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

Twitter: @inkyelbows
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Welcome to Inkygirl: An illustrated guide for those who write and draw for young people, which includes my Writer's Guide To Twitter, interviews, my MicroBookReviewswriting/publishing industry surveysWriting & Illustrating a Picture Book For Simon & Schuster BFYR post series and 250, 500, 1000 Words/Day Writing Challenge. Also see my Inkygirl archives, Category archives, and comics for writers (including Will Write For Chocolate).

I tweet about the craft and business of writing at @inkyelbows. If you're interested in my art or other projects, please do visit DebbieOhi.com. Thanks for visiting! -- Debbie Ridpath Ohi

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Thursday
Apr252013

Kudos and Thanks

I'M BORED is 2013 ITC March Madness Champion!

Thanks to the Kindergarten and 1st Grade students at Avoca West Elementary in Illinois for choosing I'M BORED as their 2013 ITC March Madness Champion. :-)

For more info about Avoca as well as winners in other categories, see this blog post. Thanks to Susan Geidner for alerting me to this news via Twitter.

Also:

Thanks to Writer's Digest for choosing Inkygirl.com as one of its 101 Best Websites For Writers in the May/June issue!

Wednesday
Jan162013

Inkygirl chosen for Writer's Digest's list of 101 Best Websites For Writers

Inkygirl.com was included in the Writer's Yearbook 2013 list of Top 101 Websites For Writers! Apparently 4,350 nominations for sites were sent in, and the Writer's Digest editorial team sifted through them to choose the final list. Thanks to all who nominated me and to Writer's Digest for choosing Inkygirl!