…http://www.youtube.com/embed/sJ99DCCN85g Q. How detailed is your outline? Could you please tell us more about your outlining process? I use the screenwriting guru John Truby’s methods; here’s a picture of the…
…when it comes to combining images and text in different configurations on the fly. Corel Painter is great for pure illustration but not as good for illustration and text brainstorming. …
…me to why I can’t attend SCBWI-NYC this coming week: Because the chapter books are coming out in May, the deadline is tight. Cover details are still being tweaked. And…
I’ve been gradually compiling my “How This Picture Book Was Created” resources, advice from the children’s book writers and illustrators I’ve been interviewing, and the thumbnail sketch and layout templates…
…last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted…
https://twitter.com/inkyelbows/status/313327364098650113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E313327364098650113%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inkygirl.com%2Finkygirl-main%2F2013%2F3%2F17%2Fwriters-illustrators-and-twitters-vine-app.html (To stop the video above from repeating, just click on the image. To hear my riveting narration, click on the speaker icon.) I recently downloaded the Vine app on my iPhone…
…had purposely stripped out all of my copyright info, name of my comic, URL to my comic and my byline, THEN ADDED THEIR OWN BRANDING. I’m assuming that this was…
An online challenge for fellow typography nerds out there. I ended up scoring 94/100. How did you do? Try the test now! (Thanks to Lisa Yee for sharing the link!)…
…Chronicle Books editor Melissa Manlove is offering a picture book critique, a “free pass” to an editorial meeting (will take your revised mss to an acquisitions meeting for consideration &…
…media so here I am”). Jane Kelly recently interviewed me about social media on the SCBWI Wisconsin blog; feel free to browse for tips. And if you’re an up-and-coming illustrator attending…