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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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Yay! I’m allowed to post the cover for I’M BORED!

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 . . .



November 2011 is Picture Book Month

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 . . .



Inkygirl Golden Cupcake Award: Writer’s Knowledge Base

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 . . .




Halloween Comic Caption Winner: Kelly Light

Congrats to Kelly Light on winning my Halloween Comic caption challenge (see the final comic below). I -love- Kelly’s illustrations – you can find out more about her at: http://kellylight.com.



NaNoWriMo Music Video from Debs and Errol

If you’re doing NaNoWriMo (or if you want to see me dance around my office in a red boa), check out Debs&Errol’s new NaNoWriMo music video. 🙂 For more info about Debs & Errol (who do wonderful music for geeks): http://www.debsanderrol.com Errol Elumir is also doing daily NaNoToons: http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/nanotoons If you want to link to . . .



NaNoWriMo Music Videos & NaNoWriMo Comics & a new NANOTOONS Facebook Page

For those doing NaNoWriMo (or even if you’re not), my creative twin Errol Elumir posted this NaNo music video above last year. Actually, he posted a bunch (so do check out his YouTube channel). Debs and Errol will be posting a NEW NaNoWriMo music video very soon. AND I strongly recommend that you Like Errol’s NaNoToons Page on . . .




Daniel Nayeri: Book Commercials vs Book Trailers

Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow – Wish Police Commercial from Candlewick Press on Vimeo. Instead of making a book trailer for Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow, his collection of four novellas from Candlewick, Daniel Nayericommissioned four mini-commercials instead. LOVE these! They’re short and intriguing, and get a potential reader’s attention. Many of us . . .



Kidlit/YA News Quickie Round-Up

Follow @inkyelbows on Twitter for more kidlit/YA industry news & info Nancy Miller Named Editor-In-Chief at Bloomsbury USA (Publishers Weekly) Bloomsbury children’s market “robust and [continuing] to grow (The Bookseller) Authors and Illustrators Team to Create Picture Book Month (Children’s Book Council) Algonquin Books to start publishing MG & YA by end of 2012 (Kathy . . .