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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.






SEA MONKEY & BOB Book Tour (Part 3, Decatur, GA): Little Shop Of Stories, Friends School Of Atlanta, The Heritage School

Navigation: Sea Monkey & Bob Resource pageBook Tour: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 Photo: With young readers at Friends School Of Atlanta. Just found out that Publishers Weekly used the photo above in their children’s industry news round-up this week! Thanks to Helen Kubiw for the heads-up. The second full day . . .



SEA MONKEY & BOB Book Tour (Part 2, Raleigh NC): Olds Elementary, Partnership Elementary, Quail Ridge Books, Thoughts ON Media Escorts

Navigation: Sea Monkey & Bob Resource pageBook Tour: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 Heartmelt moment of my Sea Monkey & Bob Book Tour: when a little girl at Fred A. Olds Elementary (the child in the purple jacket holding I’m Bored in the photo above, standing in front of me) looked up at . . .



SEA MONKEY & BOB Book Tour (Part 1): Prep and packing tips

Navigation: Sea Monkey & Bob Resource pageBook Tour: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 Author book tours are a rare animal these days, so I am incredibly grateful to Simon & Schuster Children’s for giving me the opportunity. I’ve been on two book tours for my publisher so far, one . . .




How Sea Monkey and Bob was Created Part 3

Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 Debbie started to experiment with different colors for the main characters as well as different techniques for the watery background: She did many, many sketches of the characters. Debbie also started doing “thumbnail sketches” (very small, rough sketches) to figure out the general layout of all . . .