the squirrel’s True Nature was drawn to this mask (“it callsssss to me…”). And now I’m going to go to bed with images of a squirrel army wearing these masks as they invade. Thanks so much, Alex!
Over the weekend, I was excited about attending Maureen McGowan‘s book launch for her new YA, DEVIANTS: THE DUST CHRONICLES (Book 1). I met Maureen through the Toronto Middle Grade and Young Adult Author Group, a fun network of kidlit/YA writers who meets monthly. Maureen’s one of my favorite YA authors: she’s so positive, . . .
I have a new survey up: How do you discover new books to read? Three multiple choice questions. The goal of these surveys is to help writers in their craft and business, and results are always posted here on Inkygirl. Also see Debbie’s other Surveys and Polls.