Reminder to everyone out there: DO YOU BACKUPS! (and make sure they’re working)
Reminder: DO REGULAR BACKUPS. Here’s my backup system and how it saved me when an Adobe Creative Cloud update bug ate my work.

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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Reminder: DO REGULAR BACKUPS. Here’s my backup system and how it saved me when an Adobe Creative Cloud update bug ate my work.
Writers: don’t be ceremonious. When time’s available, WRITE. – Cory Doctorow, in Locus (“Writing In An Age Of Distraction”)
Every journey to publication is different. Resist comparing yourself to others. Find your own path & pace.
I am SUPER-excited about the upcoming launch of I’M SAD, a new picture book written by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by yours truly, published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers! I’m leaving tomorrow to visit schools and bookstores from June 5-11, and author Michael Ian Black will be . . .
Where you can find out more about BECOMING MADELEINE: Becoming Madeleine book page on Macmillan’s site Becoming Madeleine audiobook (which is how I read the book) — More info: Donalyn Miller’s #BookADay Challenge – My #BookADay Archives (also see my visual #BookADay archive on Padlet). Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.