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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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Comic: The Misplaced Apostrophe

‘m posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation. You can also find my comics for writers on Tumblr and Pinterest.



Bloomsbury editor on new imprint, Bloomsbury Circus

New on Tales From The Reading Room: Bloomsbury editor Alexandra Pringle discusses the publisher’s new literary imprint, Bloomsbury Circus. An excerpt: When we look back in a year’s time I hope we will have a prize shortlist or two under our belts, a sense of having broken some established authors out of the . . .



Regnery To Launch New Children’s Imprint: Little Patriot Press

 Conservative publisher Regnery Publishing plans to launch Little Patriot Press, a new children’s imprint whose titles will be aimed at “teaching and inspiring children through stories about American history and government.” The imprint will launch seven picture books this year. Managing editor: Diane Reeves. Creative director: Cheryl Barnes. URL (not yet . . .



Just signed up for the Story A Day May Challenge!

I know, I know — writing an entire story every day sounds crazy. But according to the rules of the challenge, it doesn’t have to be a super-long story. I’m going to use this challenge as motivation to come up with SOME story plot every day: each with a beginning, . . .



Writer/illustrator conferences, good news and a new Pixel Shavings post

If I could give one piece of advice to my young writer/illustrator self, I would have said this: START ATTENDING CONFERENCES. And join organizations like the SCBWI and CANSCAIP. I have learned so much, been incredibly inspired and met many creative kindred spirits because of these events. Not to mention three children’s book . . .



Rex Pickett’s SIDEWAYS was rejected 70-80 times

A bunch of my “successful writers who got rejected” posts got trashed during the Big Move After Being Hacked some years ago, but I’m starting up the series again. I’ll be reposting some old rejection stories as well as new ones.  Rex Pickett’s SIDEWAYS was rejected 70-80 times before finally . . .



Comic: The Frog Editor

I’m posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation. You can also find my comics for writers on Tumblr and Pinterest.




Comic: Slow Writer

I’m posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation. You can also find my comics for writers on Tumblr and Pinterest.