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Debbie’s Blog

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.



Jan/2012 Torkidlit Meetup at the Bedford Academy

Had fun with the Toronto Middle Grade And YA Authors group at the Bedford Academy last night. I continue to be grateful to Claudia Osmond for founding the group. I always come away so inspired and motivated! I asked the attendees of last night’s get together what they were working on, if they had . . .



Virtual Housekeeping and Resolutions

Today was the first day in my new work schedule, where I try to stay offline for most of the morning. As I mentioned before, I resigned as Writersmarket.com publishing industry columnist as of Dec. 31st, 2011. After 10 years, it’s hard to break the habit of going online first thing . . .







Comic: Writer Office Organization

I’ve been moving over My Life In A Nutshell archives (my semi-autobiographical comic) to https://debbieohi.com/nutshell and came across this strip. It still applies as much today as it did back in 2003. My husband has always been the neat one in the household. 🙂



Reading Lord Of The Rings…The Final Attempt

Back in 2001, my friend Allison Durno convinced me to try reading the Lord Of The Rings trilogy again. I had tried back in high school, but found it way too dull. With the (then) upcoming LOTR movies, though, I figured I may as well give it another shot. Not surprisingly, I decided . . .