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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Only a few days until the annual SCBWI Summer Conference in LA! You can follow the action via the #LA19SCBWI hashtag and (once the conference begins) the SCBWI Conference Blog. I’ll be at the conference on faculty, including hosting the Life Drawing Lunch on Sat. Aug. 10th from 12:30-1:30 pm – do come! The deal: . . .
(Shortcut to this page, until next year’s updated post here. Also see my #BookADay archives and Donalyn Miller’s official #BookADay post on the Nerdy Book Club site.) Donalyn Miller’s 11th Annual #BookADay Challenge has officially launched! You can read about the history of #BookADay, guidelines and more via Donalyn’s #BookADay post on the Nerdy Book Club . . .
More info: Donalyn Miller’s #BookADay Challenge – My #BookADay Archives (also see my visual #BookADay archive on Padlet, Flickr and Pinterest). Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
Gah. I have (once again) reached the point where there is no more room on my office bookshelves for new books, so I’ve been piling my “to read” books on the floor — but these are starting to get tippy. I know I need to give away older books I’ll . . .
In prep for my Social Media Masterclass for Authors and Illustrators at SCBWI-Midwest, I posted a survey for editors, agents and art directors and 25 responded. Only one freelance art director responded (feel free browse art directors’ responses in the similar poll in 2014, which also includes responses from editors . . .
Paul Coccia is a Toronto author with an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and an avid home-baker. His debut young adult novel, Cub, is part of Orca’s Soundings Series: short, high-interest novels specifically for teens. Paul lives and bakes with his nephew, three dogs and a little grey parrot. You can find . . .
Ishta Mercurio is an author and actor. Raised in Cincinnati, she has traveled to England, Scotland, Italy, France, and all over the United States. She now lives in Brampton, Ontario, where she films and photographs plants and wildlife, from the tall to the small, in her backyard. I met Ishta through . . .
Pat Cummings was one of my first illustration mentors, through the SCBWI Illustration Mentorship Program, and I’ve valued her friendship ever since. She’s smart, funny, honest — and incredibly experienced in the world of creating children’s books. I’m thrilled to have her visit my blog! Author and/or illustrator of over 40 . . .