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.
Writers: don’t be ceremonious. When time’s available, WRITE. – Cory Doctorow, in Locus (“Writing In An Age Of Distraction”)
Every journey to publication is different. Resist comparing yourself to others. Find your own path & pace.
I am SUPER-excited about the upcoming launch of I’M SAD, a new picture book written by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by yours truly, published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers! I’m leaving tomorrow to visit schools and bookstores from June 5-11, and author Michael Ian Black will be . . .
Where you can find out more about BECOMING MADELEINE: Becoming Madeleine book page on Macmillan’s site Becoming Madeleine audiobook (which is how I read the book) — More info: Donalyn Miller’s #BookADay Challenge – My #BookADay Archives (also see my visual #BookADay archive on Padlet). Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
I met Deborah Kerbel through our local Torkidlit group. Deborah is the author of eight books for young readers. She was born in a police station, smack-dab in the centre of London, England but moved to Canada before she was old enough to cultivate a love of marmalade. She’s the proud mom . . .
(For my #BookADay archives, please see #BookADay archives.) Woohoo! Donalyn Miller has launched her 10th Annual Summer #BookADay Challenge. See the archived Facebook Live event here, on the Nerdy Book Club Facebook Page. As Donalyn points out in one of her kickoff videos, it’s not a competition. It’s about rediscovering your . . .