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I’m working very hard on trying to finish my outline for a middle grade novel, and hope to use NaNoWriMo as extra motivation to get the first rough draft finished. BUT I don’t want to start writing the novel before I’m ready so if I fall behind, then I’m not . . .
In a Baltimore Post Examiner article, librarian Meredith Myers says she created literary parody song “The Raven Is Hard To Handle” to honor Edgar Allan Poe as well as promote libraries. Fun video with a great message at the end! You can find out more about Meredith in her website, StandUpLibrarian.com.
I’ve had the Animation Desk app on my iPad ($4.99 in iTunes store right now) for ages but only finally got around to trying it out recently. I created the animation above in about an hour, and that included figuring out how to use the app. I have zero animation experience but . . .
What a wonderful idea. 🙂 You can find more info about Hallows Read on their official website.
A few days ago, I posted a caption challenge on my Facebook wall. Lots of great suggestions, and I ended picking Paul Carroll‘s caption. 🙂
Rob Sanders does not work as a telephone sales rep, loading dock worker, trophy engraver, photo stylist, or editor. But he used to. Rob Sanders is not a cowboy, ballerina, chicken, twin, or rockabilly star. But he writes about them. Rob Sanders is a picture book author, a writing teacher, a . . .
Wow, check out the amazing kidlit-focused pumpkin carved by children’s book author/illustrator David LaRochelle: From David: “Chronicle Books held a promotion in conjuncture with my new book “It’s a Tiger!” The winning bookstore won a custom designed pumpkin carved by me. Here is the pumpkin I carved today for Riverwalk Books . . .
I’m posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation. You can find my comics for writers on Inkygirl (http://inkygirl.com), Tumblr (http://inkygirl.tumblr.com) and Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/inkyelbows/comics-for-writers-inkygirl-com)
As my friend Errol Elumir and I start ramping up for NaNoToons this year, I’m going to start posting some older NaNoWriMo comics from previous years, starting with 2008: To see more NaNoToons, please do Like the NaNoToons Facebook Page! And speaking of NaNoWriMo, the first official trailer for the NaNoWriMo Musical is online. I . . .
I’m posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation. You can find my comics for writers on Inkygirl (http://inkygirl.com), Tumblr (http://inkygirl.tumblr.com) and Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/inkyelbows/comics-for-writers-inkygirl-com)