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.
THE SILVER ANKLET is a sequel to Mahtab Narsimhan‘s THE THIRD EYE, which won The Silver Birch award in 2009. For those who don’t know, The Silver Birch Award is a province-wide honour given by Grade 3, 4, 5 and 6 Ontario students. Although administered by the Ontario Library Association and run by teacher-librarians and . . .
Sometimes writers get so caught up in promotion and networking that they forget about working on improving their craft. One of my favourite writing craft blogs is that of Gail Carson Levine. Gail has written many books for young people, including the Newbery-winning Ella Enchanted. I highly recommend a visit to her . . .
I was recently approached by a publisher who likes my illustrations, asking if I had any stories to go with them. I’ve started using Zengobi’s Curio to brainstorm. LOVE this program. I’m also using it to brainstorm about my other writing projects, both fiction and nonfiction, as well as my cartoons. Curio’s . . .
You can find some great resources for writers on Laura Resnick’s website, including agent-related tips, books and sites for writers. Laura is an experienced writer and author of Rejection, Romance and Royalties: The Wacky World of a Working Writer, among other works. (Couldn’t find this title through Indiebound, so had to link to . . .
I’ve posted a new survey via Survey Monkey. Please do answer via this linkrather than in the comments section for your results to be included in the summary. I’ll post a follow-up on survey results next week. Thanks!
I’ve been working on more graphic illustration projects lately, and have been looking for a good brainstorming tool. Scrivener is good for text only but not as easy to use when it comes to combining images and text in different configurations on the fly. Corel Painter is great for pure . . .
StoryPlease is a storytelling app that lets you record a story in your own voice, or your can use the default professional recording. I first came across the StoryPlease people (person?) when they attended the #kidlitart chat last night. During the chat, they said they were purchasing the rights to use illustrations/characters in . . .
StoryPages could be a useful iPhone app for those working on picture books or graphic novels. The app lets you create storyboard style pages with your drawing in a top panel and typed text in a bottom panel, mimicking storyboards used in movie production. You can draw in fullscreen (landscape or . . .
A while back I mentioned I loved Pam Bachorz‘s CANDOR (Egmont USA). I was inspired to post a comic about it. Not only was the site entertaining, but it’s a brilliant book promo. Pam also created a clever website about the fictional Candor, Florida as if it was a real place. I asked about her inspiration, . . .
Audio Footnote Demo from Eric Granata on Vimeo. After reading Joe Wikert’s review, I decided to buy this app. I’ve been listening to the audiobook version of Stein On Writing during some of my walks, and there have been times I would have loved to be able to jot down a note without leaving the e-book. It . . .