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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Donn Linn in his most recent blog post: The hyperbolic predictions and bombastic punditry will always be with us. The trick for people and companies trying to navigate through this time of change is to sort fact-based opinion and observation from uninformed assumptions and agenda-biased commentary. Yay, Donn! I follow Donn’s Twitter and blog for his . . .
Adventures in Children’s Publishing has a great SCBWI Conference Round-up from Linda Sue Park’s workshop on middle grade novels. Excerpt: The great mission of middle grade novels is to show young people that the world isn’t fair, but that doesn’t mean it has to be miserable.
As some of you already know, I’m working on a book that is both a compilation of my writer comics as well as nuggets of writerly wisdom I’ve found in blogs, organized by topic. I don’t have a contract yet, but I’m confident enough in its saleability that I’ve started . . .
I found out about Mary L. Tabor through a recent blog post by Jane Friedman. Mary published her first book after the age of 60, and Jane’s Q&A with Mary is full of fascinating insights. Not only did Mary’s writing success come later in life, but blogged her second book on Sex . . .
One of the biggest challenges of attending an event like the SCBWI Summer Conference, I found, was having to pick between simultaneously scheduled workshops. I wasn’t able to attend Deborah Halverson’s workshop but Adventures In Children’s Publishing did, and has generously shared a conference round-up. A former editor at Harcourt, Halverson . . .
I’ve always appreciated those who post “takeaways” after they attend conventions: nuggets of wisdom that they took away from the event. Everyone’s takeaways are different because everyone has different levels of experience and goals. I’m going to be sharing mine over the next little while, as well as linking to . . .
Many thanks to the SCBWI for the Illustrator Mentorship Awards; the six of us learned SO MUCH at our mentorship sessions on the weekend. We also had fun hanging out with each other, exchanging tips and advice, and we plan to keep in touch after we all go home. In fact, . . .
The image above was one of the pieces in my portfolio, and was displayed on the screen at the Golden Kites Luncheon, when the award winners were announced. [August 21, 2010 update: WOW, Simon & Schuster wants me to illustrate a book! Author: writer/actor/comedian Michael Ian Black. Tentative release date: . . .
I lack the time to do a SCBWI countdown comic for this year, but here are the comics I did for last year’s conference: Hope to see meet some of you at the conference! Debbie