EXCITING NEWS: I have two new book contracts, with Random House Children's Books! See my announcement.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW:
I'm illustrating NAKED!, a new Michael Ian Black picture book (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Summer/2014). For my other book projects (including future), see my Books section.

Downloadable I'M BORED Press Info PDF : Includes quotes from The New York Times Sunday Book Review, Globe & Mail, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews blog, School Library Journal, 7 Impossible Things and more.

Written by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

Published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers (Sept/2012)

I'M BORED: Scrapbook/Blog | Facebook | Goodreads

Buy at Indiebound | Amazon | B&N | Powell's

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NEWS: I signed TWO book contracts with Simon & Schuster Books For Young readers! Details here.

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.

 

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.

Writer Challenges & Awards
Before using my comics

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

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Friday
Jun182010

Versatile Blogger Award

Thanks to Lydia LeRoy-Williams for giving me The Versatile Blogger Award!

Here are the rules:

 

  • Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award.
  • Share 7 things about yourself.
  • Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason! (In no particular order...)
  • Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

Here are seven of the most random things about myself I could come up with:

1. I have a love-hate relationship with the squirrels in my garden.

2. I painted a tree on my office wall.

3. My first writing mentor: Lee Wardlaw Jaffurs (Lee Wardlaw back then). I will always be grateful to Lee for her encouragement and advice.

4. I don't mind spiders but despise centipedes.

5. I dislike clothes shopping.

6. I attend virtual writing sessions on Second Life (I'm "Inkygirl Omizu" on SL).

7. I have Ray Bradbury's autograph.

Next, here is my list of the fifteen outstanding blogs YOU should visit:

1. Cheryl Rainfield

2. Claudia Osmond

3. Adrienne Kress

4. Nelsa Roberto

5. Megan Crewe

6. Christina Farley

7. Jo Swartz

8. Hélène Boudreau

9. Mahtab Narsimhan

10. Marina Cohen

11. Patricia Storms

12. Author2Author

13. Okay I cheated because #12 actually has

14. five authors contributing to it

15. which is one over my limit. :-)

Reader Comments (3)

Thanks for the blog mention! :)
I love your new diggs! Great job, Debbie! You deserve a good night out.

June 18, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterClaudia Osmond

Debbie! I am honored to be #3 on your randomola list. :)
xo Lee

June 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLee Wardlaw

Thanks for the shout-out, Debbie! And I'm so with you on the spiders/centipede thing. That's why I tried to invent the spiderpede: to make spiders scary. :)

June 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKate Fall

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