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

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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: NewsBookshelves Of Doom | BooksquareCanadian Children's Book Center  | Children's Book Council: News | Cynsations | Fuse #8 Production | Gotta BookKathy Temean: News links | Publisher's Weekly: Children's section | Publishing Perspectives: ChildrensQuill & 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 RocketsTeachingBooks.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 BooksBloomsbury | Candlewick | Dorling Kindersley | Dutton Children's BooksFitzhenry & Whiteside | Harper Collins | Ladybird BooksLee & Low | Neal Porter Books | Orchard Books | Puffin BooksRandom House | Roaring Book PressHachette 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 RainfieldCynsations | Educating Alice | Finding Wonderland | Fuse #8 | Great Kid Books | GreenBeanTeenQueen | GuysLitWire | The Happy Nappy BooksellerI'm Here. I'm Queer. What Do I Read? | Jen Robinson's Book Page | Mitali's Fire Escape | Motherreader | Page In TrainingPink Me | Reading Rockets | Seven Impossible ThingsWaking Brain Cells

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.

Publisher Blogs

Under construction:

Annick PressMacmillan KidsOrca | Penguin |  ScholasticTundra |  Walden Pond Press

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Tuesday
Jun292010

Please help me with my book proposal!

The bulk of my Squarespace move is finished, though I still have quite a few tweaks to go. Still, it's SO GOOD to finally get back to my own writing! Also a relief to Google my name & Inkygirl pages and NOT get pharmaceutical hacked info. But back to my own writing...

More and more people have been inquiring about where they can buy a print collection of my comics, so I've (finally) written a nonfiction book proposal featuring compilation of my best Inkygirl and Will Write For Chocolate comics. I plan to send it out soon, but obviously I want to include samples of my work.

Do you recall a favourite comic of mine you think I should include in the proposal? If so, please describe it below.

For those who missed my earlier post, by the way, I've started a separate blog feed for just my Inkygirl comics and am gradually uploading the archives, one comic at a time. The goal of this separate blog is to make it easier for people to find comics on a particular topic for posting in their blogs, using in their presentations, etc. I'm tagging and categorizing as I go.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Reader Comments (4)

Sorry, Inkygirl, but none come to mind - there are far, far too many!

If I think of anything useful I'll let you know.

June 29, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterfairyhedgehog

I don't know I kind of like all of them. Though the one in this post is one of my favorites. Can I use it as a post for my blog? My blog is linked with my name if you want to look at it.

June 29, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterEzmirelda

Fairy: thanks! :-)

Esmirelda: Thanks, Esmirelda. re: comic use - You can find my comic use guidelines at http://www.inkygirl.com/using-my-comics/

June 30, 2010 | Registered CommenterDebbie Ridpath Ohi

I laughed out loud when I saw the comic with the Valentine's Day regection letter to Sam. I think it has a 2007 copyright if that helps.

July 1, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSonia

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