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.
Thanks to those who answered my dog-earing survey! Exactly 100 people responded. I know the percentages don’t add up to exactly 100; I think SurveyMonkey was rounding up or down. It was fun to see how OPINIONATED many of us are about dog-earing pages in books; non-readers just wouldn’t care, . . .
I’ve added a new print-ready poster to my For The Love Of Reading page: “Be A Reading Ninja!” It prints on an 8.5 x 11″ sheet of paper. Download it here. This is also now available as a “Be A Reading Ninja!” greeting card. You can find ALL my free, print-ready bonus material in . . .
Josh Funk lives in New England with his wife and kids. He is the author of Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast (launches Sept 1st from Sterling) and the upcoming Dear Dragon (Viking/Penguin, 2016), Pirasaurs! (Scholastic, 2017), and more. Find out more info about Josh at his website, Twitter, Facebook. I met Josh at Nerd Camp earlier this year. Such a fun . . .
After posting the found object doodle below on FB, a flurry of comments (turns out I’m not the only one who has a strong emotional reaction to dog-eared pages in books :-)) prompted me to post this anonymous 1-question survey: How do you feel about dog-earing pages? After you answer my . . .
Have a great week, everyone!
In my recent survey, I asked those of you working with agents to answer a few questions about how you got your agent. First off, thank you SO MUCH to those who took the time to respond in order to help others in the community. These include: Hayley Chewins, Julie . . .
Alice Ratterree loves illustrating books for the young at heart. She is represented by Marietta Zacker of Nancy Gallt Literary Agency and is currently working on a picture book about the life of Jane Addams. She finds adventure in Greenville, South Carolina with her husband, their two children, and a beloved . . .
I was so inspired by Pernille Ripp’s talk at Nerd Camp earlier this year and just discovered (duh, why didn’t I look for this earlier?) that she has a blog! I was inspired to illustrate a quote from her recent piece, “Stop Feeding The Beast – The Reading Myths We Pass . . .