Inkygirl Archive Index (2010+)
Because of several Wordpress hacks, I ended up having to abandon my old Inkygirl archives from 2003-2009 and move to a new service (Squarespace). Recreating the archived posts would take forever, but I someday hope to move at least some of them over. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Entries by Category
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- Blogs and communities (80)
- Book Reviews (14)
- Business of writing (10)
- Comics for writers (182)
- Conference/Event Reports (34)
- Craft of writing (20)
- Doodle Post (4)
- Feature articles (7)
- Guest Blogger: Julie Duffy (3)
- Health & Time (8)
- Illustration & Writing (8)
- Inkygirl Caption Challenges (7)
- Inkygirl Interviews (36)
- Inkygirl Writing Challenges (41)
- Inspiration (36)
- iPad writer apps (6)
- iPhone writer apps (12)
- Jobs/markets (6)
- Literacy (2)
- Picture books (21)
- Podcasts For Writers (2)
- Promotion & Marketing (7)
- Publishing industry news (15)
- Random Diversions (33)
- Reference/tools (3)
- Rejection stories (2)
- Rejections (4)
- Site news and admin (71)
- Social Media (5)
- Software for writers (4)
- Surveys and polls (11)
- Tech/digital/e-books (27)
- Time management, organization (17)
- Twitter Tips (4)
- Uncategorized (3)
- Videos (34)
- Will Write For Chocolate (2)
- Writer quotes (5)
- Writing contests (no entry fee) (7)
- Writing Habits (5)
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- Interview with Celia Lee, Assistant Editor At Cartwheel Books (Scholastic), open to unagented submissions from Inkygirl readers for limited time
- Comic: Bibliophile Bus Stop
- MicroBookTweet: DOLL BONES by Holly Black, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
- Assembling A Children's Illustrator Portfolio: Choosing The Portfolio, Images, Assembly and More
- Interview with Eliza Wheeler about MISS MAPLE'S SEEDS and DOLL BONES
- The Joy and Angst of Reading A Good Book
- Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!
- Trying out Authorgraph.com to digitally sign & doodle autographs
- Comic: Squirrel Writer Conspiracy
- Sophie Blackall's 19th century style mailing promotes her new picture book
- My Exciting News(!!): Two Book Contracts With Random House Children's Books
- Kindoma remote bedtime reading could be useful for authors
- Kudos and Thanks
- MicroBookTweet: MAYA WAS GRUMPY by Courtney Pippin-Mathurs (Flashlight Press)
- Back on Mon. April 22nd
- Comic: Sometimes you just have to learn to let go...
- Survey results: 49% survey respondents feel negatively re: Amazon's acquisition of Goodreads
- Amazon To Acquire Goodreads
- Comic: The Wrong Time To Query An Editor
- Any other comic geeks out there? You need to get OOKLA THE MOK VS EVIL
- 2013 Keep Toronto Reading: If I Could Save One Book.... #KeepTorontoReading
- Comic: The Book Title
- Comic: Bookworm Kid
- Comic: Creative Procrastination
- Comic: Coffee Stain Breakup
- No illustrator track at Niagara Writer Retreat/Conference this year
- Looking forward to reading these Sara Zarr books
- fAiRy gOdSiStErS iNk 6th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference Scholarship - Deadline: April 15th
- Writers, illustrators and Twitter's Vine app
- It's official: Just received contracts for RUBY ROSE books!
- Jimmy Fallon, Twitter and book recommendations (and some Twitter tips for authors and publishers)
- Publishing with Skyscape/Amazon Children's: An Interview With Leslie Stella, YA author of PERMANENT RECORD
- Interview with Hilary T. Smith, WILD AWAKE author & former anonymous INTERN blogger
- Hanging out with Neil Flambé writer/illustrator Kevin Sylvester
- Interview with Rachel Poloski: Production Associate at Abrams/Amulet Books (and my 24,000th Twitter follower!)
- Review: GroovBoard - Lap writing desk and stand for the iPad
- Happy birthday to my agent at Curtis Brown, Ginger Knowlton!
- In The End, It's All About Young Readers
- Interview with John Martz, illustrator of WHO'S ON FIRST by Abbott & Costello (Quirk Books)
- The Book Mind Of Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
- MicroBookReview: DEATH WATCH by Ari Berk
- Happy International Book Giving Day!
- Comic: Valentine's Rejection
- SCBWI-NYC Takeaway #2: Meg Rosoff, children's books and changing lives
- SCBWI-NYC Takeaway #1: Shaun Tan & The Importance of Maintaining A Bubble Of Delusion
- Interview with Jo Knowles on writing process, writer advice & SEE YOU AT HARRY'S
- MicroBookReview: THE DARKEST CORNER OF THE WORLD by Urve Tamberg
- Offline until Tues. February 5th, 2013
- Interview With YA Author S.J. Laidlaw About Process, Persistence and AN INFIDEL IN PARADISE
- Interview: Joyce Grant on GABBY, Picture Book Writing & Editing Process, and Advice For Aspiring Writers
- NAKED! Process: Overall Narrative, Thinking vs Drawing & more on Pixel Shavings
- MicroBookTweet: CODE NAME VERITY by Elizabeth Wein
- MicroBookReview: FURY OF THE PHOENIX by Cindy Pon
- Comic: The Rejection Letter
- Comic: Plot For Sale
- Announcing my next illustration project for Simon & Schuster: NAKED! by Michael Ian Black
- Inkygirl chosen for Writer's Digest's list of 101 Best Websites For Writers
- Comic: Octopus Writer
- Comic: The Rejection
- Comic: Death and The Writer
- Comic: The Celebrity Poet
- DIY: Turn Your Book Into A Bag!
- Comic: World Writers Guild Crisis
- Interview with children's book author Ame Dyckman about BOY + BOT, picture books & writing process
- Comic: The Plot Hole
- Comic: Freelance Rates
- You don't find time to write. You make time. - Nora Roberts
- Comic: Some Quiet Writing Time...Or Not
- Comic: Pinocchio's Critique
- Comic: Something Amazing
- Comic: You May Be Luckier Than You Think
- Comic: Sometimes You Just Have To Let Go...
- New comic on Writer Unboxed
- 23,000th Follower Profile: YA Author Julie Williams On Writing Process, Art and Tips For Aspiring Writers
- Comic: Not A Good Way To Start The Year...
- Comic: Too Much Backstory
- Comic: Writer Biscotti
- Comic: Pros and Cons Of Being A Freelance Writer
- Limited time to write but seeking a motivational challenge?
- Work goals for 2013: MiG Writers
- Happy New Year's, everyone!
- My 2013 Goal: To Make More Time To Read and Create Books (plus a New Year's Resolution Comic)
- Will Write For Chocolate updated: "Waiting For The Critique"
- Inkygirl survey results: how you discovered books this year
- Project For Awesome: Debs & Errol talk about supporting literacy nonprofit The Office Of Letters and Light
- Inkygirl Golden Cupcake Winner: Kite Tails Newsletter
- Inspiring TED Talk From Children's Book Author/Illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- "A Gift Of Time" holiday gift certificate for your writer friends
- I'M BORED Process: How a picture book is translated into other languages
- Comic: The Best Gift For Writers
- Interview with Adrienne Kress about THE FRIDAY SOCIETY: creative process & advice for writers
- Comic: Snowman Writer Gift
- Comic: Snowman Writer Gift
- Interview with Lena Coakley, author of WITCHLANDERS
- A Thank You To Justin Chanda and Simon & Schuster Children's
- Happy "Take Your Child To A Bookstore" Day!
- Comic Caption Contest & A PiBoIdMo Guest Post
- New NaNoMusical episode out today: "Page and Page Count" (and my book is in the first scene, woohoo!)
- Daily NaNoToons being posted over at NaNoToons.net
- Today's Google Doodle celebrates Bram Stoker's books
- Episode 2 of NaNoMusical now online!
- New comic on Writer Unboxed
- Tina Cho's Advice For Aspiring Picture Book Writers
- KidLit Cares: KidLit Community Raises Funds For Post-Sandy Relief Efforts
- NaNoToons, NaNoWriMo & Nanomusical...plus why I'm a NaNoRebel this year
- PiBoIdMo: Picture Book Idea Month
- Halloween Comic: Even Witches Have Deadlines
- Interview with YA author Maureen McGowan about DEVIANTS
- New Survey: How do YOU discover books?
- Book Trailer Survey Results: What Works & What Doesn't
- A new NaNoMusical trailer (and I'm in it, woohoo!)
- Writing Challenges: Remember WHY you do them
- I'M BORED in Seven Impossible Things today
- Trying out Animation Desk app for the iPad: potential book trailer use?
- Comedian Librarian Meredith Myers Offers Musical Tribute To Edgar Allan Poe
- Comic: The Digital Revolution
- All Hallows Read: Give A Book This Halloween
- Interview with Rob Sanders (Picture This!) about COWBOY CHRISTMAS
- David LaRochelle: Children's Book Author/Illustrator AND Pro Pumpkin Carver
- My interview on London Time about illustrating children's books
- Comic: Writer Health Tip Of The Day
- NaNoWriMo Comic Archives (Part 1)
- Comic: Autumn Procrastination
- I'M BORED into its second printing, yay!
- Look what the SCBWI Head Office sent me by snail mail...
- To fellow Canadian writers out there: Happy Thanksgiving weekend!
- Nominations Open For The 2012 Cybils
- Micro Book Review: GEEKS, GIRLS AND SECRET IDENTITIES by Mike Jung
- Survey Results: Print vs Digital Purchase?
- Happy National Punctuation Day!
- My informal surveys about writing, reading & publishing
- Comic: Pirate Plagiarism (in honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day)
- I'M BORED reviewed by The New York Times today!
- Interview with TYPE Books owner + I'M BORED launch info
- I'M BORED interviews, guest posts a podcast (and many giveaways of the book!)
- I'M BORED (my first children's book!) launches TODAY
- Comic: Alphabet Soup
- Seeking I'M BORED "In The Wild" photos
- I'M BORED is A Junior Library Guild Selection!
- Fun "Call me Maybe" video by Pilot bookstore, newspaper & magazine
- I'M BORED Music Video - 11 more days until the launch, woohoo!
- SCBWI-LA Takeaway #1: Don't expect everything to happen at your first conference. Experience breeds opportunity.
- Photos from SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles 2012
- Tara Kressler On Libraries and Being A Librarian
- Comic: Revision Angst
- Interview with Helaine Becker, author of How To Survive Absolutely Anything
- Comic: Punctuation For Sale
- My Toasted Cheese interview on NOT being bored: my unusual career path, time management, working with Simon & Schuster and more
- Interview with Jocelyn Shipley about HOW TO TEND A GRAVE
- Comic: Scrabble Addict
- A Thank You Letter To The SCBWI
- Comic: Lemming Critique
- Judy Blume's FOREVER available in ebook format!
- I'M BORED got a starred review in Publishers Weekly!
- Comic: Shades Of Grey-Ish & The Editor
- Comic: Punctuation Breakup
- Comic Caption Contest: Man Eating Manuscript
- Comic: Housefly Writers
- Interview with Joanne Levy, author of SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE
- Comic: Fox Writers
- Comic: Bad Dog
- Comic: Writer Wish
- I'M BORED journal updated: early sketches, pacing and advice for aspiring picture book writers
- Interview: YA author Nelsa Roberto and THE BREAK
- Round-Up: Kidlit/YA Writing Opportunities
- Illustrated quote: It's never too late to revise
- Will Write For Chocolate updated
- And the Golden Marmot Award goes to: Liana Brooks
- Comic: When You Know Your Short Story's Too Long
- R.I.P. Ray Bradbury
- Cautionary Comic For Writers
- Will Write For Chocolate updated: Eliza's Fantasy
- Magic Town: Virtual World Based On Picture Books (and open to submissions)
- Comic: Writers On Vacation
- Comic: What you SHOULDN'T do when asking for a critique...
- Comic For Book Nerds: "Can't Judge A Book…."
- Interview: YA Author Deborah Kerbel & UNDER THE MOON
- Google+ Chat with my MiG writer friend, Christina Farley
- Inkygirl Golden Cupcake Award: The World According To Maggie (Stiefvater)
- Graphic Review: The Yo-Yo Prophet by Karen Krossing (Orca Books)
- On Writers and Elves: A Neil Gaiman Quote
- Children's Book Tributes at Starbucks in Toronto
- Video: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
- Comic: Feline Rejection
- Comic: Apostrophe Abuse Breakup
- Comic: Clown Writer
- Comic: The Obsessed Writer
- Writing & Illustrating A Picture Book For Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers (Part 2: Brainstorming, Story Pitch, Thumbnail Assignment)
- Writing & Illustrating A Picture Book For Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers (Part 1: Intro)
- Interview with Holly Thompson, editor of TOMO: Friendship Through Fiction (Stone Bridge Press) plus a giveaway
- Advice for illustrators entering their first SCBWI Portfolio Showcase
- I'M BORED Scrapbook updated: My First Visit To Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers In NYC
- A new comic in Writer Unboxed about The P-Word
- Video: Publishing explained with Star Wars figures, by James Renner
- Comic: Writer Research Or Procrastination?
- MiGwriters Blog Update: Interview with Ginger Knowlton of Curtis Brown Ltd
- Espresso Patronum at Starbucks in Toronto
- Have you ever been asked to write or illustrate "for GREAT EXPOSURE" instead of cash?
- This week on MiGwriters: meet our agents from Transatlantic, Curtis Brown, Jennifer DeChiara and Jennifer Lyons
- Comic: The Edible Library Restaurant
- Comic: The Misplaced Apostrophe
- Jane Friedman: Should You Focus On Your Writing Or Your Platform?
- Capstone Launches Capstone Young Readers
- BookMentors.org To Launch This Fall
- Regnery To Launch New Children's Imprint: Little Patriot Press
- Bloomsbury editor on new imprint, Bloomsbury Circus
- Rex Pickett's SIDEWAYS was rejected 70-80 times
- Writer/illustrator conferences, good news and a new Pixel Shavings post
- Just signed up for the Story A Day May Challenge!
- Comic: The Frog Editor
- Comic: Slow Writer
- Coming up on MiGwriters: Interviews With Our Agents From Transatlantic, Curtis Brown, JenniferDeChiara and Jennifer Lyons
- Comic: Hamster Writers
- Comic: Cat and Dog Editors
- Comic: Perseverance In A Shoe
- My interview on Raychelle Writes | The Writer's Block
- My Big News: TWO BOOK CONTRACTS with Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers (!)
- Interview with Jackie Garlick-Pynaert, Coordinator of the SCBWI CE Niagara Falls Writers' Retreat & Conference
- Board Game For Writers: Cyrano
- Comic: No More Harry Potter
- My National Library Week Drawing
- National Library Week: April 8-14, 2012
- Through-The-Wardrobe Narnia Theme Room | BoingBoing
- Easter Bunny Writer Cartoon Caption Challenge
- Interview With Lee Wardlaw, My First Writing Mentor: Children's Books, Advice and a Book Giveaway
- Pay It Forward: Sharing The Books at Union Station in Toronto
- Pay It Forward: Global Book Reading Flash Mob Event Today at 4 pm (your timezone)
- My new comic about the I'M BORED creation process
- Writing community highlight: Writer's Bloq
- Creating book trailers for YA fiction anthology TOMO
- MiG Writers Blog: meeting one of my critique partners face-to-face for the first time!
- TU Books seeking middle grade and YA speculative fiction novels
- Comic: Daily Savings Procrastination
- Comic: Bilbiophile Break-Up
- Mar/2012 Torkidlit Meetup at the Bedford Academy
- Everything you ever wanted to know about middle grade: by Molly O'Neill & Michael Bourret
- Inspiration, Art and a 12-Course Susur Lee Dinner at the Autodesk SketchBook Toronto Event
- Woohoo! My contributor's copies of TOMO are here!!
- New Blog: SUSAN SAYS - by children's book literary agent, Susan Hawk
- Blog Highlight: Schiel & Denver's Ramblings From A Busy Publishing Office
- Michael Ian Black and I'M BORED
- Congrats to Valerie Haight: My 16,000th Twitter Follower!
- Comics for writers, Will Write For Chocolate and thoughts on self-publishing
- Comic: Fast Writer Envy
- Comic: Plot For Sale
- Comic: Death and the Writer
- I'M BORED Scrapbook Blog Launched: how a picture book was created
- Comic: Valentine Rejection
- Video series with Literary Agent Kristin every Friday
- Interview: Hazel Mitchell & HIDDEN NEW JERSEY (Post a comment to be entered in the prize draw!)
- Allen & Unwin opens Friday Pitch to kidlit/YA writers
- One Of My Favourite New SCBWI Friends: Mike Curato
- Comic: Back from a writer's conference…now what?
- Comics for SCBWI conference newbies (or any writing/illustrating conferences)
- Google+ Hangout with my SCBWI Illustration Mentee Pals
- It's Easy To Write A Picture Book. Writing a GOOD Picture Book, On The Other Hand...
- THE F&Gs FOR "I'M BORED" JUST ARRIVED!!!!
- GUEST POST: Hazel Mitchell on the creation of her picture book ebook with UTales
- Video: For Joy Of Books
- GUEST POST: Hazel Mitchell on the creation of her picture book ebook with UTales
- Picture Book Creation Process: I'M BORED Sneak Peek
- I'm Bored sample page spreads online AND a comment from the Very Famous Michael Ian Black
- Annual Kidlitart Picture Book Dummy Challenge starts today!
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed
- Jan/2012 Torkidlit Meetup at the Bedford Academy
- Virtual Housekeeping and Resolutions
- 10 Years Later: just posted my last publishing industry news column for Writersmarket.com
- Will Write For Chocolate: Best Gift For A Writer
- Will Write For Chocolate updated
- Reading Lord Of The Rings…The Final Attempt
- Comic: Writer Office Organization
- Google+ Hangouts: Creative Collab Potential But Not Quite Ready for KidLit/YA
- Cuppa Jolie blog: SCBWI Pre-Conference Interview with my agent, Ginger Knowlton!
- Why I'm Quitting Klout
- HarperKids video: Meet Author/Illustrator Kevin Kenkes
- 10 Reasons Why My Agent (Ginger Knowlton) Rocks
- Photos from the Torkidlit Holiday Party
- Comic: Writer & Santa
- Lost Weekend with David Diaz (Part 2): Art, Food & Friendship
- Comic: Internet Social Media Addiction Group
- Another DebsAndErrol Song: NaNoWriMo Overnight
- Angry Robot launches new YA imprint
- Lost Weekend with David Diaz (Part 1): Art, Food & Friendship
- New Debs&Errol Music Video For Writers: "First Page Of My Story"
- Reader thanks from my childhood autograph book: Ray Bradbury
- Color proofs for I'M BORED arrived today!
- Back from my trip but am still catching up...
- NaNoWriMo comics and songs from my friends Errol & Debs
- Disney Launches New Children's Magazine
- New Will Write For Chocolate: "Mimi Does NaNoWriMo"
- Former Bloomsbury Editor Launches Teen E-book Publisher
- How To Set Up An Author Or Book Page On Google+ (Part 1)
- Inkygirl's now on Google+, woohoo!
- Doodle Guest Post About Idea Notebooks: PiBoIdMo Blog
- Neil Gaiman retweet fame, NaNoToons, Debs & Errol NaNoWriMo Comics
- Torkidlit Bedford Academy Meetup: Nov/2011
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed
- Inkpop: HarperCollins’ community YA site
- Comic: Bad Rabbit
- Oh wow. I have my VERY OWN PAGE on the Simon & Schuster website!
- Comic: Bad Dog
- November 2011 is Picture Book Month
- Yay! I'm allowed to post the cover for I'M BORED!
- NaNoWriMo Music Video from Debs and Errol
- Halloween Comic Caption Winner: Kelly Light
- WWFC Archives: Wrinkle In Time Halloween Costume
- Inkygirl Golden Cupcake Award: Writer's Knowledge Base
- NaNoWriMo Music Videos & NaNoWriMo Comics & a new NANOTOONS Facebook Page
- Comic: Some Things Don't Change
- Book Review Comic: The Plot Whisperer, by Martha Alderson (plus plotting tips & some plot cartoons)
- Kidlit/YA News Quickie Round-Up
- Daniel Nayeri: Book Commercials vs Book Trailers
- Facebook vs Google+ For Children's/YA Writers & Illustrators: My Take So Far
- Halloween Cartoon Caption Challenge
- Kidlit News Quickie Round-up
- PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Ideal Month) sign-up starts today
- Happy International All Caps Day!
- Kidlit News Quickie Round-up
- Kidlit News Quickie Round-up
- Comic: Bibliophile Bus Stop
- Video interview & book trailer: THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER by Michelle Hodkin
- Adrienne Kress wrote a blog post about me!
- Ongoing writing challenge with more flexibility than NaNoWriMo: 250, 500 or 1000 Words A Day
- Comic: Back To School & Writing Parents
- Kern Me
- Comic: Autumn Procrastination
- To Fellow Canucks Out There: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
- Review on MiG: The Literary Ladies' Guide to the Writing Life, by Nava Atlas
- Happy 2nd Anniversary, Torkidlit!
- Bookcomic Review: UNFINISHED ANGEL by Sharon Creech
- On poetry, language and Robert Lee Brewer's ESCAPE
- TOMO anthology of Japan teen stories launch date: March 2012
- Google+ Hangout with Pixel Shavings
- Writer & Illustrators: Don't forget the fun!
- Working on the cover for I'M BORED
- Congrats to Marilyn Hilton, winner of the 2011 Sue Alexander Award
- Comic: Pirate Plagiarism (in honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day)
- Time Management and Social Media: Progress Update #1
- Woohoo - my illustrated short story's been accepted for the TOMO anthology!
- Daily motivation: #amwriting
- My sister's book trailer PLUS soundtrack composed by my niece
- Creativity & Productivity: Rethinking my social media and blogging habits
- Sue Alexander Award Nomination!
- Directory of Literary People (Writers, Librarians, Kidlit/YA, Comics/Webcomics, Teachers, Digital Publishing & EBooks, Children's Book Illustrators etc.) on Google+
- Comic: Library Theft
- Comic: Bibliophile Break-up
- KafkaGirl.com: YA Author Andrew Tolson, Blogging, and Enticing Editors
- Comic: Punctuation Kidfight
- Why I'm Loving Google+: Perspective of a writer, illustrator, musician/songwriter and board gamer (plus tips for newbies)
- Comic: Books Or Me
- MiG Writer Post: How To Create A Successful Unreliable Narrator in Middle Grade Fiction
- Guest Post: Four Steps To Writing Success - by Julie Duffy
- Video for teens from authors & illustrators: It Gets Better
- Cartoon Caption Challenge: Writer & Her Cat
- Productivity & the Internet: Update On My Revamped Work Day Progress
- Getting Sucked Into The Time Sink of the Internet...and What I'm Going To Do About It (What About YOU?)
- In NYC right now
- Blog Highlight: Writers and Kitties
- Interview: Jo Karaplis on Fractured Fairy Tales
- Cheering For Books at the Festival Of Trees / Forest Of Reading (Ontario Library Association project)
- Me and My Stylish Blogger Award (and 10 Things About Me You May Or May Not Know)
- Writer's Block song from Debs and Errol
- Interview: Hélène Boudreau on book tours, writing, promotion and MERMAIDS
- Writer Unboxed Comic: Mother's Day
- Torkidlit Tweetup: May 4th
- Using Story A Day May and NaPiBoWriWee To Brainstorm Book Ideas
- Interview: Middle Grade & YA Author Adrienne Kress On Writing, Acting & The Friday Society
- Carmella Van Vleet on writing nonfiction & SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
- Paula Yoo and National Picture Book Writing Week (NaPiBoWriWee)
- Julie Duffy on the Story A Day May Challenge
- Inspiration from Libba Bray
- New Will Write For Chocolate comic
- Comic: Exclamation Abuse Support Center
- Comic: Critique Betrayal
- PiBoIdMo and Tara Lazar
- Want To Write? 18 Great Writers & Thinkers Show You How (Guest Post: Julie Duffy)
- Torkidlit Loves Japan!
- Comic: Hazards of Being A Writer
- Hey, I'm in this video of the iPad 2 launch line in Toronto!
- Lining up for 11 hours at the iPad 2 launch in Toronto
- RNIB video: A World Without Books
- Not happy with Zazzle and Warner Bros right now
- Comic: No Magic Beans...JUST WRITE
- Writer Survey & An Amusing Barton Fink Video Clip: "I'm A Writer, You Monsters!"
- New comic for writers posted on Writer Unboxed
- Support the Red Cross & win a hand-illustrated custom poem from yours truly
- My writing critique group made me cry
- Writers & Voice: my MiG Writers' blog series
- Will Write For Chocolate updated (finally)
- Back home, catching up
- Podcasts For Writers: Guest Post From Julie Duffy
- A Tale To Tell: Collaborative Illustrated Storytelling
- Mesmerizing Video: Organizing The Bookcase
- Writers For The Red Cross
- Writers and Voice
- Reminder to writers: Don't forget to take regular breaks!
- Photographic evidence of the fading Twilight trend
- Writers and Voice: new comic up on Writer Unboxed
- NaNoEdMo - National Novel Editing Month
- Comic: Valentine's Rejection (revamped)
- Routines For Writers, Erin Bow and Writing Spaces
- My two main takeaways from the SCBWI conference in NYC
- Daily Word Count Challenge: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- NYC Trip Report (Part 1): Mark Fowler, Rights Of Writers, and The Center For Fiction
- Laurent Linn & Excitement & CAN'T WAIT
- Caught up in comment moderation -- apologies!
- Reading habits
- Promoting My Book Projects On Second Life
- Daily Wordcount Check-In: So how did you all do this past week?
- The Today Show Snubs Children's Book Award Winners...And What YOU Can Do About It
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed
- Golden Marmot Award goes to: MIKE JUNG
- Showing Reader Loyalty Through...Tattoos? (and a new comic)
- Time management tip for writers: keep a work diary
- Literary fiction writers: "Dear Lucky Agent" Contest
- Word Count Challenge Check-In
- Great cartoon about the Huckleberry Finn revamp controversy
- Picture book Dummy Challenge
- Writer Productivity Tip: unsubscribe to as many mailing lists as you can
- 250, 500, 1000 Words A Day Challenge now on Facebook
- Happy New Year's, all!
- Comic: Writer's Santa Wish List
- Comic: Santa's deadline
- 1000, 500, and 250 words a day: Personal Writer Challenge ... With Leeway
- Please vote: Writers Digest 101 Best Websites For Writers
- Cartoon Caption Challenge: Pencil-nose Snowman
- Comic: Frosty and the Stamp
- Comic: Mom's Christmas Wish List
- Comic: Finding A Quiet Place To Write: Idea #241
- Comic: Snowman Gift
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed today
- Comic: Great Cough Syrup For Writers
- One Of The Many Reasons I Love My Agent, Ginger Knowlton
- Natalie Goldberg video
- Errol Elumir's NaNoToons & NaNoWriMo farewell music video
- Comic: Serious Line Editing
- Rights Of Writers: Can You Sell 1st Publication Rights To A Story Posted Online?
- U.S. Thanksgiving NaNoToon for writers now online
- Comic: Writer On Thanksgiving
- Comic: What they're really thinking
- To American writers out there: Happy Thanksgiving!
- Errol's new music video: "NaNo Will Make A Scribe Out Of You"
- Daily NaNoWriMo comics!
- Cartoon Caption Contest for writers -- with prizes!
- NaNoToon archives: "You First"
- More Nanotoons from the archives
- Jane Austen's Fight Club
- Nanotoon comics from the archives
- Interview: Robert Lee Brewer & the Poem-A-Day (PAD) Chapbook Challenge
- Inkygirl Haven mentioned in The Second Life Enquirer
- Comic: Daylight Savings Procrastination
- Children's writers and illustrators on Second Life
- New comic for writers on Writer Unboxed
- Yay! Comics are up on the NaNoWriMo site now...
- NaNoWriMo comics from the archives
- Learning about rondeaus from Robert Lee Brewer
- NaNoWriMo Comics
- PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) starts today!
- Comic: Witch Writer
- NaNoDrawMo, NaNoWriMo, PiBoIdMo and PAD
- Morning writing session in Second Life
- A new NaNoWriMo music video from my friend Errol!
- Lack of updates
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed!
- Looking for a reliable writer, editor or reader?
- Elizabeth C. Bunce on world-building and novel prep
- NaNoWriMo Song from Errol Elumir
- Blog Highlight: Beyond The Margins
- Finding More Time To Write, Quickie Tip: Learn How To Say NO
- New comic on Writer Unboxed: Obsessive Compulsive Editing Support Group
- Business Insider profiled me in an article!
- Banned Book Week, Cheryl Rainfield's challenge, & #SpeakLoudly
- Happy Punctuation Day!
- My post about time management, creative productivity, managing multiple projects
- Posting morning digital publishing, iPad & ebook news
- Excited! And here's why...
- Coffee with Claudia Osmond and Andrew Tolson
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed
- How Nelsa Roberto wrote & sold her YA novel debut: ILLEGALLY BLONDE
- Kathryn Stockett's THE HELP rejected by almost 50 agents
- Khaled Hosseini likes to read a few lines from a favourite novel before he starts to write
- New iPad comic created entirely on my iPad
- #Kidlitchat tonight on Twitter at 9 pm EST
- Wordcount Challenge Check-in For Writers: 250, 500, 1000 Words/Day
- iPad Apps For Writers
- Message to my younger self
- No one loves their iPad more than I love my iPad
- JoNoWriMo+1.5
- For those who liked the Apostrophe Song...
- Multi-talented speculative fiction writer Maya Bohnhoff sings on video
- Comic: Back To School
- Promote A Friend's Book! It's Random Acts Of Publicity Week (Sept.7-10, 2010)
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed
- Nonfiction Childrens' Writers Critique Group seeks new members
- The Apostrophe Song
- SCBWI Illustration Mentees Blog Launched
- Digital publishing, E-Books & iPads
- Time Management Tip
- Are you ready for Random Acts Of Publicity Week? (Sept.7-10)
- Laurie Halse Anderson: Your Time Is Your Currency
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 words/day
- Morning Inspiration: "To Be Of Use"
- Lois Peterson: Wrote 3 Drafts Of A Book In 5 Days (Interview)
- Time management and writing...and a poll
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 words a day
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed
- Ginger says I can post the news, so here goes...
- Still waiting...
- Morning Pages
- Wordcount Challenge Check-in + Writing Goal Round-Up
- Lee & Low Books Announces Contest For Writers Of Color
- Waiting
- Wow
- My interview on Ink Spells, by Susan Kaye Quinn
- Seeking inspiring/upbeat advice or observations on writer rejection for my book
- Linda Sue Park on writing middle grade novels
- Before you believe all the "The publishing industry is doomed!" hype...
- Digital magazines aren't quite there yet
- Never too late to find writing success
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 words/day
- Deborah Halverson: Ultimate Checklist for Submitting to Publishers
- New post up on Writer Unboxed
- 2010 SCBWI-LA Takeaways: Jon Scieszka
- 2010 SCBWI Illustrator Mentorship Award Winners!
- A Brief (And Somewhat Stunned) Post From The SCBWI Conference In L.A.
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 Words/Day
- Will Write For Chocolate has been updated
- Countdown to the SCBWI Convention
- Comic up at Writer Unboxed
- How NOT To Approach An Editor At A Writers' Conference
- The Old Spice Guy Praises Libraries and Books (VIDEO)
- Writer's Guide To Twitter updated
- Blog highlight: Rachelle Gardner's Rants & Ramblings
- Golden Marmot Winner: SlushPile Hell
- Revision checklist: before you submit your mss
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Torkidlit Tweetup: July 8th, 2010
- Interview with Claudia Osmond, author of SMUDGE'S MARK
- Blog highlight: Between Fact & Fiction, by Natalie Whipple
- Win a 10 page critique from my writers' group!
- Wordcount Challenge Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 Words A Day
- New comic on Writer Unboxed
- Bookshelf Porn
- Charles Dickens Dog Collar: Just $11,590
- Insurance Company Owner Responds To My Writing Contest Warning Post
- Finding the balance between the feel of a real book & the digital world
- Please help me with my book proposal!
- Writing Contests: Always Read The Fine Print!
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- You're never too old to start writing
- Writers: avoid these clichés like the plague!
- How do YOU avoid getting distracted by the Internet?
- Cartoon Caption Challenge
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Cartoon Caption Contest Winner: John Hewitt
- Switching my blogs from Wordpress to Squarespace
- Still fiddling with Squarespace security settings...
- Versatile Blogger Award
- Blog Highlight: Ink Gleanings
- Cartoon Caption Contest
- Inkygirl moved to Squarespace
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Please help me test out the revamped Inkygirl
- Moving To Squarespace...and thank you!
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed
- Time management and focusing on the CONTENT
- Writers: take this health challenge & increase your productivity
- Book Signings: amusing video and some advice
- Over-enthusiastic spam-blocker
- Inkygirl is BACK...and some security tips for other bloggers
- Wordcount Challenge Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- BuNoWriMo - write a novel in June
- Weekly wdcount check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Reading magazines on the iPad
- Weekly wordcount check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- New comic up on Writer Unboxed!
- Looking for a useful notetaking or writing app for the iPad?
- My reviews of writing & note-taking iPad apps
- DRM, e-books, and Fictionwise/B&N Removing Access To Books *I Have Already Paid For*
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500 and 1000 wds/day
- Toronto MG/YA Writers' Group #torkidlit tweetup
- Notetaking & writing on the iPad: First app review - Sketchpad HD
- iPad envy comic, drawn on my iPad
- Bluestocking Blog: Lessons Learned at a Writing Conference
- C.S. Lewis may NOT have been rejected 800 times
- Magazines and the iPad: review of Zinio & thoughts about reading/buying digital magazines
- Comic: Editorial Marriage Proposal Rejection
- Blog highlight: Literary Rejections On Display
- Weekly Wordcount Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- My comics on Writer Unboxed
- Morning Ritual Goal: Posting less online but writing more
- Write from your own passion
- Story A Day challenge for writers: May 2010
- Inkygirl In Writer's Digest "Best Websites" List!
- Weekly Wordcount Check-In: 250, 500, 1000 words/day
- Interview with YA author Deborah Kerbel
- What e-book seller Kobo learned in 12 months about selling e-books (Video)
- E-Book Readers for the iPad
- My iPad Review, Part 1: writing, reading and drawing on the iPad
- Better To Outline Or Not To Outline? Some Survey Responses
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 words/day
- My Fictionwise e-book woes continue...
- Fictionwise eReader Not Supporting iPad
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Old typewriters as mechanical art
- Three more days until I pick up my iPad
- My Life In A Nutshell updated
- 100 Pages in 30 Days: Script Frenzy!
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Seven more days
- Comics for writers: Bo's Cafe Life
- YA Author Rock Band: Tiger Beat
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- "Motion magazine" demo on iPad
- Lovely Blog Award + 15 sites to visit
- Hey, I'm "Blog Of The Week" at Profwriting!
- WWFC: Michael Finds A Niche
- iPad anticipation cartoon
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Taskpaper: minimalist note-taking PLUS other favorite organization/writing apps
- New version of Black Mana Studio's Manuscript fixes import/export issues
- Interview with Mahtab Narsimhan: The Silver Anklet
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
- Happy National Grammar Day!
- Weekly Wordcount Check-in (1000, 500, 250 wds/day)
- Gail Carson Levine's blog
- Phatitude Literary magazine relaunches
- Laura Resnick's Writer Resource page
- My interview on Novelists Inc
- Curio for the iPad?
- Survey: Do you outline or not?
- Manuscript (Black Mana Studios) follow-up: a disappointment
- Weekly Wordcount Challenge Check-in (250, 500, 1000 wds/day)
- Testing out Zengobi's Curio as a brainstorming tool for writers
- iPhone app for writers: StoryPages
- Storytelling app: StoryPlease
- Blog Highlight: Routines For Writers
- Children's books on the iPhone
- Audio Footnote lets you record notes while reading an e-book
- Brilliant book promo: Pam Bachorz and Candorville
- Weekly Wordcount Challenge (250, 500, 1000 wds/day) Check-In
- The Valentine
- iPhone app for writers: Manuscript
- iPhone app for writers: Auteureist
- How To Use A Semicolon
- Writers' community highlight: PublishersCafe
- Weekly Wordcount Challenge Check-In (250, 500, 1000 wds/day)
- iPad bashing now compared to iPod bashing in 2001
- Recommended: Darcy Pattison's Fiction Notes
- How Shannon Delany's cell phone novel ended up as a St. Martin's Press book
- iPhone app for writers: Write Chain
- Weekly Wordcount Challenge (250, 500, 1000 wds/day) Check-In
- iPad: No "ragged text" or hyphenation option in iBooks e-reader?
- Why I'm excited about the Apple iPad
- New Apple iPad starts at $499 | iPad info roundup
- Where to get live coverage of the Apple tablet announcement today
- Making More Time To Write: E-mail Follow-up
- Ruth Ann Nordin: tips to help self-published authors increase sales
- Weekly Wordcount Challenge Check-in (250, 500, 1000 wds/day)
- Mary Kole on growing a thicker skin
- Countdown to January 27th: Anyone else hyped?
- Before entering writing contests, ALWAYS read the fine print
- Helping Haiti Heal: fundraising podcast Sat 2 pm
- Scribophile: New Beginnings writing contest
- Interview with Chuck Ingwersen, greeting card writer/designer
- Copyscape: effective plagiarism-preventing service or not?
- Christina Katz & Time Management For Writers
- Weekly Wordcount Challenge Check-In
- Review Fuse Poetry Contest - February 2010
- "How I Tweet" updated...and some feedback
- 1000 Twitter Lists!
- Comic For Hardcore Bibliophiles
- Screenwriting resource: Wordsmythe.ca
- Comic: If It's The Last Thing I Do
- Story Tracker app for writers
- Making More Time To Write: Cleaning Up Your Inbox and Improving Your E-mail System
- Survey for those using LinkedIn
- Weekly Wordcount Challenge Check-In
- Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
- iPhone app for writers: Dragon Dictation
- Transport Canada bans books from flights?
- Travel writing contest, no entry fee, cash prize
- The Weird Book Room
- So who's going to join me in the 1000 Wds/Day Challenge in 2010?
- Online Community For YA Writers: YALitChat
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