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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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Pay It Forward: Sharing The Books at Union Station in Toronto

Above photo courtesy author Linda Granfield. Thanks to writer and librarian Nancy Runstedler for organizing the Toronto PIF (Pay It Forward): Sharing The Books event at Union Station yesterday. Similar events took place around the world at 4 pm including Thailand, England, Germany, Wales, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Scotland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Serbia, Australia, . . .





Writing community highlight: Writer’s Bloq

Just found out about Writer’s Bloq, which describes itself as follows: We are a community for MFA and Undergraduate writing students, professors, and alumni to share work, connect with peers, discover new writing, and uncover literary events. At the moment, there are students, alumni, and professors registered from programs including Austin, . . .





Creating book trailers for YA fiction anthology TOMO

As I’ve mentioned before, one of my short stories appears in the just-released YA fiction anthology, TOMO: Friendship Through Fiction (Stone Bridge Press, Mar/2012). Proceeds will benefit teens affected by the 2011 Japan quake/tsunami. I created two book trailers to help promote the anthology. The editor, Holly Thompson, helped me . . .



Mar/2012 Torkidlit Meetup at the Bedford Academy

I had great fun at the monthly Torkidlit (Toronto Area Middle Grade and YA Author Meetup) earlier this week. First-timers included: Julie Miller and Emily Pohl-Weary. Nelsa Roberto brought a copy of her brand new YA book, THE BREAK(Great Plains Publications, 2012): And Jo Karaplis had the coolest t-shirt: And my sister came out . . .