DEAR #NAPIBOWRIWEE FAMILY: My National Picture Book Writing Week event has officially ended as of May 1, 2023. That’s a wrap! I had started this annual event on May 1,… Read more May 1, 2023: END OF AN ERA – NAPIBOWRIWEE NOW ARCHIVED →
APRIL 23, 2021: NAPIBOWRIWEE ON HOLD FOR NOW. Details below. It has been my honor to have created and hosted our annual National Picture Book Writing Week (NAPIBOWRIWEE) in 2009,… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE – ON HOLD →
Hi! We are just ONE WEEK AWAY from our annual National Picture Book Writing Week this May 1-7, 2019! Just a quick roundup blog with some nuts and bolts before… Read more One Week Left Before 2019 #NAPIBOWRIWEE! →
It may be April Fool’s Day 2019 but this is no joke… 🙂 I am excited to announce our special guest author & artist line-up for this year’s NATIONAL PICTURE… Read more 2019 NAPIBOWRIWEE GUEST LINEUP ANNOUNCED! →
Saturday May 7, 2011 – 11: 59 PM. Wow. NaPiBoWriWee 2011 is over! Did you meet the challenge? Did you write 7 picture books in 7 days? Do you now have seven rough drafts that you can revise lovingly for the rest of the year and shine until they sparkle like diamonds for prospective agents and editors? If so, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! For those of you who managed to squeak out at least one picture book or even seven sentences – I’m still so proud of you! Writing every day no matter… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Seven – NOT The End! →
Good morning! Can you believe it is DAY SEVEN? It is the last day of the 2011 National Picture Book Writing Week! By now, you are all hardened veterans of NaPiBoWriWee. Congratulations on making it this far. 🙂 Today we have a special treat. Not one but TWO Guest Author blogs to inspire you as you write! To get your morning started right, let’s hang out with author/artist DAN SANTAT, author/artist of the upcoming graphic novel Sidekicks (coming out July 11, 2011 from Arthur A. Levine Books). Dan has graciously offered… Read more NaPiBoWriWee Day Seven: Good Morning Guest Author/Artist Dan Santat →
My eyes hurt. No, really, my eyes are KILLING me. I don’t think I’ve blinked in the past six days. Usually around now I kick myself and bang my head against the  wall, bemoaning, “Why did I create NaPiBoWriWee? Am I INSANE?” Turns out, yup. I’m nuts. 🙂 LOL! How is everyone doing? Did you survive Day 6? For those of you keeping count, I have written FIVE picture books so far. I’m hoping I can get the last two done tomorrow because it’s Saturday and I don’t have to… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2011 Day Six – Bedtime Blog! →
Good evening, my lovely NaPiBoWriWee writers! Yes. Day Four is almost OVER. Relax. You are halfway there. Day Four is really tough because some people just give up. Others start to question their sanity. Some folks wonder if National Picture Book Writing Week where we attempt to write 7 books in 7 days is really such a good idea. And the rest of you now HATE me. You have printed out my picture and are throwing rotten tomatoes at it, crying out, “Why did you encourage me to write 7… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2011 Day Four – Bedtime Blog! →
“I’ve learned that you can’t have everything and do everything at the same time.” (Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, April 2003) Good evening, my NaPiBoWriWee soldiers! I know everyone battled Sophomore Slump today. You all celebrated too soon with the first victory of Day One. And then on Day 2, you faced insurmountable obstacles, such as… (Keep reading after the jump to find out what those insurmountable obstacles were…)