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Last year, I mentioned that I was going to be illustrating two picture books by Rob Sanders for HarperCollins. Then Rob and I found out that his editor, Maria Modugno, was leaving HarperCollins to join Random House. Since I still hadn’t received the contracts, I didn’t know what would happen. Would the new editor . . .
Earlier this week, late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon posted the following on Twitter: A few minutes later: Note the smart use of a hashtag, enabling others to browse book suggestions as well. Then he posted his updated list: I love this. 😀 And I’ve added a few books to my . . .
Leslie Stella is the author of three novels of contemporary adult fiction and (launching this week!) her first novel for young adults, Permanent Record, Amazon Children‘s new Skyscape imprint. Plot summary for Permanent Record: For sixteen-year-old Badi Hessamizadeh, life is a series of public humiliations. After withdrawing from school under mysterious circumstances, Badi enters . . .
WILD AWAKE debuts from Katherine Tegen Books/Harpercollins on May 28, 2013. I was a big fan of INTERN, a blog by an anonymous publishing intern. Not only was it an intriguing glimpse into the industry, but I loved the writing style: snarky, funny, introspective. At Molly O’Neill‘s session at SCBWI-NYC, I was . . .
Thanks to Rachel Poloski for being the 24,000th person to follow my @inkyelbows Twitter account. When I went to check her profile, I was intrigued: Rachel was kind enough to answer some questions for Inkygirl about her work. Q. Your profile says that you work in production at Abrams on YA and children’s . . .
For more info about Kevin Sylvester: http://kevinsylvesterbooks.com
Here’s a comic I did about Ginger a few years ago: I love my agent. 🙂
I had never heard of the Groovboard until Thomas Borowski approached me via Twitter about reviewing his company’s product. I generally don’t do product reviews anymore but when I checked out the GroovBoard website, I was so intrigued that I asked Thomas a few questions and then said I’d be happy to check one out. . . .
The whole I’M BORED adventure has been amazing and continues to be amazing. Whenever things start to settle, something else happens that reminds me all over again to appreciate every moment. I was floored about how it all began, with a rejection and a friend’s encouragement. Then came the Simon & . . .
I first met John Martz at a National Cartoonist Society party in Toronto a few years ago and am also a fan of his popular illustration and cartooning blog Drawn. In addition to his professional comics work, John is the illustrator of several picture books including Dear Flyary from Kids Can Press, written by Dianne Young, and most . . .