It’s official! We have 30 days until my sixth annual NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK (AKA “NaPiBoWriWee”) begins on May 1, 2014! I started NAPIBOWRIWEE as a fun way to promote my own children’s picture books. I’m so proud and thrilled that this event has gone viral and is a favorite annual event for many veteran published authors as well as aspiring novice writers. I do have a new children’s picture book being published by LEE & LOW BOOKS this year. It’s called 22 CENTS: THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD YUNUS… Read more 30 Day Countdown to 2014 NAPIBOWRIWEE & FAQs! →
I’m excited to announce that our official 2014 National Picture Book Writing Week Souvenir Store is now open! So now you can get your new 2014 souvenirs to inspire you for the big event which takes place this May 1-7, 2014. The link is here: http://www.cafepress.com/paulayoonapibowriweeclassic Our store features T-shirts… … coffee mugs, travel mugs, tote bags… … and journals and beach bags! Our new NAPIBOWRIWEE logo was designed by the awesome designer Sandy Tanaka. Stay tuned for more blogs before our event starts May 1-7, 2014. For the latest updates… Read more 2014 NaPiBoWriWee Souvenir Store Now OPEN! →
Happy Holidays! Can you believe it’s already December 2013? As a reminder, for those of you looking for that perfect Christmas stocking stuffer or a Happy Holidays gift for your favorite writer, please check out our NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013 STORE which features tons of great gift ideas! We have coffee mugs, travel mugs, tote and beach bags, journals, and of course, T-shirts! Please go to this link for all your holiday shopping needs! 🙂 http://www.cafepress.com/napibowriwee2013 Stay tuned for more blogs in 2014 as we gear up for our annual National Picture… Read more Happy Holidays 2013! Our NaPiBoWriWee Store Is Now Open For All Your Gift Shopping Needs! →
Hi! Please mark your calendars… the 6th annual NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK (AKA “NaPiBoWriWee”) will take place May 1-7, 2014. For the past five years, NAPIBOWRIWEE has celebrated the art and craft of writing picture books by challenging writers to attempt to write 7 picture books in 7 days. We feature fun Q&A blogs with guest authors plus lots of fun prizes and souvenirs. The goal of NAPIBOWRIWEE is to encourage writers to fight procrastination by trying to write AND finish a first draft of a picture book every… Read more Stay Tuned for 2014 NAPIBOWRIWEE – May 1-7, 2014! →
Hi! Welcome to our final official NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013 blog. This is an extra blog to announce the winners of a special EXTRA contest we held last week with author JULIE HEDLUND (link here: https://paulayoo.com/napi/?p=613) (Keep reading after the jump to find out who won!)
Welcome to Day 8 of our fifth annual 2013 NAPIBOWRIWEE (National Picture Book Writing Week) where we attempt to write 100 picture books in 100 days. It’s only Day 8 out of 100 days. I hope you are pacing yourself. Burn-out and fatigue usually happens around Day 32 and… HAHAHAHA! LOL! 🙂 I AM JUST KIDDING! DID I SCARE YOU? 😛 🙂 Seriously… NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013 is OVER. Done. History! We all survived! Some of us managed to cobble out 7 picture book first drafts in 7 straight days. Some of… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013: Day 8 – Guest Blogger Julie Hedlund, Wrap-Up Thoughts, & Contest Winners Announced! →
Welcome to DAY SEVEN of our 2013 NAPIBOWRIWEE event where we are ALMOST DONE writing 7 picture books in 7 days! For the past six days, we have somehow managed to write and finish six picture book drafts. And some of us may be behind – some folks have only written one book, or some folks have maybe gotten a few drafts under their belt. But guess what? You folks ROCK, too! Because you are fighting to write every single day no matter what! So give yourself a pat on… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013: Day 7 – Guest Blogger Erin Eitter Kono! (May 7, 2013) →
Welcome to DAY SIX of NAPIBOWRIWEE! It’s National Picture Book Writing Week, blah blah blah, we’re trying to write 7 picture books in 7 days, etc. etc. Oh go here for all the FAQs: https://paulayoo.com/napi/?p=474 Sorry. Do I sound cranky or grumpy? LOL! 🙂 😛 I’m just SUPER TIRED. I think I have had maybe three hours sleep in the past five days. How is everyone else doing? The strange thing is that despite the lack of sleep, I’m still having fun. 🙂 I’m excited that I MIGHT have 7 drafts… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013: Day 6 – Guest Blogger Tania McCartney! (May 6, 2013) →
Welcome to DAY FIVE of NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013! By now, I bet you’re wondering why you even signed up for this crazy event where we attempt to write 7 picture books in 7 days. The burn out really kicks in around Day 5. We all see talking animals in our sleep. We can’t help but speak in rhyme every time we pick up the phone. We are starting to hallucinate and think that a picture book about house mortgage payments might actually be a good idea… LOL! HANG IN THERE! Today… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013: Day 5 – Guest Blogger Paul Collins! (May 5, 2013) →
Welcome to DAY FOUR of our 5th annual NAPIBOWRIWEE (National Picture Book Writing Week) 2013 where we try to write 7 picture books in 7 days! We are officially at the HALFWAY point of this marathon writing event where we are trying to write 7 picture books in 7 days. Day Four is the make-or-break day. If you can get through this day, you can definitely survive the final brutal days of this event! Hang in there, everyone! WE CAN DO IT! Since Day 4 falls on a Saturday –… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2013: Day 4 – Guest Blogger Martha Brockenbrough! (May 4, 2013) →