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Debbie’s Blog

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.

Sue Alexander Award Nomination!

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 . . .






KafkaGirl.com: YA Author Andrew Tolson, Blogging, and Enticing Editors

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: . . .





Comic: Books Or Me

My friend Cheryl Rainfield asked about this comic, so here it is. 🙂




Guest Post: Four Steps To Writing Success – by Julie Duffy

Julie Duffy is a writer and the host of StoryADay.org, a creative writing challenge held in May every year.  — I’ve just finished up StoryADay May, in which a bunch of writers sat down every day and wrote, well, a story a day. It’s a real challenge and each year it teaches me something . . .