Debbie Ridpath Ohi's Blog, page 126
November 3, 2011
Comic: Bad Rabbit
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November 2, 2011
Oh wow. I have my VERY OWN PAGE on the Simon & Schuster website!
HOW COOL IS THIS?!??????????
I'm sure you jaded published authors/illustrators out there are rolling your eyes, but give me this moment of SQUEE. :-D
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Debbie-Ridpath-Ohi/79970104
I am SO determined to get more titles listed under "Debbie Ridpath Ohi's Books"...
November 1, 2011
November 2011 is Picture Book Month
Picture Book Month is an international initiative to designate November as Picture Book Month, encouraging everyone to celebrate literacy with picture books. Founder, Dianne de Las Casas (author & storyteller) storyconnection.net, and Co-Founders, Katie Davis (author/illustrator) katiedavis.com, Elizabeth O. Dulemba (author/illustrator) www.dulemba.com, Tara Lazar (author) taralazar.wordpress.com, and Wendy Martin (author/illustrator) wendymartinillustration.com, are putting together their worldwide connections to make this happen.
Every day in November, there will be a new post from a picture book champion explaining why he/she thinks picture books are important.
"We are doing this because in this digital age where people are predicting the coming death of print books, picture books (the print kind) need love. And the world needs picture books. There's nothing like the physical page turn of a beautifully crafted picture book.
Join the celebration and party with a picture book!"
On Twitter, you can follow Picture Book Month tweets with the #PictureBookMonth hashtag.
Yay! I'm allowed to post the cover for I'M BORED!
Cover design: the amazingly talented Laurent Linn (my art director at Simon & Schuster BFYR). Author and illustrator credits will be on the back cover. I LOVE the cover design! So clean and simple, and (fingers crossed) bound to catch the attention of bookstore browsers.
I'll be gradually posting some more art, sketches and photos from my whole I'M BORED adventure, plus info for kidlit writers and illustrators based on what I've learned from the whole experience.
If you're on Facebook, please do "Like" our I'M BORED page....thanks!
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October 31, 2011
NaNoWriMo Music Video from Debs and Errol
If you're doing NaNoWriMo (or if you want to see me dance around my office in a red boa), check out Debs&Errol's new NaNoWriMo music video. :-)
For more info about Debs & Errol (who do wonderful music for geeks): http://www.debsanderrol.com
Errol Elumir is also doing daily NaNoToons: http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/nanotoons
If you want to link to individual Nanotoons & get updates when he posts a new comic, be sure to "Like" the NaNoToons Page on Facebook.
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Halloween Comic Caption Winner: Kelly Light
Congrats to Kelly Light on winning my Halloween Comic caption challenge (see the final comic below). I -love- Kelly's illustrations - you can find out more about her at: http://kellylight.com/
Inkygirl Golden Cupcake Award: Writer's Knowledge Base
Congrats to Writer's Knowledge Base, who wins an Inkygirl Golden CupCake Award! Created by mystery author and writing advice curator Elizabeth Spann Craig (@elizabethcraig on Twitter) this search engine is specifically geared toward writers.
It's a pretty amazing resource. Are you feeling dejected about a recent rejection? Entering "rejection" in the search field will turn up over 1400 posts on the topic! If you haven't already, I encourage you to try it out yourself.
URL: http://hiveword.com/wkb/search
Established in July/2010, the Inkygirl Golden Cupcake Award is given to blogs or sites I find particularly inspirational to writers, especially those that may not already be well-known. Criteria is unapologetically subjective.
If you win the award, you do NOT have to display or acknowledge the award (but feel free, if so inclined). Just bask in the ephemeral, golden glory of online blog stardom and then move on, continuing to be an inspiration to the writing community. And THANK YOU for doing what you do.
Here is a list of recent winners of the Inkygirl Golden Cupcake Award.
October 30, 2011
NaNoWriMo Music Videos & NaNoWriMo Comics & a new NANOTOONS Facebook Page
For those doing NaNoWriMo (or even if you're not), my creative twin Errol Elumir posted this NaNo music video above last year. Actually, he posted a bunch (so do check out his YouTube channel). Debs and Errol will be posting a NEW NaNoWriMo music video very soon.
AND I strongly recommend that you Like Errol's NaNoToons Page on Facebook! Errol made me a co-admin because I've done Nanotoons in the past & may again in the future (but not this year). I'll be posting some of my Nanowrimo cartoons from my archives during November as well.
