NAPIBOWRIWEE 2016 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED! 4-1-16

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My cat Oreo says stop procrastinating and WRITE!
My cat Oreo says stop procrastinating and WRITE!

Happy April Fool’s Day! I’m excited to announce our upcoming line-up of guest authors, illustrators, agents and editors for the 2016 National Picture Book Writing Week event taking place May 1-7, 2016! And that’s NO joke!

Below is a list of our guests who will be discussing the art and craft of writing/illustrating picture books, from debut to veteran authors plus a prominent agent and editor with their industry advice!

Here’s this year’s list. Drum roll…

  • LITERARY AGENT TRICIA LAWRENCE

You can follow Tricia on Twitter @authorblogger and at her website, http://www.trishlawrence.com

  • LEE & LOW BOOKS EDITOR JESSICA ECHEVERRIA COODIN

To find out more about Jessica’s publisher, LEE & LOW BOOKS, go here: http://www.leeandlow.com

  • CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR & POET PENNY PARKER KLOSTERMANN

You can follow Penny @pklostermann and visit her website here: https://pennyklostermann.com

  • CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR JILL ESBAUM

You can follow Jill @jesbaum and visit her website here: http://www.jillesbaum.com

  • CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR & ARTIST SYLVIA LIU

You can follow Sylvia @artsylliu and visit her website here: http://www.enjoyingplanetearth.com/?

CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR GWENDOLYN HOOKS

You can follow Gwendolyn @GwenTheGweat and visit her website here: http://gwendolynhooks.com

  • CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR GLENDA ARMAND

You can follow Glenda @glendaarmand and visit her website here: http://glenda-armand.com

CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR & ARTIST SHIRLEY NG-BENITEZ

You can follow Shirley @shirleysillos and visit her website here: http://shirleysillustrations.blogspot.com

Isn’t that an AWESOME GUEST LIST? I’m so excited and so thrilled by their participation. Thanks, everyone! 🙂

In the meantime, I’m still working on a few more surprises, so to keep up, please follow me on Twitter @paulayoo! Remember to join our Facebook page, too (info in the ABOUT section.)

And help yourself to our Souvenir Store with fun items like NAPIBOWRIWEE notebooks, T-shirts and more to get yourself into the spirit! Link here: http://www.cafepress.com/paulayoonapibowriweeclassic

Our official NAPIBOWRIWEE notebook! Pick yours up here: http://www.cafepress.com/paulayoonapibowriweeclassic
Our official NAPIBOWRIWEE notebook! Pick yours up here: http://www.cafepress.com/paulayoonapibowriweeclassic

Finally as a reminder – the ONLY THING you have to do to participate is to post your thoughts in my COMMENTS section for the May 1-7 blogs. I’ll keep track of everyone’s names for our May 8th random prize drawing contest! See, you will get 7 pictures done in 7 days AND get a prize if you’re lucky! 🙂

Until the next blog, remember… HAPPY WRITING! WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT!

 

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  10. This is so awesome. I love the line-up and am excited to be a part of something to get the ball rolling with the children’s books I’m writing and illustrating. Yay!

  11. Always love this kind of event which I can join without having to attend it live. It’s because I live in Indonesia. So here I am, waiting eagerly for May 1st!

    Thanks for the info, Paula!

    • Hi Andre! Wow, Indonesia? This is fantastic! We’ve had people all over the world participate, but I think you are the first from Indonesia. How wonderful! Welcome! 🙂

      • PS. Andre – your time zone applies to our event, so whenever Midnight May 1st is for you, start your engines and start writing! 🙂

  16. So excited! Revving up for the challenge! I’ve been working on a MG book (outlining) but Mindy Weiss posted “just at the right time”, for me! Needed push 🙂