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 enjoyed meeting Susan Hawk at the SCBWI annual conference in NYC, and I just found out she has a new blog! Susan worked in children’s book marketing for over 15 years, most recently as the Marketing Director at Henry Holt Books For Young Readers. Before that: Library Marketing Director at Penguin . . .
I’ve updated the I’M BORED Scrapbook with a post about author Michael Ian Black. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been interviewing the author, editor and art director for this book and posting about the process on the Scrapbook. Most recently, I asked MIB about his writing process – what inspired him to write . . .
Today I’m highlighting Valerie Haight, who was the 16,000th person to follow my @inkyelbows account on Twitter. 🙂 Valerie was also mentioned in Joani Plenty’s blogrecently and although I’ve never met Valerie in person, she sounds like someone I wouldlike to meet someday. Valerie’s first e-book, HAPPENSTANCE, will be released through Turquoise Morning Press in December. She also . . .
I’ve just written a long and somewhat rambling post about self-publishing and my Will Write For Chocolate book project over on MiGwriters today.
As I gradually catalog my writing comics in prep for a book compilation, I’m posting them here in Inkygirl:
I’m posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation:
****Update February 14, 2013: Please note that the Scrapbook and other bonus material have been moved to the I’M BORED Bonus Page. I recently launched the I’M BORED Scrapbook, a place where I’ll be pulling in everything I’ve been posting related to I’M BORED. Until the picture book launches this September, I’m . . .
Just discovered that Agent Kristin, who writes the excellent Pubrants blog, has a video series. The most recent explains why asking about the number of pages in YA or MG novel is the wrong question.