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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I tend to get the same sorts of questions in person and email over and over, so I’ve started compiling some of my answers in a FAQ, for those interested. The latest is advice for those entering the SCBWI Illustration Portfolio Showcase. As some of you already know, doing this . . .
As I’ve mentioned earlier, I’m very excited to have my first YA short story included in Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction, a new teen anthology edited by Holly Thompson and published by Stone Bridge Press. Part of the sales proceeds will go to help teens affected by the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. . . .
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new series of blog posts: POSTS SO FAR: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 As some of you may already know, I’m writing and illustrating my very first picture book for Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers: I’m going to call this Picture Book X until . . .
I’ve updated my I’M BORED Scrapbook with a post about my first meeting at Simon & Schuster in NYC last year: initial impressions, what I learned, and photos. See my Scrapbook Archives for earlier sketches, photos, and quotes from Justin Chanda (editor/publisher), Laurent Linn (art director) and Michael Ian Black (author of I’M . . .
Just posted a comic in Writer Unboxed about author platforms and sheep, plus a winning Non-Denominational Spring Festival Lagomorph cartoon caption winner, PLUS my exciting two-book contract news for those who hadn’t heard. 🙂
https://youtube.com/watch?v=B0yO9AM8vDw Thanks to Library Journal for the link on Twitter.
Came across this sign outside a Starbucks on Yonge St., just west of Eglinton W. in Toronto. No, I didn’t have time to order an Espresso Patronum. But I love the illustration and the idea! 😀
As I mentioned earlier, my MiGwriters group is posting a series of interviews with our agents all this week. Up today: Ginger Knowlton of Curtis Brown (MY agent, woohoo!) For more insights from book creators, see my Inkygirl Interview Archives and Advice For Young Writers And Illustrators From Book Creators.
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 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)