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.
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 . . .
It’s been a while, but I’ve finally started up Will Write For Chocolate again. To make a long story short, I’ve been (1) focusing on finishing the illustrations for I’M BORED, and (2) switched over from Corel Painter to Adobe Photoshop and had to set up proper Will Write For Chocolate templates. . . .
Disney Publishing is launching a new bi-monthly magazine for young people aged 6-12 called FamilyFun Kids. More info in Min Online.
For those of you doing NaNoWriMo, I highly recommend you check out Errol Elumir’s NaNoToons. Heck, even writers who AREN’T doing NaNoWriMo will appreciate some of the writer angst in some of these comics. 🙂 But wait, that’s not all! Debs and Errol are also writing about NaNoWriMo in their daily comic and I . . .
(I’ll be updating the list of other helpful tutorials at the end of this page.) Google+ recently announced the launch of Google+ Pages, which are similar Facebook Fan Pages. So what’s the difference between a Google+ Page and the Google+ accounts already out there? You may already have a Google+ . . .
According to Paidcontent.org, former Bloomsbury editor Panio Gianopoulos has launched Backlit, a new young adult e-book publisher based in Santa Monica. More info in Paidcontent.org.
How very cool. Author Neil Gaiman, who has like a ZILLION followers, tweeted about one of my friend’s Nanowrimo comics! Here’s Errol’s post about the comic and a link to the comic. You can follow Errol Elumir’s Nanotoons on Facebook (unfortunately there’s no way to link to individual NaNoToons on the NaNoWriMo site, plus . . .