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.
If I could give one piece of advice to my young writer/illustrator self, I would have said this: START ATTENDING CONFERENCES. And join organizations like the SCBWI and CANSCAIP. I have learned so much, been incredibly inspired and met many creative kindred spirits because of these events. Not to mention three children’s book . . .
A bunch of my “successful writers who got rejected” posts got trashed during the Big Move After Being Hacked some years ago, but I’m starting up the series again. I’ll be reposting some old rejection stories as well as new ones. Rex Pickett’s SIDEWAYS was rejected 70-80 times before finally . . .
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.
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 . . .