Thanks to Sylvia Liu for letting me be part of her A MORNING WITH GRANDPA book tour! Sylvia Liu is an environmental lawyer turned children’s author and illustrator, inspired by aliens, kraken, cephalopods, and the oceans. She lives in Virginia Beach with her husband, two daughter, Siberian kitten and guinea pig. A . . .
I was blown away when I saw Akiko White‘s winning “cakelustration” in 2014 when she won the SCBWI Tomi dePaola Award: Wow. And it was done in CAKE! I can’t wait to see Akiko’s work in children’s books and/or on book covers. Her charming and imaginative “cakelustrations” are sure to attract attention of . . .
Danica Davidson started writing at age three and never stopped. Before selling her first book, she wrote for such places as MTV, CNN, The Onion and Los Angeles Times. Among other publications, she was recently featured by Forbes for her Minecraft writing. She’s represented by the James Fitzgerald Agency. Attack Of The Overworld is the second book in . . .
A creative tip for writers and illustrators: Every so often, take the time to look at things around you differently than you normally would. Sounds like a glib cliché, I know, but I encourage you to really give it a shot. When I’m walking through a familiar area or doing something . . .
Jaime Temairik is an illustrator and author based in Seattle and is actually quite fond of birthday parties. You can find Jaime at JaimeTemairik.com and on Twitter at @jaimetem. BIGFOOT DOES NOT LIKE BIRTHDAY PARTIES! is a new picture book written by Eric Ode, illustrated by Jaime Temairik, published by Sasquatch Books in October 2015. Synopsis . . .
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 . . .
Also see Three Questions With Katy Duffield, author of LOUD LULA. Mike Boldt has been illustrating for kids for the last 16 years. Over that time he’s worked on puzzles, video games, comics, and even toy design. He now spends most of his days writing and /or illustrating picture books such as . . .
Registration opens tomorrow for the SCBWI Winter Conference! You can follow the pre-conference excitement virtually via the #NY16SCBWI hashtag on Twitter as well as the SCBWI conference blog. Do read Jennifer Laughran’s recent “Ask The Agent” post about SCBWI-NYC. I’m excited about rooming with my friend Hazel Mitchell again this year. Hazel’s also my agency sister! Both of . . .
Every journey to publication is different. Don’t compare yourself to others. Find your OWN path, at your own pace.
Did you know that Madeleine L’Engle almost gave up writing when she turned 40 because of discouragement over rejections? “With all the hours I spent writing, I was still not pulling my own weight financially.” She discovered, however, that her subconscious wouldn’t let her NOT write. “I had to write. . . .