Illustrators Who Write: Giving Yourself a Job

I just got back from New England Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (NESCBWI) annual conference, where for the very first time I was on the faculty and presented two workshops! One of those I co-presented with my critique partner, Jannie Ho. We worked together as we both worked on our debut books as author-illustrators (Jannie's first authored book is BEAR AND CHICKEN, published with Running Press Kids, my first authored book is HEDGEHOG NEEDS A HUG, published with Penguin).&...