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Had fun with the Toronto Middle Grade And YA Authors group at the Bedford Academy earlier this week: dinner, drinks and lots of kidlit/YA talk! We talk about everything from the craft and business of writing to renovation hell stories and family updates. Plus a whole lot of other stuff that I . . .
For those doing writing challenges, I just posted a cautionary comic on Writer Unboxed. Now I’m off to Packaging Your Imagination conference!
Publishing Perspectives has an interesting article today called, Are Social Media Sites the New Slush Pile? Debut author Leigh Fallon, discovered on HarperCollins’ community YA site, is one example about how the path to authorship is changing, according to the article. Quote from the article: “Launched by HarperCollins in 2009, Inkpop combines community publishing, user-generated content, . . .
HOW COOL IS THIS?!?????????? I’m sure you jaded published authors/illustrators out there are rolling your eyes, but give me this moment of SQUEE. 😀 http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Debbie-Ridpath-Ohi/79970104I am SO determined to get more titles listed under “Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s Books”…
Cover design: the amazingly talented Laurent Linn (my art director at Simon & Schuster BFYR). Author and illustrator credits will be on the back cover. I LOVE the cover design! So clean and simple, and (fingers crossed) bound to catch the attention of bookstore browsers. I’ll be gradually posting some . . .
Picture Book Month is an international initiative to designate November as Picture Book Month, encouraging everyone to celebrate literacy with picture books. Founder, Dianne de Las Casas (author & storyteller) storyconnection.net, and Co-Founders, Katie Davis (author/illustrator) katiedavis.com, Elizabeth O. Dulemba (author/illustrator) www.dulemba.com, Tara Lazar (author) taralazar.wordpress.com, and Wendy Martin (author/illustrator) wendymartinillustration.com, are putting together their worldwide . . .
Congrats to Writer’s Knowledge Base, who wins an Inkygirl Golden CupCake Award! Created by mystery author and writing advice curator Elizabeth Spann Craig (@elizabethcraig on Twitter) this search engine is specifically geared toward writers. It’s a pretty amazing resource. Are you feeling dejected about a recent rejection? Entering “rejection” in the search field will turn . . .