New comic up on Writer Unboxed
I've posted a new comic up on Writer Unboxed: "Not An Old Wives' Tale After All...."
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NEWS: I just signed TWO (!!) book contracts with Simon & Schuster Books For Young readers! Details here. |
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.
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Writer comics by Debbie Ridpath Ohi are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
More details: Comic Use Policy
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
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
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
I've posted a new comic up on Writer Unboxed: "Not An Old Wives' Tale After All...."
Reader Comments (1)
I've missed coming by here - dang my deadlined hide! Nice to look around again.