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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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PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Ideal Month) sign-up starts today

Yay! Official sign-up for PiBoIdMo starts today! Check out the cool event badge created by my illustrator friend Bonnie Adamson. Yay! Official sign-up for PiBoIdMo starts today! Check out the cool event badge created by my illustrator friend Bonnie Adamson. The challenge: Create 30 new picture book ideas in 30 days. You can find . . .



Happy International All Caps Day!

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ALL CAPS / CAPS LOCK DAY, SEE CAPSLOCKDAY.COM (warning: strong language and dancing Santa images that may make your eyes bleed). Also see: Today is INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY, but what is it? (The Next Web)



Kidlit News Quickie Round-up

NPR launches The Back-Seat Book Club for kids ages 9 to 14. (NPR) Children’s/YA Market Growth “Stunted” in 2012 by Borders Group Closure(Market Watch) PLUS: if you want a fun glimpse inside the headquarters of Scholastic: Video — Cubes: An Inside Look at Scholastic’s Global HQ (Mediabistro) Compiling a list of kidlit/YA news sources: . . .




Kidlit News Quickie Round-up

Making Sense of Digital Books for Kids Part 1 – Part 2 – Wired Pop Star Taylor Swift Donates 6,000 Kids Books to PA Reading Public Library –School Library Journal ‘Shine’ Withdrawn as NBA Young People’s Literature Nominee – Publishers Weekly




Adrienne Kress wrote a blog post about me!

Above: photo with Adrienne Kress at a Torkidlit gathering Many thanks to the mega-talented Adrienne Kress for her lovely post about me in her blog this week, which made me blush. Adrienne’s new YA book comes out from Dutton next year, by the way. Here’s what Publisher’s Weekly said: “Alex and . . .



Kern Me

An online challenge for fellow typography nerds out there. I ended up scoring 94/100. How did you do? Try the test now! (Thanks to Lisa Yee for sharing the link!)