Comic inspired by a tweet by Arthur Slade today
Thanks to Arthur Slade for his permission to turn his tweet into a comic. 🙂

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Thanks to Arthur Slade for his permission to turn his tweet into a comic. 🙂
Too often, I find that writers start motivational challenges like NaNoWrimo with enthusiasm and good intentions, but give up when they start missing their daily targets for more than a few days in a row…undermining their confidence and defeating the purpose of the original challenge. If you need a motivational writing challenge . . .
When I was asked to illustrate my first picture book (I’m Bored) and I started researching picture book formats, I was confused. I knew a standard picture book had 32 pages, for example, but I discovered that these 32 pages might also include the title page and other non-story pages. Plus . . .
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This is something I’ve been struggling with for years. My tendency is to try editing as I write and while this works for some writers, I know, I find that it bogs me down to a snail’s pace. What I’m trying for my new middle grade novel: to do a . . .
Good luck, everyone! I’m “inkygirl” on the NaNoWriMo website, but I’m not sure how far I’m going to get in my novel since I’ll be away for part of the month and also have a book deadline. :-\ BUT I just found out that you no longer have to start from scratch . . .
Don’t forget to check out my friend Errol Elumir’s daily NaNoToons during November!