My new comic about the I’M BORED creation process
For those interested in comics, photos, interviews, sketches and info about how I’M BORED was created, do visit my I’M BORED Scrapbook.
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.
For those interested in comics, photos, interviews, sketches and info about how I’M BORED was created, do visit my I’M BORED Scrapbook.
I’ve never participated in a flash mob event before but was so intrigued by a BOOK-focused event that I can’t resist. You can find out if your city has organized an event at: http://www.pifexperience.org/pifflashmob/
Just found out about Writer’s Bloq, which describes itself as follows: We are a community for MFA and Undergraduate writing students, professors, and alumni to share work, connect with peers, discover new writing, and uncover literary events. At the moment, there are students, alumni, and professors registered from programs including Austin, . . .
Thanks to Kathy Temean for sharing this Call For Submissions from TU Books and Stacy Whitman. Basically, they’re looking for middle grade and young adult novels from SCBWI members. See Kathy’s blog post for details.
I just posted on the MiG Writers blog about finally getting to meet one of my MiG Writer friends face-to-face for the first time.
As I’ve mentioned before, one of my short stories appears in the just-released YA fiction anthology, TOMO: Friendship Through Fiction (Stone Bridge Press, Mar/2012). Proceeds will benefit teens affected by the 2011 Japan quake/tsunami. I created two book trailers to help promote the anthology. The editor, Holly Thompson, helped me . . .
I had great fun at the monthly Torkidlit (Toronto Area Middle Grade and YA Author Meetup) earlier this week. First-timers included: Julie Miller and Emily Pohl-Weary. Nelsa Roberto brought a copy of her brand new YA book, THE BREAK(Great Plains Publications, 2012): And Jo Karaplis had the coolest t-shirt: And my sister came out . . .
HarperCollins children’s book editor Molly O’Neill and Dystel & Goderich literary agent Michael Bourret are talking online about middle grade books, and the conversation is fascinating as well as informative… Part 1: Everything you ever wanted to know about middle grade…and were willing to ask Part 2: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Middle Grade, . . .