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.
I’ve been using social media since before the term existed and though I am far from expert, I have learned a great deal along the way. I’m going to start posting some social media tips for authors and illustrators on my blog from time to time, in hopes of helping . . .
EDITED: Our Broken Crayon book is scheduled for Aug.25, 2020. I am THRILLED and HONOURED to announce that I will be illustrating a picture book by Linda Sue Park. The announcement appeared Publishers Weekly Children’s Bookshelf last week while I was out of town: ( October 8, 2018: Please note that publication changed to . . .
Things have been crazybusy lately, so I’ve only had a chance to post about this now. And of course I NEED to post about this, because how often am I going to have a chance to say that I shared a stage with the amazing JUDY BLUME?!? Needless to say, . . .
I rarely post about books on the craft of writing because I was being inundated by requests from publicists and authors to review their books for Inkygirl readers. To reiterate: I lack the time or inclination to be an official book reviewer, so please do NOT put me back on . . .
Don’t you love the gorgeous cover of The Yin-Yang Sisters and the Dragon Frightful? Written by Nancy Tupper Ling, this upcoming picture book is illustrated by my friend, Andrea Offermann, and it comes out from G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books For Young Readers on Sept. 18, 2018. Andrea was kind enough to give a bit . . .
Over the years, I’ve been accumulating all the “How <title> Was Created” guides for young writers and illustrators, advice from children’s book creators I’ve interviewwed, plus a few tips for not-so-young book creators. Feel free to browse all this info as well as my free picture book thumbnail templates at . . .