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After seven hours and five attempts, volunteers from the Seattle Public Library and local residents set up a total of 2,131 books to break the world record for the longest book domino chain. The event kicked off the library’s Summer Reading Program. Thanks to the Seattle Public Library, Book Patrol and King5.com for the info.)
This week’s incredibly prestigious Golden Marmot award goes to illustrator John Hendrix for his brilliant Twitter profile bio above. You can find out more about John at Johnhendrix.com and on Twitter at @hendrixart.
Shop Indie Bookstores Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
Thanks so much to Emily Keyes, the 25,000th person to follow me on Twitter. Emily is a literary agent at L. Perkins Agency, and kindly agreed to answer a few questions for Inkygirl readers about her work and what she’s looking for. Q. How did you come to work at L. Perkins Agency? . . .
I had originally intended for this to be a quickie poll in my series of Informal Surveys/Polls About Writing, Reading and Publishing but realized that for a topic like this, there is no such thing as a quickie poll. The topic is clearly a pretty sensitive subject, and some people automatically assumed . . .
DOLL BONES Written by Holly Black Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster Children’s (May/2013) Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
I’m in the middle of reading DOLL BONES by Holly Black, illustrated by my friend Eliza Wheeler, and enjoying it so much that I find that I’m starting to purposely slow down my reading pace so the book will last longer. Comic originally posted on Writer Unboxed a few years ago.
Eliza Wheeler and I met at the SCBWI Summer Conference in 2010, when both of us were chosen for the Illustration Mentorship Program. We both hit it off right away; I love Eliza’s positive life outlook, enthusiasm and wry wit. Since then, we’ve become good friends and I fervently wish we . . .
Juana Martinez-Neal, who won last year’s SCBWI Summer Illustrator Portfolio Showcase, has a fantastic step-by-step post about how to put together a children’s illustrator portfolio. Lots of specific tips and resource links plus visual examples from other illustrators (hey, like ME :-).