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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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Want To Write? 18 Great Writers & Thinkers Show You How (Guest Post: Julie Duffy)

Julie Duffy is a writer and the host of StoryADay.org, a creative writing challenge held in May every year. This Friday, March 25 is the start of her 3-week Warm Up Your Writing short story course. (http://storyaday.org/wucourse/) I was tickled to see Debbie’s recent cartoon, No Magic Beans, Just Write because I was . . .





Not happy with Zazzle and Warner Bros right now

UPDATE: Ok, I found out what probably caused the problem (thanks to Kelly Light on Twitter, Christine in my blog comments & Patricia Storms on Facebook) — Warner Bros must own the name/phrase “Harry Potter” and are protecting their trademark. — Debbie So I’ve had a Zazzle store with some . . .



RNIB video: A World Without Books

Thanks to Sheila McLeod for pointing me to this link. Sheila writes: “I’ve often wondered how it could be possible to make picture books accessible to children who cannot see or cannot see well. Thought I’d pass this link along in case it interests you or someone in your creative network.” The . . .





Support the Red Cross & win a hand-illustrated custom poem from yours truly

A while back, Therese Walsh of Writer Unboxed asked me if I’d be willing to donate anything to the Writers For The Red Cross fundraising effort. I had no idea at that time how meaningful that effort would become for me. By now, you’ve all heard about the Japan earthquake and tsunami. A family . . .



My writing critique group made me cry

So my writing critique group, MiG Writers, made me cry this morning. Just recently one of them asked me what my favorite picture book and favorite middle grade book was. I told them heck, that’s a hard question but if I had to choose, here’s what I’d choose. Well, this morning . . .



Will Write For Chocolate updated (finally)

I bet you all thought I had given up on Will Write For Chocolate! Please read my most recent post to see why I was away so long, and why things look different.