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.
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 . . .
So how are you all doing with your writing challenges, whatever they may be? Thanks to Tara Lazar for inviting me to be one of her guest bloggers during PiBoIdMo month (Picture Book Idea Month). Click on the image to the left or go to Tara’s blog to see my VERY . . .
I just launched my Inkygirl Page on Google+! If you’re on G+ and are interested in Inkygirl updates, please do add me to your Circles! 🙂 If you’re interested in finding out more about Google+’s newly launched Pages, read this Google+ Post.
Had fun with the Toronto Middle Grade And YA Authors group at the Bedford Academy earlier this week: dinner, drinks and lots of kidlit/YA talk! We talk about everything from the craft and business of writing to renovation hell stories and family updates. Plus a whole lot of other stuff that I . . .