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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.

**NEW**: For a peek into how picture book I'M BORED was created, see the I'M BORED Scrapbook Blog.

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Publisher Blogs

Under construction:

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

My Writing/Art Collab Blogs

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.

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Creative Commons Licence

Writer comics by Debbie Ridpath Ohi are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

More details: Comic Use Policy

Kidlit/YA Links

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

Writer's Guide To Twitter > The Basics > How do I find out if anyone's mentioned me in their tweets?

To see an index of topics, please see the Main Twitter Guide For Writers page. To go back to my blog for kidlit/YA writers and illustrators, see Inkygirl. You can find me on Twitter at @inkyelbows (focus: craft & biz of writing) and @DebbieOhi (chatty replies, Twitter chats).

PLEASE NOTE: Twitter's interface has changed since I first created this FAQ, so some of the technical details and screenshots may differ slightly. The essential info remains the same. 

Search the FAQ for entries containing:

How do I find out if anyone's mentioned me in their tweets?

You can see what's in YOUR Mentions/Replies feed by logging in, going to the main Twitter page, then clicking on the "@username" link in the righthand column (where "username" is your Twitter name).

Last updated on July 13, 2010 by Debbie Ridpath Ohi