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.
Publishing Perspectives has an interesting article today called, Are Social Media Sites the New Slush Pile? Debut author Leigh Fallon, discovered on HarperCollins’ community YA site, is one example about how the path to authorship is changing, according to the article. Quote from the article: “Launched by HarperCollins in 2009, Inkpop combines community publishing, user-generated content, . . .
HOW COOL IS THIS?!?????????? I’m sure you jaded published authors/illustrators out there are rolling your eyes, but give me this moment of SQUEE. 😀 http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Debbie-Ridpath-Ohi/79970104I am SO determined to get more titles listed under “Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s Books”…
Cover design: the amazingly talented Laurent Linn (my art director at Simon & Schuster BFYR). Author and illustrator credits will be on the back cover. I LOVE the cover design! So clean and simple, and (fingers crossed) bound to catch the attention of bookstore browsers. I’ll be gradually posting some . . .
Picture Book Month is an international initiative to designate November as Picture Book Month, encouraging everyone to celebrate literacy with picture books. Founder, Dianne de Las Casas (author & storyteller) storyconnection.net, and Co-Founders, Katie Davis (author/illustrator) katiedavis.com, Elizabeth O. Dulemba (author/illustrator) www.dulemba.com, Tara Lazar (author) taralazar.wordpress.com, and Wendy Martin (author/illustrator) wendymartinillustration.com, are putting together their worldwide . . .
Congrats to Writer’s Knowledge Base, who wins an Inkygirl Golden CupCake Award! Created by mystery author and writing advice curator Elizabeth Spann Craig (@elizabethcraig on Twitter) this search engine is specifically geared toward writers. It’s a pretty amazing resource. Are you feeling dejected about a recent rejection? Entering “rejection” in the search field will turn . . .
Congrats to Kelly Light on winning my Halloween Comic caption challenge (see the final comic below). I -love- Kelly’s illustrations – you can find out more about her at: http://kellylight.com.
If you’re doing NaNoWriMo (or if you want to see me dance around my office in a red boa), check out Debs&Errol’s new NaNoWriMo music video. 🙂 For more info about Debs & Errol (who do wonderful music for geeks): http://www.debsanderrol.com Errol Elumir is also doing daily NaNoToons: http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/nanotoons If you want to link to . . .