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.

iPadGirl
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.

Twitter: @ipadgirl
Admin

January 7, 2013: After some hard thought, I've decided to officially shut down this blog. I know I haven't updated it in a while, but I thought I should let you all know so you can remove it from your RSS feeds, etc.

Reason: I've decided that I need to find ways to make more time to read and create books.

I had great fun working on illustrating I'M BORED (written by Michael Ian Black, published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers in Sept/2012) and am now working on writing and/or illustrating new book projects. In addition to my picture book projects, I also want to get back to my novel writing.

My challenge: I want to do too many things and am currently involved in too many projects. My solution: To prioritize and cull.

You can find out what I'm working on at DebbieOhi.com or follow me on Twitter at @inkyelbows.

Thanks so much for your support and interest in my projects.

-- Debbie

Thursday
Jan272011

Temporary DNS woes at Inkygirl.com

Some DNS problems have cropped up and I won't be able to deal with them properly until after the SCBWI conference. Apologies for any non-working links! Be assured that the problem should be fixed (fingers crossed) soon.

Tuesday
Jan182011

Drawn On My iPad: "Hillside Dream"

iPad drawing: Hillside Dream

Drew this using the Autodesk Sketchbook Pro app with a Pogo Sketch Stylus, then uploaded from Sketchbook Pro from my iPad into Flickr.

Tuesday
Jan182011

Study: iPad Users do most of their reading between 7-11 pm

Reading our iPads in bed

From Reflections Of A Newsosaur and the Read It Later blog:

A study by the company that makes Read It Later found that iPad use was heavily concentrated between 7-11pm. Newsosaur Alan D. Mutter notes that although the research is limited to a specific sample of people (those who use Read It Later), if wider research shows the same result, then "newspaper publishers may want to consider producing products that come out early in the evening, instead of in the morning or after their print products are put to bed at midnight."

Friday
Jan072011

Nomad Brush for the iPad

Nomad Brush for the iPad from Don Lee on Vimeo.

Not a lot of info available on this, but it's supposed to be available next month. Wondering how it's supposed to work -- I really hope that the brush bristles somehow DO interact with the screen.

Friday
Jan072011

Notes Plus only 99 cents today (usually $5.99)

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I just heard good things about this handwriting app from a writer friend, so I'm going to check it out.

iTunes link for Notes Plus