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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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Annual Kidlitart Picture Book Dummy Challenge starts today!

Today’s the first day of the 2nd Annual Kidlitart #PBDummy Challenge! I am so in. The goal of this 25-week-lon online group challenge: to create and submit a picture book dummy. Actually, I’m planning to create and submit several picture book dummies during this time. To find out more, see Everything . . .





Jan/2012 Torkidlit Meetup at the Bedford Academy

Had fun with the Toronto Middle Grade And YA Authors group at the Bedford Academy last night. I continue to be grateful to Claudia Osmond for founding the group. I always come away so inspired and motivated! I asked the attendees of last night’s get together what they were working on, if they had . . .



Virtual Housekeeping and Resolutions

Today was the first day in my new work schedule, where I try to stay offline for most of the morning. As I mentioned before, I resigned as Writersmarket.com publishing industry columnist as of Dec. 31st, 2011. After 10 years, it’s hard to break the habit of going online first thing . . .






Comic: Writer Office Organization

I’ve been moving over My Life In A Nutshell archives (my semi-autobiographical comic) to https://debbieohi.com/nutshell and came across this strip. It still applies as much today as it did back in 2003. My husband has always been the neat one in the household. 🙂



Reading Lord Of The Rings…The Final Attempt

Back in 2001, my friend Allison Durno convinced me to try reading the Lord Of The Rings trilogy again. I had tried back in high school, but found it way too dull. With the (then) upcoming LOTR movies, though, I figured I may as well give it another shot. Not surprisingly, I decided . . .