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Navigation: Sea Monkey & Bob Resource pageBook Tour: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 Photo: With young readers at Friends School Of Atlanta. Just found out that Publishers Weekly used the photo above in their children’s industry news round-up this week! Thanks to Helen Kubiw for the heads-up. The second full day . . .
Navigation: Sea Monkey & Bob Resource pageBook Tour: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 Heartmelt moment of my Sea Monkey & Bob Book Tour: when a little girl at Fred A. Olds Elementary (the child in the purple jacket holding I’m Bored in the photo above, standing in front of me) looked up at . . .
Navigation: Sea Monkey & Bob Resource pageBook Tour: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 Author book tours are a rare animal these days, so I am incredibly grateful to Simon & Schuster Children’s for giving me the opportunity. I’ve been on two book tours for my publisher so far, one . . .
It’s so important for writers and illustrators to develop a thick hide in this business. If you don’t, chances are good that you won’t be able to handle the critiques (solicited or not) and bad reviews. Learn how to take negative feedback gracefully. And never EVER publicly respond to a . . .
Back in 2013, I posted an interview with Scholastic editor Celia Lee, who invited Inkygirl readers to submit picture book manuscripts for a limited time. Two book contracts came out of that, including Josh Funk’s PIRASAURS! story (see my interview with Josh Funk and the illustrator, Michael Slack). I’m delighted to . . .
Thanks to all the children’s book writers and illustrators who have contributed advice for young writers and illustrators in their Inkygirl.com interviews over the years! I’m gradually going through my archives as well as my interviews with authors of books I’ve illustrated and compiling a list of advice takeaways. If you click on the . . .
When I was a child, I remember looking around my school library and vowing to read every single book on the shelves. As a grown-up, I’ve discovered it can be a challenge sometimes to find time to read. I rarely get the luxury of reading an entire book at one . . .
