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.
One of my MiGwriter critique partners, Christina Farley, came up with a great idea: to interview our literary agents for our blog. So starting next Monday, we’ll be posting info and interviews with our agents from Transatlantic, Curtis Brown, JenniferDeChiara and Jennifer Lyons literary agencies. See the MiGwriters blog and please do “Like” . . .
I’m posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation. You can also find my comics for writers on Tumblr and Pinterest.
Thanks to Raychelle Muhammed for interviewing me on her blog today as part of her Writer’s Block interview series. In this interview, I answer the questions: 1) Tell us a bit about who you are, and where you live and work. 2) Describe your journey to becoming an author/ illustrator. 3) . . .
[ UPDATE: I’ve started posting about the process of working with Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. ] I have been dying to share this ever since I first received the offer but now that the contracts are all negotiated and signed, it’s OFFICIAL: I am (so very very) pleased . . .
Anyone else feeling like this? I did buy the e-book versions from Pottermore, which gives me some comfort. But it’s just not the same as knowing there’s no new Harry Potter books to anticipate. Sigh. I’ve started posting comics from my Inkygirl archives on Tumblr, by the way, as well as Pinterest.
If you’re looking for a fun board game to try with a group of writers (all levels of experience), I recommend CYRANO. When I introduced this to our local gaming group, people were skeptical and hesitant (“I can’t write poetry!”). By the end of the game, however, most of the participants . . .
In addition to writing contemporary, edgy YA novels, Jackie Garlick-Pynaert is the coordinator of the SCBWI CE Niagara Falls Writers’ Retreat and Conference. You can find out more about Jackie in her blog, Blah Blah Blaah Blogger: A Blog About Life, Writing, and the Perils Of Life On Writing. How did you get involved . . .