Welcome to my blog (scroll down to see individual posts), which was originally on a separate site at Inkygirl.com. I also have a separate Inkygirl newsletter on Substack at debbieohi.substack.com.
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This comic was inspired by a post by the anonymous Intern years ago, before she came out as her true self: Hilary T. Smith, author of the upcoming WILD AWAKE (Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins). See my recent interview with Hilary. Thanks to Hilary for permission to re-post the comic.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SB_J9KW8FkM%3Flist%3DPLGUnZ-QOe4fZ2I9bNPJDAmd5dkUkPA7rC To help support the Toronto Public Library’s “Keep Toronto Reading 2013” campaign, I created the video above. The question: If the library was burning, which book would YOU save? Join Toronto’s One Book city-wide book club (hey, you don’t HAVE to be in Toronto to enjoy the book) and read . . .
A while back, I mentioned that I was going to be on the faculty at the Niagara Retreat and Conference this coming May. Not enough illustrators signed up to warrant keeping the Illustrator track, so the conference has decided to drop that part of the programming. For those who signed up . . .
I’ve been wanting to read Sara Zarr‘s books ever since hearing her speak at the SCBWI Winter Conference in 2011. I was blown away and inspired by her closing keynote (you can read about it on the SCBWI Conference blog). I generally have way too many books on my “really want . . .
[Note from Debbie: The fAiRy gOdSiStErS are right — this conference can definitely be a career-changer. It was for me. Lee Wardlaw(bottom left in the photo) was the one who first told me about the SCBWI, and I’ll always be grateful. Lee was also my very first writing mentor, and introduced me . . .
(To stop the video above from repeating, just click on the image. To hear my riveting narration, click on the speaker icon.) I recently downloaded the Vine app on my iPhone after hearing a lot of buzz about it. Vine is an app by Twitter that enables users to easily create short . . .