I’M BORED reviewed by The New York Times today!
You can read the full review of I’M BORED in The New York Times Sunday Book Review online.
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You can read the full review of I’M BORED in The New York Times Sunday Book Review online.
If you haven’t seen it already, check out this wonderful stop-motion video that Sean Ohlenkamp (Lowe Roche) created, called “The Joy Of Books”, with the help of 25 volunteers over four nights: Thanks SO much to Type Books for hosting my illustrator I’M BORED Book Launch. The launch will take place this coming Tuesday: . . .
It’s been an exciting and whirlwind week since I’M BORED launched on bookstore shelves last week! Thanks so much for those of you who have been helping me promote the book online and offline. I’ve compiled a list of interviews, guest posts and other places online where you can find related posts, . . .
Can’t believe the day is finally here! It’s been two years since a rejection turned into a book contract with Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers to illustrate Michael Ian Black’s I’M BORED. I’ve updated the I’M BORED In The Wild photo gallery with more reader photos! I invite you all to send . . .
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)
I’m creating a gallery of photos featuring people reading I’M BORED in fun places and situations, and I welcome submissions! Photo below is an example: I’m reading I’M BORED on the Toronto Transit system. 🙂 If you’re interested in submitting a photo (hey, you may win a PRIZE), read the details here. . . .
Last week, I was tickled to get a package from Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers that contained a letter of congratulations from the Junior Library Guild (see bottom of post) as well as a certificate…. … and a cool lapel pin: I had seen “A Junior Library Guild Selection” on book . . .
What a great promo video for The County Bookshop and its sibling entities. You can read how the video was made here. Thanks to Shelf Awareness for the link!
I’m Bored Music Video (inspired by the new picture book from Simon & Schuster BFYR) from debsanderrol on Vimeo. Thanks to my friend Errol Elumir for co-writing the I’M BORED song and creating the video above to help celebrate my upcoming book launch. Note that the song is only loosely based on the book. To find . . .
Instead of trying to do a long report about the 2012 SCBWI Summer Conference, I’m going to do takeaways; it’ll increase the possibility that I’ll actually post them. 🙂 So here’s my first: SCBWI-LA Takeaway #1: Don’t expect everything to happen at your first conference. Experience breeds opportunity. At my . . .