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.
(Continued from Part 1: Lost Weekend with David Diaz) Another highlight from Lost Weekend: the conversations. They sprung up everywhere and without warning, while we were painting, sitting by the fire, helping David in the kitchen, over meals, while we were out walking. Topics frequently revolved around children’s book illustration but . . .
Thanks to Dave Wheeler for pointing me to this article about flying squirrels invade hospital emergency room for second time in two weeks, yet another step toward their goal of world domination. The flying squirrel in the photo? A gift from my friends Bill and Gretchen Roper.
I’m gradually going through all my comic archives as I work on my Will Write For Chocolate book compilation, so am posting some of the oldies here in Inkygirl (sometimes revamped).
Last day of NaNoWriMo! Don’t worry if you didn’t finish — consider taking the 250, 500 or 1000 words a day challenge instead. More about DebsandErrol at http://debsanderrol.com/ Read the daily Nanotoons that Errol has been posted at https://www.facebook.com/NaNoToons
From the Angry Robot site: “We are absolutely thrilled to be able to announce the launch of our new YA imprint, Strange Chemistry The imprint will launch in September 2012, with five titles appearing before the end of that year, before settling down to one book each month. Strange Chemistry will . . .
Great new music video for writers from my friends Debs&Errol. 😀 You can see their daily comics on their website and Errol’s daily NaNoToons.
As some of you already know, I was thrilled to be picked for the SCBWI Illustration Mentorship Program at last year’s Summer Conference in LA. Thrilled as in “can this really be happening to me” thrilled, especially when combined with the offer from Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers . . .
I recently came across my childhood autograph book, and the recent #readerthanks posts on Twitter inspired me to share this page. I always loved reading, but it wasn’t until I read Ray Bradbury‘s Dandelion Wine that I became aware of style in writing. I’m generally a fast reader, but for Ray Bradbury’s books I slowed . . .
Yay! The color proofs for I’M BORED arrived today, woohoo!!! Also included in the package: the welcome sign that was in the front lobby of Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers when I first visited them. I’ve taped up the sign beside my office door. 🙂 If you’re on Facebook, please . . .
Just got back from a 10 day trip to California and Texas. In California, I attended Lost Weekend: an amazing creative weekend hosted by Caldecott-winning illustrator David Diaz (see above photo). After that, I attended BoardGameGeek with my husband: a five day (yes, I said FIVE DAYS) board gaming convention. I’ll be posting . . .