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.
My art director (Laurent Linn at Simon & Schuster) called yesterday to say he had a cover mockup, saying that he had just emailed it to me, was interested in hearing what I thought. I opened the email attachment while he was still on the phone. Then I started yelling . . .
My sister, Ruth Ohi, just posted a book trailer for her newest picture book, Chicken, Pig, Cow and the Class Pet. She created it using iMovie, and the soundtrack was composed by my niece. And yes, I am fairly exploding with pride here. 🙂 Ruth has illustrated over 53 books (12 of which she also . . .
Apologies for the hiatus; I’ve been away most of this month at a writer’s conference and then on an anniversary vacation. Though fun and (esp. in the case of the SCBWI Summer Conference) inspiring, it’s been a hectic month, and I’m REALLY looking forward to getting back to work. And . . .
I know I’ve been scarce on Inkygirl recently, but it’s been craaaazybusy around here with travel, work and prep for the SCBWI Summer Conference. I attended as both a writer and illustrator, and have been posting my kidlit illustration info and reports over on the Where The Sidewalk Begins blog for children’s . . .
I’ve been compiling an “add yourself” list of literary/publishing people on Google+. Short URL: http://bit.ly/GP-LIT To add yourself to any of these lists, just go to the appropriate list and make a post. Feel free to include a URL. You an always edit/update your listing later on. Do spread the word to . . .
With Andrew Tolson‘s agent submitting his YA manuscript ,The Girl Who Saved Kafka, to prospective publishers, he wanted to entice editors with something extra, a taste of the novel before they had read the first page. He decided to launch a blog that was in the voice of the main character: . . .
I’ve been using Google+ pretty heavily for the past week. Here’s my Google+ Profile page, if you’d like to follow me; I’ve updated it with links to my directories of those on Google+ interested in kidlit/YA, librarians, digital publishing/ebooks, children’s book illustrators, comics/webcomics, board gaming, filk, and iPads. See the end . . .