WELCOME TO DAY SIX OF THE 2018 NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK EVENT! OMG YOU GUYS! WE ARE AT DAY SIX!!!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? How time flies! It feels… Read more 2018 NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 6 – Meet Guest Author Melissa Stewart! →
PAULA’S 2017 NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY FIVE RECAP (May 5, 2017) TWO. DAYS. LEFT. Is anyone still here? 🙂 Can you believe it? For five days straight, you guys all wrote 5 picture… Read more 2017 NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY SIX – GUEST AUTHOR Q&A WITH ANDREA J. LONEY! (May 6, 2017) →
WELCOME TO DAY 6 OF NAPIBOWRIWEE! It’s amazing how fast time flies. Just six days ago, I was posting my first blog… sob… 🙂 You guys have grown up so… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 6 – Meet Authors Jill Esbaum & Penny Parker Klostermann! →
WELCOME TO NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 5! Congratulations! You made it through Hump Day #4! Now we’re in the home stretch – we can see the finish line! Day 7 is just… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 5 – Meet Literary Agent Tricia Lawrence! →
Welcome to NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 4! Hello? Anyone there? 🙂 LOL This is usually the day that some folks, MYSELF INCLUDED, start to feel fatigued. The first 3 days can be… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 4 – Meet Children’s Book Author & Artist Sylvia Liu! →
Welcome to DAY 3 of NAPIBOWRIWEE! How’s everyone doing? I have to say how impressed I am by everyone’s comments. I finally caught up on reading everyone’s posts. I was… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 3 – Meet Children’s Book Author Gwendolyn Hooks! →
Welcome to DAY TWO of NAPIBOWRIWEE! Wow, I was so impressed by everyone’s wonderful comments! Again, I wish I could reply to all of them in a timely manner, but… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 2 – Meet Picture Book Author Glenda Armand! →
WELCOME TO NAPIBOWRIWEE 2016! This is my eighth annual “National Picture Book Writing Week” event since I started it in 2009. In 2009, my second picture book biography, SHINING STAR:… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE DAY 1 – Meet Lee & Low Books Editor Jessica Echeverria! →
(NOTE: For this entire week, I will post a new blog every day by 6 AM PST here. So check back daily! Also – I will post fun Tweets live each day! Follow me on Twitter @paulayoo) WELCOME TO DAY SEVEN! THIS IS IT, GUYS! Welcome to the 7th and LAST day of NAPIBOWRIWEE! Can you believe we made it? For those of you who are behind, do NOT panic. You’ve got 24 hours left! And even if you cannot finish 7 picture books in 7 days, I’m still proud of… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2014: Day Seven – Our Last Day! Let’s Make the Most of It! (May 7) →
(NOTE: For this entire week, I will post a new blog every day by 6 AM PST here. So check back daily! Also – I will post fun Tweets live each day! Follow me on Twitter @paulayoo) WELCOME TO DAY SIX! Guess what? NAPIBOWRIWEE IS NOT OVER YET! Even though it’s Day Six, it means you still have 48 hours to get those 7 picture book drafts done! Congrats to those of you who are working on Draft No. 6 and are not fazed at all by this week of intense… Read more NAPIBOWRIWEE 2014: Day Six – Inspirational Diversity Quotes! (May 6) →