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.
Though I’ve gotten better over the years, I still struggle with this one word. Seems (at first, at least) much easier to say yes. I’m talking about the small favors that people ask you to do, the ones that you’re sure will only take a few minutes of your time. . . .
Hey, check out this Business Insider article: “10 Ways People Are Using The iPad To Create Content, Not Just Consume It.” Heh.
It’s Banned Book Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States. . . .
Thanks for all the crossed fingers about my book projects, all! Much appreciated. 🙂 I know I’ve raved about the SCBWI writers’ conference before, but I must rave again. Since the conference, I’ve been at least twice as productive as usual. Not just because of what happened with the Illustrator . . .
For those interested, I have a new post up on the MiG Writers site: Time Management, Creative Productivity and Multitasking
A children’s book publisher I admire a great deal recently invited me to send them a picture book story. Well, I did…and THEY LIKE IT! They’ve asked for a few sketches, so that’s what I’m working on right now. So if I’m a bit scarce in Inkygirl for a little . . .
One of the many reasons I’m glad I joined Twitter is because I got to meet the Toronto Middle Grade and YA Author Group. The group was founded by Claudia Osmond (above left), and even though we get together once a month, some of us also meet in smaller gatherings as well. Fun . . .
I’ve posted a new comic over on Writer Unboxed: “The Paperless Office.”
I find reading about other people’s work habits inspiring. The Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini, for example, typically gets up at 4 a.m. Has some coffee and breakfast, reads the paper, then writes for 2-3 hours before going to his other job. He says that reading a few lines from a favourite novel . . .