Debbie's Art - Books - Blogs & Comics

Visit Inkygirl.com, my illustrated guide for those who write and draw for young people. For info about my writing, drawing and other projects, see DebbieOhi.com. Current: Illustrating I'M BORED by Michael Ian Black (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 2012). Here's the story of how a rejection turned into a book deal.

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MiG Writers: Six middle grade & YA writers who blog about the craft and business of writing for young people.

Pixel Shavings: Six children's book illustrator/writers who blog about their process, with sample images.

Kidlitartists: Children's book illustrators (SCBWI Mentees).

Sketcharound: Creativity and tips on finding your own creative voice.

Writer Unboxed: Craft & business of fiction. I post a cartoon on the first Saturday of every month.

Instapoem: Daily poetry prompt from Rand Bellavia. I post sporadically.

Under construction:

Annick Press | Macmillan Kids | Orca | Penguin |  Scholastic | Tundra |  Walden Pond Press

On Google+:

My Kidlit/YA people on Google+ directory

My Librarians on Google+ directory

My Children's Book Illustrators on Google+ directory

Also see my General Lit/Book Lists Google+ directory

For kidlit industry news & opinion:

100 Scope Notes: News | Bookshelves Of Doom | Booksquare | Canadian Children's Book Center  | Children's Book Council: News | Cynsations | Fuse #8 Production | Gotta Book | Kathy Temean: News links | Publisher's Weekly: Children's section | Publishing Perspectives: Childrens | Quill & Quire Latest News  | Read Roger (Horn Book) | SCBWI Blog | School Library Journal | Who's Moving Where (Purple Crayon)

For nuts & bolts info:

The Purple Crayon: Writing, Illustrating & Publishing Children's Books

Writing-World.com: Writing For Children

Publications/sites about kidlit (not just reviews):

Children's Literature Web Guide

Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page

The Looking Glass

For kidlit/YA teachers:

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site | Educating Alice | Reading Rockets | TeachingBooks.net

For Canadian kidlit authors & illustrators:

Canadian Children's Book Centre | CANSCAIP

My other sources of publishing industry news info:

Book Business / The Bookseller (UK) | Booktrade.info | BusinessWire |  Mediabistro | PaidContent | Publisher's Lunch  | Publisher's Weekly | Reuters

 Also Google News searches:

children's ebooks | "publishing industry" | "children's books" | "children's book publishing" | "picture books" |teen books | YA books

including searches for particular publishers & imprints like:

Annick Press | Arthur A. Levine Books | Bloomsbury | Candlewick | Dorling Kindersley | Dutton Children's Books | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | Harper Collins | Ladybird Books | Lee & Low | Neal Porter Books | Orchard Books | Puffin Books | Random House | Roaring Book Press | Hachette Book Group | Scholastic |  Simon & Schuster | Tundra Books

Kidlit/YA Book Review Sites (under construction):

Note - this is not meant to be a list of ALL sites/blogs that focus on kitlit/YA book reviews, but a selection of those which are well-established (at least 2 years old & post regularly) or most trafficked, with the majority of posts being about other kidlit/YA books rather than the author's own projects. I reserve the right to make exceptions based on entirely subjective reasons. 

100 Scope Notes | A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy | A Patchwork of Books | Becky's Book Reviews | Book Moot | Bookshelves of Doom | Charlotte's Library (SF/F) | Chasing Ray | Cheryl Rainfield | Cynsations | Educating Alice | Finding Wonderland | Fuse #8 | Great Kid Books | GreenBeanTeenQueen | GuysLitWire | The Happy Nappy Bookseller | I'm Here. I'm Queer. What Do I Read? | Jen Robinson's Book Page | Mitali's Fire Escape | Motherreader | Page In Training | Pink Me | Reading Rockets | Seven Impossible Things | Waking Brain Cells