Thanks to Julie Williams (@JulieKWms2013) for being the 23,000th person to follow my @inkyelbows Twitter account! Julie is the author of two YA books. ESCAPING TORNADO SEASON: A Story In Poems (HarperCollins, 2004) is a novel in verse. IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD (title may change) will come out from Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press in 2013 . . .
Nominations are open for 2012 Cybils, the seventh annual Children’s And YA Bloggers’ Literary Awards: Here’s info about how you can nominate.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=B0yO9AM8vDw Thanks to Library Journal for the link on Twitter.
I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve been asked to write or draw something for free but reassured that my work would get great exposure. As the video above points out, exposure doesn’t pay the bills. Thanks to Hazel Mitchell for the link.
Picture Book Month is an international initiative to designate November as Picture Book Month, encouraging everyone to celebrate literacy with picture books. Founder, Dianne de Las Casas (author & storyteller) storyconnection.net, and Co-Founders, Katie Davis (author/illustrator) katiedavis.com, Elizabeth O. Dulemba (author/illustrator) www.dulemba.com, Tara Lazar (author) taralazar.wordpress.com, and Wendy Martin (author/illustrator) wendymartinillustration.com, are putting together their worldwide . . .