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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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.
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
Martha Alderson has worked with hundreds of writers in sold-out plot workshops, retreats, and plot consultations for more than fifteen years. Her clients include bestselling authors, New York editors, and Hollywood movie directors. Martha’s new book, THE PLOT WHISPERER: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master (Adams Media, 2011) is an . . .
Still torn between Facebook and Google+. I have been using both social networks, but eventually I know that eventually I’m going to have to pick one or the other as my main social network hangout; I simply haven’t the time to use both regularly…as I’ve mentioned before, my current goal . . .
The Mighty Mom BloggersDo-it-yourself writers gain clout with publishers(Publishers Weekly) — Simon & Schuster celebrates mom bloggers, the new word-of-mouth publishing powerhouses A Picture Book Proclamation (PhoenixNewTimes.com) London, Ont., author files copyright lawsuit against Scholastic (Metronews) — Accusations like this could reflect badly on the authors unless they are very VERY sure. . . .