Congratulations everyone! You did it! YOU SURVIVED NAPIBOWRIWEE! From May 1 to May 7, 2018, we wrote (or tried to write) 7 picture books in 7 days. Some of us… Read more 2018 NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY EIGHT – CONTEST WINNERS! →
GUESS WHAT?! YOU DID IT! WE DID IT! WE WROTE 7 PICTURE BOOKS IN 7 DAYS FOR NAPIBOWRIWEE 2017! CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE! 🙂 And of course, congratulations to everyone who at… Read more 2017 NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY EIGHT – CONTEST WINNERS! (May 8, 2017) →
WELCOME TO NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 8 – CONTEST RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT!!! This is it! We’re done. We wrote (or tried to write) 7 picture books in 7 days! It’s now the 8th Day,… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 8 – Contest Winners Announced & Wrap-up! →
Well, we survived our seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”)! I am so proud of everyone. I had a ton of fun. I hope you did, too! More importantly, I hope everyone wrote a lot! Now you have anywhere from one to seven completed first drafts of picture books that you can now spend the rest of the year carefully crafting and revising! Congratulations! PLEASE NOTE – OUR CONTEST WINNERS ARE LISTED BELOW. I WILL EMAIL ALL THE WINNERS TO GET YOUR ADDRESS INFO SO I CAN MAIL OUT YOUR PRIZES!… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY EIGHT: CONTEST WINNERS! →
Welcome to DAY SIX of my seventh annual National Picture Book Writing Week (“NAPIBOWRIWEE”) 2015! Well, it’s Wednesday, AKA Hump Day. At this point, I’m sure most of you are exhausted, crabby, burned out, and seeing talking animals everywhere. LOL! But hang in there, we just have two days left! Ha! I bet you didn’t realize how much hard work this week would be! You are not just writing 7 picture books in 7 days but you are also FINISHING 7 picture books in 7 days. For those of you… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2015 – DAY SIX: Editorial Pet Peeves →
What time did everyone wake up? Did everyone survive our Sixth Annual National Picture Book Writing Week? 🙂 How was everyone’s final Day 7? I’d love to hear your comments below. My DAY 7 UPDATE: It was my first truly really free day. No social obligations, no rehearsals, no writing deadlines, no errands. Ironically, I struggled a bit because I think I’ve been so used to writing under a lot of pressure and tight deadlines and very little time. Suddenly, I had all these long leisurely hours to write. Talk… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2014: Wrap Up & Contest Winners! (May 8) →
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) →
HELLO?! WAKE UP! ARE YOU SLEEPING IN? I bet many of you are either a) sleeping in or b) very exhausted and cranky from staying up late on Day 7. LOL! 🙂 Congratulations to everyone who participated in my 4th annual NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK (AKA “NaPiBoWriWee”!) Many of you successfully achieved the event’s goal – to write 7 picture books in 7 days. The purpose of the event is to encourage everyone to FINISH first drafts of book ideas you’ve had bouncing around in your head but had been… Read more NaPiBoWriWee 2012: Wrap-Up & Contest Winners Announced! May 8, 2012 →