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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I’ve decided to participate in Donalyn Miller’s 6th Annual Book-A-Day Summer Challenge. You can read more about the Book-A-Day challenge and guidelines on the Nerdy Book Club blog. I wouldn’t be able to attempt to do this were it not for the fact that picture books count; there’s no way I’d have the . . .
I’ve uploaded a new Will Write For Chocolate strip on Writer Unboxed. Click the image below to see the comic: Because of my book project schedule for the next couple of years, I’m not posting as often on Writer Unboxed. Thanks to Therese Walsh and Kathleen Bolton for letting me do a . . .
Thanks to Jim Hill for inspiring this comic with his “metaphor mixologist” phrase on Twitter. When I was working on the comic, I got curious about mixed metaphors and did some research…and of course immediately fell into the Black Hole Of The Internet. Sooo many interesting links! I could browse . . .
For more info about Karen Krossing and BOG, see KarenKrossing.com. Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
Congrats to my friend Brian Won, whose HOORAY FOR HAT! launches today from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. I met Brian through the SCBWI Illustration Mentorship program (see today’s THANK YOU to the SCBWI), and he’s one of the nicest guys you could hope to meet. You can find out more about HOORAY FOR . . .
Congrats to my friend Arree Chung, whose NINJA! launches today from Henry Holt. I met Arree at one of the Lost Weekends hosted by David Diaz. NINJA! is published by Henry Holt, and here’s a plot summary from Arree’s website: “A ninja must be strong, courageous, and silent! He creeps through the house on a . . .
