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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.

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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

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Tuesday
Jul062010

Apple's Pages app

DateTuesday, July 6, 2010 at 7:49 PM in ,

PAGES

Version 1.1, Price: US $9.99

Size: 24 MB

Creator: Apple Inc.

(Also see my list of other iPad Apps For Writers)

I haven't been posting a lot of reviews of notetaking apps recently because I've been using Pages quite a bit. Really nice interface, and I'm using it for some of my writing and critiquing projects. Lots of formatting options, and I like being able to import and export Word docs.

On my wish list:

Hierarchical folder storage - Keeping more than half a dozen documents is impractical because there's no easy way to access them except by flipping through them one at a time.

Easier import/export needed - Right now, you can only export your document by e-mail, iWork.com and iTunes. I'm surprised Apple hasn't kept up with other word processing apps and enabled easier file sharing options.

TextExpander integration - I've grown to be a huge fan of TextExpander-enabled apps because of all the time and typing it can save. This would especially be useful on the iPad when users are using the built-in software keyboard.

Wordcount tool

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