One of my favourite pieces of advice for writers and illustrators is from literary agent Jenny Bent: “…Be brave. Fail. Try again. Succeed. Rinse and repeat.” It applies as much to the published as well as pre-published. In fact, this advice is good for life in general. Thank you, Jenny!
I met the delightful Ana Aranda through the SCBWI Illustration Mentorship program, when she was selected for the program in 2014. I love Ana’s positive outlook, enthusiasm and good humor….and I especially love her ART! Ana was born and raised in Mexico City, she currently lives in San Francisco. You can find . . .
While Adobe Creative Cloud is convenient in so many ways, an update bug removed a LOT of my files last year, including entire file folders of PSD book illustration files. Even a year later, it makes me queasy to remember staring at the screen as I watched in horror as files . . .
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 . . .
I’m delighted to be one of the stops on THE GREEN UMBRELLA blog tour! This is a debut picture book for author Jackie Azua Kramer and illustrator Maral Sassouni, just launched from NorthSouth Books. The story is fun and imaginative, with gorgeous art, and the underlying message of sharing, generosity and looking . . .
[Edited: To those visiting from the 2018 conference: please note this post was made in 2017.] Only a couple of weeks until the annual SCBWI Winter Conference in NYC! This year I’ll be on faculty for the first time (woohoo!), participating in the Art Of Collaboration Illustrators’ Intensive on Friday where we’ll all be . . .
I’ve become obsessed with fountain pens. I used to dismiss them, having had some bad experiences with fountain pens leaking all over my hands with permanent black ink. My friend Michelle Leung, however, has gotten me hooked. This drove Jeff (my husband) a bit crazy, since he’s been a huge . . .
I met Andrea Zuill through the SCBWI Mentorship Program. Andrea was chosen for the program in 2011. She is SO much fun, with a wonderfully quirky sense of humor. I was VERY excited for Andrea when she got her first book contract! And with a prestigious publishing imprint like Schwartz & Wade! Andrea . . .
Mark Gottlieb is a literary agent at Trident Media Group. Mark is actively building his client list, including those who write picture books, middle grade and young adult. For picture books, Mark prefers representing those who both write and illustrate rather than those who write only or illustrate only (see his comments . . .