Helpful Writing Sites
It’s time for another blog post on helpful writing sites. YA Lit Chat This is a writing community forum for those who write Young Adult, although they also have sections for Middle Grade and picture...
View ArticleNaPiBoWriWee
I promised in my last post I would talk about NaPiBoWriWee (it’s a little later than intended because I’ve been sick this past week). In November I blogged about participating in NaNoWriMo (National...
View ArticleNaPiBoWriWee: Now it’s over
What a busy week! NaPiBoWriWee officially ended at midnight on Friday. (See Paula Yoo’s NaPiBoWriWee 2010 wrap-up blog post here) I managed to get four and a half picture books written. It wasn’t the...
View ArticleNaPiBoWriWee 2011
May 1st to May 7th is National Picture Book Writing Week. The idea is to write 7 picture books in 7 days. I had a lot of fun doing it last year and came up with some great ideas. Like NaNoWriMo, it’s a...
View ArticleSeven Picture Books in Seven Days
Writing seven picture books in seven days is a lot harder than it seems. I’ve just finished NaPiBoWriWee where that’s exactly what I had to do. Finding Ideas On some days the ideas came easily. One...
View Article12 x 12 in 2012
Over on Julie Hedlund’s blog she has set a challenge: write 12 picture book drafts in 12 months–a picture book a month for every month of 2012. I thought this sounded like a great challenge as I love...
View ArticleNaPiBoWriWee is Just Around the Corner
The first week of May is National Picture Book Writing Week. The aim: to write a picture book a day for seven days. The picture book manuscripts do not have to be perfect; they’re just drafts. The...
View Article12 x 12 in ’12 Blog Party!
What better day to celebrate the 12 x 12 in 2012 challenge coming to a close than a blog party on the 12/12/2012? By mere coincidence I’ve been penning my December draft today without realising the...
View ArticleMay Inspiration
With NaPiBoWriWee and Short Story Month currently happening, I’m sure there are quite a few of you looking for inspiration this month. Since these events are happening, and since I didn’t do an...
View ArticleSeptember Inspiration
Here in the Southern Hemisphere spring has sprung! But if the beautiful spring weather (or the arrival of autumn and all its wonderful colours for those above the equator) isn’t sparking your...
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